Mammoth teeth fossils found on Mississippi beach
Gulf Coast, Miss. (WXXV)-Back in August 2024, a mammoth tusk was found in a creek in Central Mississippi. Gulf Coast resident Cole Moody has found parts of a…
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Gulf Coast Research Lab asking the public to report whale shark sightings
Mississippi Sound, Miss. (WXXV)- The Southern Miss Coast Research Lab is asking for the public's help in a project. They are asking for the public to report…
April 20th marks 15 years since Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Mississippi (WXXV)- Sunday marks 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico - remaining the worst oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20th, 11 people…
Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 6:04 AM CST, January 28, 2025 Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps. The company said Monday that…
Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order
Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps. The company said Monday that it will only make changes when the government updates…
Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and more
A spokeswoman for the transition team says Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first executive orders. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on the social platform X that the Gulf of…
Emergency agencies meeting with the community
Emergency agencies met with the community and local businesses to discuss hurricane preparedness during…
Mary Mahoney's pleads guilty to passing off frozen fish as fresh Gulf seafood
The company operating Mary Mahoney’s Old French House restaurant in Biloxi pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to misbrand seafood and wire fraud. A co-owner/manager of the restaurant also pleaded guilty to misbranding of seafood. According to court documents, Mary Mahoney’s…
Great White Shark spotted off Alabama's coast
A new Great White Shark has been spotted off the coast of Alabama. Researchers from the University of South Alabama captured video of a juvenile shark, known as Miss…
Celebrate the Gulf Marine Education Festival being hosted April 6th
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) annual Celebrate the Gulf Marine Education Festival, along with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ) Waterfest, will be held Saturday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at…
Mississippi moves forward with private leasing for oyster harvesting
You might have Mississippi oysters back on your plate next year. Mississippi was once the oyster harvesting capital, but multiple disasters have depleted the supply. There's been…
Oil companies offer $382M for offshore drilling rights in last sale before 2025
BY MATTHEW BROWN AND MATTHEW DALY Updated 2:48 PM CST, December 20, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil companies offered $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after courts rejected the Biden administration’s plans to scale back the sale to protect…
8/18 - The Chiefs "Plenty of Heat" Friday Afternoon Forecast
This afternoon the main feature across the area continues to be the very dry air overhead. A stationary front is to the north of the area…
8/18 - The Chiefs "Oppressive Heat Returns" Friday Morning Forecast
This morning the main feature across the area continues to be the very dry air overhead. A stationary front is to the north of the area…
Companies bid $264M in Gulf oil sale mandated by climate law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise. The auction was the first in the…
Bodies of four who went down in helicopter crash in Gulf of Mexico are recovered
The wife of a Lizana man who went down in a helicopter crash last week posted to social media that he has been found. Lacy Scarborough posted to her Facebook page on Sunday evening that her husband was coming home.…
Amberjack count: tags worth $250 to Gulf, S Atlantic anglers
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists are trying to get a better estimate of greater amberjack populations in the South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, and this means the chance at a $250 catch for anglers. Although the popular sport…
U.S EPA announces $53M investment in the Gulf of Mexico
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $53 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for the Gulf of Mexico. To continue creating a vibrant and safe…
AP Was There: Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 20, 2010, a well blew wild under a BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers were missing that day, and would later be declared dead. The blast touched off…
Shell warns of possible $500 million hit from Hurricane Ida
(AP) — Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell warned Thursday that it will take an earnings hit of up to $500 million as a result of the disruptions caused by Hurricane Ida, which hit the Gulf of Mexico in late August.…
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…
Tropical system in Gulf could dump rain over the weekend
Cooler temperatures and lower humidity on Thursday morning will be giving way to hotter temperatures and more humid weather as a tropical system moves northward through the Gulf of Mexico. "We started off with really nice conditions this morning with…
Hurricane Hunters fly through Hurricane Sally
Hurricane Hunters get a look at Hurricane Sally as it inches closer to the U.S. This is a video of the plane ‘Miss Piggy’ as it moves over the category one storm Monday. Hurricane Hunters are following Sally as it…
Tropical Storm Gonzalo forms in Atlantic; odds of development in Gulf increasing
Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed over the central Atlantic Ocean, breaking the record for the earliest "G" letter named storm. Previously, the earliest 7th named storm to form in the Atlantic basin (which includes the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean…