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Wallace Malone Jr., Dothan Native Who Helped Build SouthTrust Into a Banking Giant, Dies at 90 Brewton Alabama Power Linemen Dug Out of Their Own Storm Damage to Restore Power After Isaias Silverhill Councilman Gerald Ardoin Brings Opelousas Roots to Café Acadiana’s Cajun Kitchen Halloween Rain Forecast: Showers Possible for Trick-or-Treating, Inch of Rain Sunday, Storms Wednesday Santa Joins Goodwill Gulf Coast’s 2026 Christmas on the Coast Ornaments for First Time; Past Years Half Price Snook Foundation Counterclaim: Fired Employees Blame Trustees for $2.5 Million Pension Dispute Alabama Oyster Season Opens Nov. 2 in Three Grids Near Dauphin Island as Populations Stay Low Shrimp Boil Leftovers Become Champion Soup as Pigfish Wins AWF Gulf Coast Wild Game Cook-Off

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Coden

News from Coden in Mobile County, Alabama.

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Oyster harvesters using hand tongs from a small boat on calm bay waters near a causeway and bridge at Dauphin Island

Environment

Alabama Oyster Season Opens Nov. 2 in Three Grids Near Dauphin Island as Populations Stay Low

Alabama’s oyster season opens Nov. 2 in the Cedar Point East, Cedar Point West and Heron Bay grids near Dauphin Island, with daily limits…

Oct 30, 2026 Coden

Coffee Island breakwater - 80,000 Tons of Rock: Nature Conservancy Builds Two-Mile Breakwater to Shield Coffee Island, Eyes Bayou Coden

Environment

80,000 Tons of Rock: Nature Conservancy Builds Two-Mile Breakwater to Shield Coffee Island, Eyes Bayou Coden

Oct 22, 2026 Bayou La Batre

Illustration for the news story: Business Roundup: Coden Tug Delivery, EPA Brownfields Grants for Saraland and More

Business

Business Roundup: Coden Tug Delivery, EPA Brownfields Grants for Saraland and More

Oct 7, 2026 Coden

Runners in pink shirts on Highway 188 in Bayou La Batre beside a lane closure barricade and a police officer

Traffic

Bayou La Batre Breast Cancer Awareness 5K Postponed to Oct. 24 at Rolston Park in Coden

Oct 1, 2026 Bayou La Batre

Illustration for the news story: Coden’s Master Boat Builders Puts Third Texas-Bound Escort Tug, the Titan, in the Water

Business

Coden’s Master Boat Builders Puts Third Texas-Bound Escort Tug, the Titan, in the Water

Sep 30, 2026 Coden

Illustration for the news story: Coden Man, 94, Dies After Head-On Pickup Crash on Alabama 188 Near Bayou La Batre

Public Safety

Coden Man, 94, Dies After Head-On Pickup Crash on Alabama 188 Near Bayou La Batre

Sep 26, 2026 Bayou La Batre

Illustration for the news story: Coden and Irvington Men Sentenced to Federal Prison in Mail Theft, Counterfeit Check and Bank Fraud Scheme

Crime

Coden and Irvington Men Sentenced to Federal Prison in Mail Theft, Counterfeit Check and Bank Fraud Scheme

Sep 25, 2026 Coden

Illustration for the news story: Depe Oysters: A Retired FDA Microbiologist Is Farming Gulf Oysters in Coden — and Inventing the Equipment to Do It

Bayou La Batre

Depe Oysters: A Retired FDA Microbiologist Is Farming Gulf Oysters in Coden — and Inventing the Equipment to Do It

Sep 22, 2026

Illustration for the news story: After 45 Years, a Coden Shipyard Is Building for the Navy on Its Own Paper

Business

After 45 Years, a Coden Shipyard Is Building for the Navy on Its Own Paper

Sep 18, 2026 Alabama Port

Illustration for the news story: Ranger the Dog Becomes Coden Convenience Store’s Repeat, Beloved Shoplifter

Entertainment

Ranger the Dog Becomes Coden Convenience Store’s Repeat, Beloved Shoplifter

Aug 17, 2026 Coden

Illustration for the news story: Improved Delta Port Boat Launch in Coden Set to Reopen Friday

Government

Improved Delta Port Boat Launch in Coden Set to Reopen Friday

Aug 13, 2026 Coden

Illustration for the news story: Dredge, Pipeline and Support Vessels: Boaters Told to Slow Down Near Fowl River Through November

Coden

Dredge, Pipeline and Support Vessels: Boaters Told to Slow Down Near Fowl River Through November

Aug 10, 2026

Illustration for the news story: 159 Football Fields of Marsh, Gone: Inside Coastal Alabama’s Slow-Motion Erosion Crisis

Alabama Port

159 Football Fields of Marsh, Gone: Inside Coastal Alabama’s Slow-Motion Erosion Crisis

Aug 10, 2026