Corps of Engineers to appeal Bonnet Carre Spillway ruling
The battle over the Bonnet Carre Spillway continues. The Army Corps of Engineers now appealing the decision from a recent lawsuit that says local Coast governments and…
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Mississippi Sound Coalition meeting on Bonnet Carre Spillway
The Mississippi Sound Coalition held a special meeting this afternoon. The Harrison County supervisor’s conference room was filled with several Coast and statewide leaders to discuss the next…
Mississippi Sound Coalition meets following U.S District Court ruling
The Mississippi Sound Coalition met to discuss their future plans following the U.S. District Court’s ruling last Wednesday. On January 18th, the U.S. District Court ruled that…
Mississippi woman dies in I-10 wreck with stopped police car
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 23-year-old Mississippi woman has died after crashing into a sheriff’s office SUV that was stopped with its emergency lights flashing on an elevated interstate west of New Orleans, Louisiana State Police said Monday. Alexis Jones…
Mississippi deluges: Low salinity kills baby oysters
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Deluges along Mississippi’s coast have damaged the state’s current generation of oysters two years after fresh water from a Louisiana flood control structure all but wiped out live adults on reefs.…
IMMS provides expertise on proposed diversion of Mississippi River
Last week director of the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies Dr. Moby Solangi traveled to Jackson to speak before the state’s ports and marine resources committee about…
Court has mixed ruling on Bonnet Carre Spillway issue
Biloxi and other local governments can proceed with claims that opening Bonnet Carré harms fisheries habitats, but a federal court in Gulfport says it has no authority to compel a new Environmental Impact Statement to determine damages from the openings.…
Mississippi Lt Gov: Corps ignored spillway operating manual
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers ignored its own operating manual when it twice opened a Mississippi River spillway in 2019, causing an environmental and economic disaster in Mississippi and Louisiana, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday. He spoke on the way…
Update on lawsuit against Bonnet Carre Spillway opening
At the Biloxi Town Hall meeting today, the Mississippi Sound Coalition updated Biloxi city leaders on the litigation against the Army Corps of Engineers. After the 2019 Bonnet Carre Spillway was open twice, causing severe damage to…
Mississippi to receive $21.3M to help with fisheries disaster
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Representative Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today announced that $21,311,804 in federal fishery disaster relief funds has been allocated for Mississippi. The U.S. Department of Commerce aid is being distributed in response to a prolonged period…
Bonnet Carre Spillway officially closed but impact of opening could go on for weeks
The Bonnet Carre Spillway closed all of their bays on May 1st, but officials say the worst of its effects may still be yet to come. Moby Solangi with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies says he believes we will…
Local fishermen create petition regarding the Bonnet Carre Spillway
The Army Corps of Engineers have begun the process of closing the Bonnet Carre Spillway. After heavy rains in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley increased river stages, the corps opened the spillway on April 3rd. The Army Corp of…
Bonnet Carre Spillway closure procedures begin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District began the closing process at Bonnet Carre Spillway yesterday, based on the reduced flows in the Mississippi River at Red River Landing. The Army Corps will continue to assess conditions of…
Army Corps to start closing bays at Bonnet Carré Spillway
NEW ORLEANS - Based on the reduced flows in the Mississippi River at Red River Landing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began the closing process at Bonnet Carré Spillway today, April 13. The Army Corps will…
Coast leaders file motion in Bonnet Carre Spillway Case; Spillway opened Friday
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Mississippi River Commission open the way for the Bonnet Carre Spillway to open earlier today to alleviate Mississippi River flooding as well as lives and property near the City of New…
Bonnet Carre Spillway set to open Friday at 10 a.m.
We have a new development on a story we’ve been covering for quite some time now. The Army Corps of Engineers has decided to open 20 bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway tomorrow at 10 a.m. to the swelling of…
Bonnet Carrè Spillway set to open Friday morning for about four weeks
(WXXV) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open the Bonnet Carrè Spillway by the end of the week. The Bonnet Carrè Spillway is set to open on Friday at 10 a.m. in order to relieve pressure on the…
Bonnet Carre Spillway possibly reopening within the next few days
On top of dealing with the Coronavirus, Mississippi now has another battle to face. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer expects to reopen the Bonnet Carre Spillway within the next couple of days. The corps of engineers said the river…
Bonnet Carrè Spillway may be opened this week as Mississippi River continues to rise
(WXXV) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could be forced to open the Bonnet Carrè Spillway by the end of the week. Under the 1928 Flood Control Act, the Bonnet Carrè Spillway is to be opened when the Mississippi…
Harrison County Board of Supervisors meeting
The Harrison County Board of Supervisors met this morning with plenty on the agenda. Most recently, they put forth their support for the Mississippi Sound Protection Act, which was a topic at the meeting. This protection act would ensure that…
Mississippi River water levels rising, Army Corps activate "Phase II Flood Fight Procedures"
NEW ORLEANS (WXXV) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closely monitoring flooding of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River has risen to 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, prompting the Corps of Engineers to activate…
Biloxi Mayor to Appeal to Council to Approve Spillway Effects Resolutions
Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich will be asking the City Council this week to approve four measures designed to help avoid a repeat of last summer's disastrous Bonnet Carre Spillway openings. The mayor also wants to see civic and community groups…
Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich asking for support
Biloxi Mayor FoFo Gilich is seeking support for spillway legislation. During next Tuesday’s city council meeting, Mayor Gilich will be asking the city council to approve four measures designed to help avoid last summer’s spillway opening. Recommended by the Mississippi…
Mississippi Sound Coalition meets
The Mississippi Sound Coalition met this morning to discuss the state of the Coast and Mississippi Sound. 2019 marked a time of trials for many on the Mississippi Coast with the openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway and subsequent algal…