Alabama midwives win victory as governor ends 40-year ban
Alabama has overturned a 40-year ban on midwifery after Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 315, a victory years in the making for mothers, doulas and advocates across the state.…
Alabama Ends Decades-Long Midwifery Ban After Mobile-Led Push
A new Alabama law ends a four-decade ban on midwifery, a change pushed for years by Mobile-area doulas, midwives and lawmakers who say it will expand birth options for families…
Alabama Contemporary Art Center Opens ‘Sister Shores’ Exhibit Exploring Mobile’s Cultural Ties to Cuba
MOBILE, Ala. — The Alabama Contemporary Art Center at 301 Conti St. in downtown Mobile is examining the Gulf’s connection to Cuba with “Sister Shores,” an exhibition built around portraits…
Downtown Mobile Gallery Opens Window Into Cuban Life With New Art Exhibit
The Alabama Contemporary Art Center's new "Sister Shores" exhibit brings Cuban portraits, paintings and street photography to downtown Mobile, offering a cultural window into the island nation as U.S.-Cuba relations…
Three-Day Red Snapper Season Draws Fury From Baldwin and Mobile County Leaders
A federal cap limiting recreational red snapper fishing to just three days this year has triggered resolutions from Orange Beach, the Baldwin County Commission and Dauphin Island, with local officials,…
The Art of Perception Vol. 2 brings urban and alternative artists to Mobile
The Alabama Contemporary Art Center hosted The Art of Perception: Volume 2, a group exhibition of new work from urban and alternative artists in Mobile and the surrounding Gulf Coast.…
Stimpson Names Veteran Firefighter Mark Sealy as Nominee to Lead Mobile Fire-Rescue Department
Mayor Sandy Stimpson has selected veteran firefighter Mark Sealy as his nominee for Mobile fire chief, moving to fill a leadership vacancy that has persisted since shortly after Stimpson took…
Archaeologists keep digging at Old Mobile, the original 1702 French settlement
As Alabama marks its bicentennial, archaeologists are quietly continuing work at a much older piece of Deep South history — the original French settlement of Mobile, founded in 1702 and…
Archaeologists Keep Digging Into Alabama’s Oldest French Colonial Settlement
University of South Alabama archaeologists and volunteers continue carefully excavating the original 1702 Mobile colony site along the Mobile River, uncovering artifacts left behind when the settlement moved downriver nine…
Parlor Vapes keeps West Mobile vaping personal and local
MOBILE, Ala. — Vaping has become a mainstay rather than a passing trend, and for newcomers the world of e-liquids and hardware can be daunting. In West Mobile, one independent…