The island is not inhabited by people but is close enough to the coastline that it can be seen from Highway 90. Photos of the ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Officials confirm firefighters are battling flames on Deer Island on the night of Independence Day.

The Department of Marine Resources officials have reopened Deer Island trails. This comes following a fire that flared up on ...

The thousands of people viewing Biloxi’s Fourth of July fireworks show got more than they bargained for Friday night, as a ...

This program included a major restoration of Deer Island in 2013, as well as restoration projects on other Mississippi barrier islands. Deer Island as seen from the north side.

DEER ISLAND – Walking along the beach as the waves lap at the sand, there are few signs of the civilized world on the island. A battered sailboat beached by a hurricane and pilings from a pier ...

A wind turbine on Deer Island spun out of control Monday, prompting a response from emergency personnel. The problem was spotted around 10 a.m. by someone walking through the public access area ...

The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is a pollution success story. Over the last several decades, it transformed Boston Harbor from a nationally embarrassing cesspool into a swimmable bay.

The group is protesting the Catalina Island Conservancy’s plan to have all 2,000 mule deer on the island shot and killed. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By Louis Sahagún Staff Writer .

Every day, the Deer Island treatment plant cleans about 330 million gallons of Greater Boston’s wastewater. The treated water is then pumped through a nine-and-a-half mile pipe under the ocean ...

Deer Island is due for new permit from the EPA, and the letter from the groups comes as part of a public comment process on a newly proposed permit. The groups argue that, if the EPA issues a permit ...