Carnival Sensation’s Mobile Restart Pushed Back to January 2022
Cruise fans waiting for the return of sailing from Mobile will have to wait a little longer. Carnival Cruise Line said the Carnival Sensation’s restart from the Port City is…
DeSantis signs order banning vaccine passports in Florida
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday banning vaccine passports in the state, moving decisively as federal leaders debated the idea. A vaccine passport could…
Nearly 900 Residents Tested for COVID-19 at Mobile County Health Department’s ‘Know B4U Go’ Event
The Mobile County Health Department tested nearly 900 residents on Saturday as part of its free “Know B4U Go” initiative, a program designed to help people make informed decisions about…
Mobile Creates State’s First Tourism Improvement District to Boost Lodging, Tourism
The Mobile City Council has approved the formation of the Mobile Tourism Improvement District (MTID), a five-year public-private partnership designed to raise about $1.3 million annually to support the city’s…
Carnival Fantasy Leaves Mobile to Ferry Healthy Crew Members Home
The Carnival Fantasy has sailed out of the Port of Mobile on an unusual mission: carrying healthy crew members back to their home countries as the cruise industry idled during…
Some Passengers Turned Away From Mobile Cruise Over New Coronavirus Health Screening
Dozens of would-be cruisers were left on the dock in Mobile in mid-March 2020 after Carnival Cruise Line rolled out stricter health screening rules tied to the coronavirus outbreak, blocking…
Gulf Coast RV Show Rolls Into the Mobile Convention Center With Campers of Every Size
The annual Gulf Coast RV Show took over the Mobile Convention Center in downtown Mobile, running Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and giving area shoppers a…
Avoiding a possible Bayway toll could cost drivers more time, test shows
MOBILE, Ala. — With a $6 toll possibly coming to the Bayway, drivers are already looking at alternate routes across Mobile Bay — but a timed test suggests the toll…
Tropical Storm Barry Extended One Mobile Cruise and Cut Another Short
Tropical Storm Barry left its mark on Mobile’s cruise schedule in mid-July 2019, delaying one Carnival Fantasy sailing by a full day and trimming another by 24 hours as the…
Frontier Airlines launches new service from Mobile’s Downtown Airport at Brookley Field
MOBILE, Ala. — Frontier Airlines is coming to Mobile, and to the Downtown Airport at Brookley Field rather than the Mobile Regional Airport. The Denver-based low-cost carrier will offer nonstop…