Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid predictions of sea level rise, higher storm surge and increased storm activity, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the ...

People would swim in the summer and hunt in the winter. Refrigerators ran on kerosene. Hermit of Deer Island among famed residents. Kids had to take a boat to get to school. It was a simple life.

Biloxi’s leaders are debating how to lower the risk of brush fires after Deer Island ignited again this year during an annual Fourth of July fireworks show. The city and its fire chief said this week ...

A Mississippi Coast island caught fire Friday night during the city of Biloxi's Fourth of July fireworks show, according to officials and media reports. The Biloxi Fire Department confirmed the fire ...

MDMR assessed the area and said it is clear of all hazards.

Mississippi's deer population may be at an all-time high and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is asking hunters to help get the population under control by harvesting more ...

Mississippi achieved a deer presence in all 82 counties despite the species nearly vanishing from the state. Relying on Senate Bill No. 2324 created a complex requirement to harmonize land and water ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is working on an $8.49 million project to extend Katrina Key, an artificial reef southeast of Deer Island constructed from the rubble of Biloxi Bay ...