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Hurricane Isaias Recovery in Escambia County Presses On in Brewton a Week Later Greer’s Ace Hardware, Greer’s Spirits Plan Clears Mobile Planning Commission Gulf Coast Weather Forecast: Sunny Week Ahead for Mobile, Baldwin; Rip Currents a Threat Thousands Flock to Pop’s Midtown Family Fun Day Block Party on Airport Boulevard Alabama Grocery Sales Tax Now 2%, but Gulf Shores, Orange Beach Shoppers Still Pay 8%Bayshore Christian routs Northside Methodist 40-7 with coach Jacy Todd sidelined Bayside Academy Blocks 2 Punts, Rallies Past Mobile Christian 27-20 for Region Title Gulf Shores Dolphins Shut Out Spanish Fort 36-0, Clinch 5A Region 1 Title

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Plate of French toast, grits and eggs on a table at a casual Gulf Coast diner

Food & Dining

Duck’s Diner in Orange Beach Named Alabama’s Most Famous Diner on National List

Oct 15, 2026 Gulf Shores

Pile of tree limbs and brush stacked at the edge of a residential yard

Public Safety

Baldwin County Burn Ban Stays in Effect Through Oct. 31 as Isaias Cleanup Continues

Oct 15, 2026 Bay Minette

Seven pageant crowns lined up on a beachside table beside boxes of donated food and supplies and a wooden blessing box, for the Miss Shrimp Festival Pageant

Community Events

Seven Crowned as 10th Miss Shrimp Festival Pageant Draws 90 Contestants and 8,000 Charity Items

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

A table near the Gulf Shores dunes displays frozen juice pouches in a cooler, pottery, candles and beaded jewelry, the kind of inventory Shrimp Festival vendors are selling after Isaias.

Business

Shrimp Festival Vendor List: Where to Shop Artists and Businesses Left Hanging by Isaias Cancellation

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Raised wooden beach house engulfed in flames before dawn as two responders watch from a wet parking lot, depicting the Coyote Beach Sports fire in Gulf Shores

Public Safety

Coyote Beach Sports Fire: Gulf Shores Officer Gets Sleeping Owner Out Seconds Before Flames Engulf Building

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Three cloth-bound books topped with an olive branch beside a model sailing ship, a compass and a Greek-style bowl, representing Ted Pitsios’ modern odyssey

Community Events

From Pelion to the Gulf: Author Ted Pitsios Brings His ‘Modern Odyssey’ to the SBCT Stage Oct. 25

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

A thatched-roof tiki bar decorated with pineapples, coconuts, hibiscus and leis on a white-sand beach, evoking the Meeting of the Minds theme

Community Events

‘The Tiki Bar Is Open’: Parrot Heads Bring 34th Meeting of the Minds to Gulf Shores Oct. 21-25

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Pallets of bottled water, blue tarps, chainsaws, gloves, trash bags and diapers stacked outside an airport hangar with a small plane, for Operation Airdrop Isaias relief.

Gulf Shores

Operation Airdrop Sets Up Isaias Relief Hub at Gulf Shores Airport, Asks for Chainsaws, Tarps and Water

Oct 14, 2026

Two children in butterfly and superhero costumes carry orange treat bags past pumpkins as a lemur and giraffe watch at a zoo, illustrating Boo at the Zoo

Community Events

Costumes and Critters: Boo at the Zoo Brings Scare-Free Trick-or-Treating to Gulf Shores Oct. 17

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Picnic table with pumpkins, craft supplies, candy jars, a box turtle habitat and bat cutouts under moss-draped trees, evoking Trek or Treat at Gulf State Park

Events

Pumpkins, Live Animals and a Candy Buffet: Trek or Treat Returns to Gulf State Park Oct. 24

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Surveying instrument on a tripod beside orange survey flags in coastal pine woods near a waterway, depicting the Canal Road reroute survey

Local Government

Gulf Shores Canal Road Reroute Advances With Survey Deal and Plan for Interim Bypass

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Golf cart parked on a street in front of a white domed government building, representing the Tater Harris golf cart case

Crime and Courts

Alabama Supreme Court Ends Gulf Shores’ Appeal in Tater Harris Golf Cart Case

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

City public works crew clearing storm debris from a street in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after Hurricane Isaias

Weather

Gulf Shores Storm Crews and Emergency Manager Brandan Franklin Thanked for Isaias Response

Oct 13, 2026 Gulf Shores