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Mississippi’s casinos reopened just in time for the Memorial Day weekend and what a weekend it was.

The word is getting out:  Our MS Home should be your top spot for positive news about what’s going on where you live.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division will host a drive-in hiring event for job seekers from 9 a.m. until noon on Friday, May 22 on Singing River Island.

Halter Marine Inc., a company of ST Engineering North America, cut the first plate of steel on the fourth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) that the company is designing and building for the U.S. Navy.

Hundreds of bankers worked non-stop to provide more than 12,000 businesses the financial support needed to remain open and serve local communities.

“This contract allows us to maintain the health of our critical nationwide shipbuilding supplier base while continuing our serial production of large-deck amphibs,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said.

In support of NASA’s Artemis Program to return America to the Moon, Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $1.79 billion contract modification for the production of an additional 18 RS-25 engines to support future deep space exploration missions.

The Mississippi Department of Labor has approved an apprenticeship program between VT Halter Marine and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Emotions ran high among a sellout crowd during the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting Feb. 18.

Singing River Electric and Cooperative Energy recently donated a collective $5,000 to Jackson County FABLAB to host two STEM education summer camps in 2020.

Communications professional and social media guru Samantha McCain has some tips and tricks for users looking to get the best use out of their socials in 2020.

Last year, Jackson County saw the creation of 2,000 jobs and more than $225 million in capital investments, which made 2019 a banner year for the county.

It’s been 15 years, but economic data shows the Miss. Gulf Coast is still struggling to fully recover from three major events—Hurricane Katrina, the Great Recession, and the BP oil spill.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that Teckie Hinkebein has joined its corporate communications team as a manager of media relations.