Ocean Springs nominated for 2 national tourism awards Supertalk February 1, 2023 Ocean Springs is once again in the running for national tourism awards. The vibrant Coastal Mississippi city with a population of fewer than 25,000 people has been nominated for USA...
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded Advanced Planning Contract for Zumwalt-Class Ships Press Release January 6, 2023 HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $10.5 million contract today for the modernization period planning of Zumwalt-class...
Coast Guard Funded for Replacing Motor Lifeboats, New Icebreaker Chronline Michael Lockett | December 28, 2022 The Coast Guard is working with Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding (who recently acquired VT Bollinger) to determine the impacts of the acquisition, and to...
Mississippi is investing millions of dollars in high school career coaches. Here’s how it works. Mississippi Today Sara DiNatale | December 20, 2022 Jackson County has one of the most thorough career coaching programs in the state that goes by the name “P3,” short...
HII’s Tech Transformation Is Making It Much More Than America’s Biggest Shipbuilder Forbes Loren Thompson | December 15, 2022 Huntington Ingalls Industries recently decided to stop spelling out its name in communications and instead refer to itself by its stock...
Pascagoula named American World War II Heritage City Y’all Politics Frank Corder | December 5, 2022 The City of Pascagoula has been designated as an American World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service . The announcement was made today as 18 new...
Contrarian Take: A Big, New Bollinger Is A Good Thing For American Shipbuilding Forbes Craig Hooper | November 29, 2022 Contrary to popular opinion, Bollinger Shipyards’ epic $15 million purchase of two Singapore Technologies Engineering LTD (ST Engineering)...
Amtrak passenger route will return to Mississippi Gulf Coast Mississippi TodaySara DiNatale | November 22, 2022 The settlement agreement was filed Monday. The federal board tasked with deciding the route’s future was scheduled to vote on the years-long dispute in...
Singing River Healthcare Academy breaks ground as Mississippi’s first medical workforce academy Y’all Politics Anne Summerhays | November 11, 2022 On Thursday, the Singing River Healthcare Academy broke ground as Mississippi’s first medical workforce academy. The...
Jackson County to get fair share of $10 million in Tidelands funds Gulf Live Warren Kulo | October 21, 2022 Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson recently turned over more than $10 million in Tidelands funds to the Department of Marine Resources, with much of...
Ingalls Shipbuilding division holds graduation ceremony WLOX Ja’Colbi Rivers | October 8, 2022 Friends and family gathered together today to see their loved ones in graduation gowns receiving a diploma from the Ingalls Apprenticeship program for the years of 2020,...
Jackson County Economic Development Foundation releases plan to grow innovation Gulf Live October 7, 2022 “Jackson County’s long-term approach to economic development has created a thriving economy which enjoys robust defense-related activities, one of the strongest...