Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson plans to open the Coast’s first International Trade and Commerce office to focus on imports and exports.
On Tuesday, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is hosting a job fair for the hospitality industry. It’s an industry with plenty of available jobs for qualified workers, as hotels and restaurants struggle to fill positions.
Along with the tantalizing aromas you get in downtown Ocean Springs daily, you might also catch the scent of tamales, muffulettas and sandwiches from several food trucks that have set up shop on the east end of Government Street.
A $745 million contract with the U.S. Coast Guard is allowing VT Halter to expand its Pascagoula shipyard and add 900 employees, and they will be building a ship like none other.
Do you hear sleigh bells ringing in the distance? The holidays are right around the corner and Target is looking to add more team members for the busy shopping season.
Back in February, the Hickman's took over Pine Burr Country Club in Wiggins with a mission to renovate the course and the clubhouse which was built back in 1970.
Coastal Mississippi launched several campaigns to bring visitors to Coast and steer away from negative ideas about the algae outbreak earlier this summer.
The Communication Workers of America union has reached an agreement with AT&T, meaning thousands of workers across the southeast will return to work Wednesday.
Target is hoping to bring the magic of characters like Mickey Mouse and Elsa to its own customers by creating permanent Disney shops at a cluster of stores starting this fall.
Good news for those planning a trip out of town for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Gas prices are falling, and experts said they could drop even more.
In just a few months, the historic Barq Factory on Keller Avenue will become the home to a brewery, not for root beer or regular beer, but for Kombucha, a fermented health tea.
This week a sale of oil drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico saw 35 a percent decline over the previous lease sale. An energy advocacy group says it shows a number of problems, but a Tulane oil expert says there’s no need to panic.
Nikki Moon has been in the tourism and hospitality business for over 40 years. Not only is she the owner of the Bay Town Inn, she's also president of the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce and of the Coastal Mississippi Board of Commissioners.
Now that Mardi Gras is less than six months away, Gulf Coast krewes are well into planning for the revelry. With the threat of tariffs on goods from China, some coastal organizations are paying close attention to prices.
Food trucks are a growing trend and seem to be popping up all over, including on the Gulf Coast, but in Long Beach the discussion over whether to allow food trucks continues.
The Mississippi Lottery Commission officially announced Powerball and Mega Millions tickets would be sold in the state, likely starting in first few months of 2020 on the same day applications were made available for retailers wanting to sell lottery tickets in their stores.
While the departure of Rouses left a big retail hole at its former location in Handsboro Square in Gulfport, it’s nothing the plaza hasn’t had to recover from.
At some restaurants across the Gulf Coast, you may have noticed that it’s okay for dogs to join their owners for a bite to eat. But those restaurants are technically violating state health codes.
At Quave Brothers, it's all about po'boys made the old school way, dressed and pressed, just like the Back Bay folks have been ordering them for generations.
With Potential Tropical Cyclone #2 predicted to make landfall in south Louisiana Saturday morning, now is the time to be aware of scams related to severe weather.
The Great Southern Golf Club, Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws Wednesday. This measure was taken to provide an opportunity for Mississippi’s oldest golf course to restructure its debt that has accumulated since Hurricane Katrina destroyed the course in 2005.
The City of Ocean Springs Friday afternoon hosted its last community meeting to discuss the upcoming Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance, which goes into effect July 4, 2019.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality put up signs Friday morning closing another section of the beach because of the ongoing algae bloom.
With little more than one week until the July Fourth weekend, the tourism season on the Gulf Coast is in full swing. However, with recent beach water closures, tourism officials are worried that our yearly visitors might look elsewhere for their summer fun.
On Thursday, the Gulfport Planning Commission will have a public meeting to define what short-term rental properties are and where those properties can be located – either by permission or by right.
Creole Creamery/PJ’s Coffee in Bay St. Louis, Pearl River Community College Hancock Center in Waveland, Tiki Delivery in Diamondhead and Broke Spoke in Kiln area/Hancock County were all selected.
With a unanimous vote, the gaming commission granted site approval for the old Margaritaville location. It’s an important first step for Biloxi House LLC, the company that has an agreement to buy the property and reopen it with an old Biloxi theme.
Goodwill will open a Mega Store in Ocean Springs with 32,000 square feet of retail shopping space. It will be the largest Goodwill store on the Gulf Coast and will employ 40 workers.
Todd Graves, the founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, has been named one of the top CEOs in the country. That’s according to Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award.
Florence Gardens in Gulfport actually poured their first slab the week before the hurricane hit, but since then they have created an atmosphere that home buyers continue to ask for.
Andy Horn is the Curator of Marine Mammals, Training and Animal Interactive Programs. He said that the Mississippi Aquarium property is buzzing with activity and is right on time.
People in East Biloxi say that for a long time they have felt forgotten about. There’s is no grocery store in the area, which has some people labeling that part of the city a "food desert.”
Mississippi has joined a multi-state lawsuit to stop the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, saying it would drive up the prices for cell phone services.
Hundreds walked through the doors by lunchtime. Shoppers browsed stock from more than 80 vendors from Mobile to Picayune. They sold everything from handmade and household goods to estate sale pieces.
A group of 16 local and civic leaders from Rio Negro, Colombia, are on the Coast as part of the joint trade agreement the city made with Biloxi and Gulfport to soon import flowers to South Mississippi.
It was a busy morning at the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor. Fishermen and shrimpers were getting ready for the 2019 Blessing of the Fleet while selling whatever fresh seafood they managed to catch overnight.
