Mobile and Baldwin County News
News from Gulf Shores in Baldwin County, Alabama.
U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne has introduced the Alabama Underwater Forest National Sanctuary and Protection Act, a measure aimed at safeguarding a remarkable ancient cypress forest discovered beneath the Gulf of…
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence of Michael Robert Burns, who was found guilty of fatally shooting Raymond Dudley near a Gulf…
Three storms in three years have carved away the sand dunes that shield Gulf Shores from the Gulf of Mexico, and city officials say the damage is now serious enough…
Gov. Kay Ivey issued a mandatory evacuation order for visitors and tourists along Alabama’s beach areas as Hurricane Delta churned in the Gulf of Mexico. The order covered Orange Beach,…
Anyone counting on a weekend on the sand in Gulf Shores or Orange Beach had to wait a little longer. Officials in both cities said their public beaches would remain…
Households recovering from Hurricane Sally could soon get extra help putting food on the table. Alabama officials are working to bring D-SNAP — the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program —…
GULF SHORES, Ala. — Gulf Shores was among the first Baldwin County communities to feel Hurricane Sally’s impact when the storm made landfall just before 5 a.m. last Wednesday. Weeks…
MOBILE, Ala. — Just days after Hurricane Sally tore through the Alabama Gulf Coast, two women with ties to Gulf Shores turned heartbreak into action, designing and selling T-shirts to…
GULF SHORES, Ala. — Even with double red flags flying over Gulf Shores warning swimmers to stay out of the water, crowds turned out on the sand to watch Hurricane…
The Gulf Shores Airport Authority has broken ground on what officials are calling the first new air traffic control tower built in the United States in more than a decade,…