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The Sun Herald newspaper in Biloxi-Gulfport won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in journalism for its Katrina coverage. The local ABC television affiliate, WLOX, won the Peabody Award for its Hurricane Katrina coverage. Geography Gulfport, Mississippi (map center) is east of Long Beach, west of Biloxi, along the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sun Herald is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The paper's current executive editor and general manager is Blake Kaplan and its headquarters is in the city of Gulfport. [3] It is owned by The McClatchy Company, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States.
WXXV-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Gulfport, Mississippi, United States, serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast as an affiliate of Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Morris Multimedia, and maintains studios on US 49 in Lyman (with a Gulfport postal address); its transmitter is located on Wire Road ...
Website. harrisoncountyms .gov. Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,621, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison.
Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi) / 30.37722°N 89.12389°W / 30.37722; -89.12389. Naval Construction Battalion Center is a 1,100-acre (450 ha) U.S. Navy industrial complex located in Gulfport, Mississippi. [2] It serves as home base for the Atlantic Fleet Seabees, [3] which are the Navy's construction battalions.
Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport ( IATA: GPT [3], ICAO: KGPT, FAA LID: GPT) is a joint civil–military public-use airport three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Gulfport, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. [2] It is owned by the Gulfport–Biloxi Regional Airport Authority [2] and ...
Mississippi Aquarium is a nonprofit [5] public aquarium located in Gulfport, Mississippi; it opened August 29, 2020. [6] The 5.8-acre (2.3 ha) complex incorporates both indoor and outdoor habitats with more than 200 species of animals and 50 species of native plants. Construction costs were paid through federal, state, local, and private ...
07000173. Added to NRHP. March 21, 2007. Turkey Creek Community Historic District is a settlement established by emancipated African Americans during the Reconstruction Era after the American Civil War. [2] The community is situated in north Gulfport, Mississippi, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.