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Coast health system celebrates National Hospital Week with optimism, some concerns Singing River Hospital System employees dance Friday during their Pascagoula hospital's celebration of Hospital Week. (Source: John Fitzhugh) By John Fitzhugh | May 14, 2021 at 8:52 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 8:52 PM PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Registered Nurse Kelly Cumbest -- like almost every health care worker who faced the pandemic -- saw more death in the past year than in his entire career. So a celebration like National Hospital Week was a welcome opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief. After mor...

COVID-19: New cases up slightly, but zero deaths along Mississippi coast over past week Updated May 14, 2021; JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. -- Although the number of new cases of COVID-19 rose across the state and locally over the past week, there were no COVID-related deaths reported on the Mississippi coast for the first time in over a year. And, although vaccinations continued to rise across the state, Mississippi rate of vaccination continues to be among the nation’s worst, with the state now ranking dead-last in percentage of population fully vaccinated and 50th, ahead of only Alabama, in per...

May 12—A new grant will help pay for a study to determine the best route for a greenway trail stretching from Decatur to the Shoals that would be part of the larger Singing River Trail proposed to run across north Alabama from Bridgeport to Sheffield. "Our goal is to build a 150-mile greenway trail to connect Jackson to Colbert counties and everything in between," John Kvatch, executive ...

Coastwide Rotary Clubs working to promote COVID-19 vaccines Coastwide Rotary Clubs working to promote COVID vaccines By Mike Lacy | May 6, 2021 at 6:50 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 6:52 PM GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The vaccination demand is steadily dropping across the United States, and just 26% of Mississippians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but for at least one civic organization on the Coast, that’s not acceptable. Coastwide Rotary Clubs are making a stand on COVID-19 vaccines, and they want everyone to stick with the program. “As community leaders, as Rotary members, ...

State, local COVID numbers remain low; commission removes restrictions from casinos Updated Apr 30, 2021; JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. -- As new cases and deaths of COVID-19 in the state and Jackson County remained relatively low, the Mississippi Gaming Commission announced this week that COVID some safety restrictions placed on casinos last year would end at 5 p.m. Friday. Mississippi casinos were ordered to close for two months after the COVID outbreak in Mississippi began, but were allowed to reopen on May 21, with safety protocols in place, including mandatory masks for all customers and employ...