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Digital learning coaches deployed to schools statewide

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education will deploy digital learning coaches to 62 schools across the state to help build the capacity of teachers and administrators to use educational technology to improve student outcomes. The coaches are part…

MGC Kennel Club plans dog show Labor Day Weekend

The 10th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Biloxi Beach Classic Dog Show, hosted by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Kennel Club of Gulfport, will be held beginning  Sept. .3-5 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Center in Biloxi. Judging will begin each…

Coastal Mississippi wins industry website award

Coastal Mississippi has been awarded the gold dotCOMM award for best travel website. The Coastal Mississippi website (www.coastalmississippi.com) is developed and managed in conjunction with Simpleview, the travel and tourism industry's leading provider of CRM, CMS, website design, digital marketing,…

Long Beach Community Pep Rally

For many schools on the Coast, students, teachers, and faculty celebrated their first days of class of the 2021-2022 school year this week. Long Beach schools celebrated their first week back…

Pascagoula-Gautier School District COVID-19 numbers

The Pascagoula-Gautier School District has been notified that a total of 58 students have tested positive for COVID-19 this week from the following schools: Pascagoula High, Gautier High, Gautier Middle, Eastlawn Elementary, Arlington Elementary, Colmer Middle, Martin Bluff Elementary, Singing…

City of Biloxi seeks 'safe, friendly and beautiful' budget

Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich's "safe, friendly and beautiful" credo, fueled by millions in federal COVID-19 funding to replace lost revenue, was the backdrop more than once this week when the mayor and councilmembers reviewed nearly $4 million in additional spending…

100 Day Voter Registration Blitz

Gulfport community leaders are not wasting any time preparing residents to let their voices be heard at the election polls. With a 100 Day Voter Registration Blitz campaign, local leaders and…

Magnolia Medical Foundation distributes COVID vaccines

Magnolia Medical Foundation is a community-based organization that provides preventive health services to high risk and undeserved individuals and communities. To help stop the spread of COVID, Magnolia Medical Foundation…