FEMA adds $1M for maritime museum

BILOXI, Miss. - Federal officials will give the City of Biloxi an additional $1 million to pay for a rebuilt Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has ruled in favor of Biloxi in a dispute over funding for the museum. Biloxi had appealed a 2014 FEMA ruling denying some costs requested by the city for demolishing the old museum and elevating its replacement by 12 feet. (WPMI 06/10/17)