GULFPORT The State Port Authority could make two adjustments to its leases with tenants at this morning's monthly commission meeting.

HENDERSON POINT MDOT pulled projects from its bid cycle, at the last minute, that would have installed new traffic signals on U.S. 90 in Harrison County last month.

HENDERSON POINT Commuting to work at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula gets easier and cheaper for 23 folks starting today.

HENDERSON POINT A layman's evaluation of construction progress on the new U.S. 90 bridge here has taken a leap over the last month or so.

THE BAY OF ST. LOUIS The new ferry service across the Bay of St. Louis had a hiccup on its third day of operation.

GULFPORT American Airlines is out trying to drum up support for a new route from Dallas-Fort Worth to China in a competition to provide service beginning next year.

THE BAY OF ST. LOUIS It's been about 80 years since a ferry last plied the waters of the Bay of St. Louis, the dearth of service not coincidentally matching the last time there was no bridge across it.

THE BAY OF ST. LOUIS Paul and Stella LaViolette stood outside the passenger cabin on board the free ferry that started running across the bay on Wednesday morning, taking in a beautiful day.

THE BAY OF ST. LOUIS The smell and tacky feel underfoot of fresh maritime paint provided proof of the mad dash of ferry preparations Tuesday afternoon.

GULFPORT The U.S. Transportation secretary will check in on final preparations for free ferry service across the Bay of St. Louis, slated to start Wednesday.

GULFPORT Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport Executive Director Bruce Frallic quotes one of his bosses when talking about the airport's massive rebuilding and expansion project.

GULFPORT Comparing complex things like airports is a difficult task, even for two airports that share a battering by Hurricane Katrina.

GULFPORT The band of weather that freight-trained across South Mississippi on Thursday and Friday inflicted some inconvenience on the folks getting the ferry ready for Bay St. Louis.

GULFPORT MDOT says it will be finished with the infrastructure construction necessary to support the Bay of St. Louis ferry service by Wednesday, its scheduled start date.

GULFPORT Sean Connaughton could have been sitting on the other side of the table Wednesday as South Mississippi port officials got him up to speed with their troubles.

KILN Barbara Kaiser lives about 6 miles north of the Kiln Library, where a transportation planning meeting was held Tuesday night.

GULFPORT The wait for new traffic signals on U.S. 90 got a little longer last week when MDOT withdrew its advertisement for bids on the projects.

D'IBERVILLE Writing on the wall Ted McLean calls himself a "converted Biloxian," having lived here 10 years after retiring as a teacher.

GULFPORT If the mention of another master-planning session doesn't raise the pulse rate of charrette- and consultant-jaded South Mississippians, officials are trying to pump up interest in a series of transportation public meetings this week.

GULFPORT The automobile juggling act at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport should end before Thanksgiving.

GULFPORT Dick Hall is a bit of a windmill-tilter at the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

GULFPORT New evacuation transportation plans will rely on public transit and school buses moving people with limited transportation from community staging areas to a central location and then north to Jackson.