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USM's head of coastal operations announces retirement

Dr. Shannon Campbell, Senior Associate Vice President of the University of Southern Mississippi  Coastal Operations, announced her retirement after 28 years of public service leveraging her professional experience and expertise of which the last three have been focused on the…

MDMR Hatchery Bureau releases 2,000 Spotted Seatrout Thursday

BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Hatchery Bureau made the final 2023 release of juvenile Spotted Seatrout into Mississippi Gulf Coast estuaries on Thursday, Dec. 14. A total of 4,000 6-inch Spotted Seatrout, raised in collaboration with…

Mississippi Boychoir Announces Upcoming Christmas Concert

The Mississippi Boychoir’s annual Christmas concert will be presented for the first time in Gulfport on Sunday, December 17, 2023 at St. Peter’s By-the-Sea. The concert, titled ‘On this Very Christmas Night,’ will feature a selection of well-known carols, contemporary…

USM Nurse Anesthesia Program Earns Prestigious Accreditation

For more than a decade, The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Nurse Anesthesia Program has established a reputation for excellence in training and leadership. And now the esteemed program has reached a coveted milestone with a maximum 10-year accreditation by…

"12 Bars of Christmas" being hosted tomorrow

From noon to 6 PM tomorrow, there will be a bar crawl through Biloxi! Back Bay Mission is hosting '12 Bars of Christmas' as a way to honor 100 years of Back Bay Mission's serving the community. A $10 bar…

Coast schools place in Stock Market Games

Students at two Coast schools played in the Stock Market Games and won big! Students in Mrs. Parker’s Fourth Grade Discovery Class at Harper McCaughan Elementary in Long Beach took part in the Stock Market Games and two of her…