Mobile and Baldwin County News
News from Dauphin Island in Mobile County, Alabama.
The Town of Dauphin Island opened a search for a new municipal judge, drawing a dozen applicants in a contest that offered an early glimpse at the coming competition for…
The director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab told a local audience that concerns about the health effects of oil and chemical dispersants used during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill…
George Crozier, longtime director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, was invited to deliver a talk examining how the 1990 Oil Pollution Act fared against the reality of the 2010…
In late June 2010, with the BP oil spill dominating headlines across the Gulf Coast, conditions around Dauphin Island remained largely normal — a welcome snapshot of calm for the…
A state consulting firm hired to help BP navigate its dealings with governments turned to familiar Gulf Coast hands, including Grand Bay's Taylor Harper, to coordinate communications for Dauphin Island…
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut…
Class action attorney Rick Kuykendall, a Mobile native, drew national notice for his work on Deepwater Horizon claims, as federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation and BP agreed to fund…
Fifty days into the Gulf disaster, the cap fitted over the failed blowout preventer was recovering more than 10,000 barrels a day, but engineers were still venting oil into the…
With oil still pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, engineers worked to shear off a broken riser pipe a mile below the surface and seat a containment cap over the…
As tar balls turn up near Dauphin Island and businesses from the coast to Loxley report falling revenue, Mobile Baykeeper's Casi Callaway urges residents to document local waters ahead of…