Mobile to Open Arlington Park on the Bay Front With Kayak Launch
The Alabama State Port Authority and the City of Mobile prepared to cut the ribbon on Arlington Park, a newly constructed bay front park with a launch for kayaks and…
Port Director Jimmy Lyons Briefed Sunrise Rotary as Mobile’s Docks Boomed
Alabama State Port Authority chief Jimmy Lyons addressed the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile in February 2009, with a $100 million Pinto Island terminal under way to serve the ThyssenKrupp…
A Who’s Who of Mobile Lined Up Behind Sam Jones — Including Two Men and Women He Beat
Nearly 150 hosts, at $1,000 a couple, signed on to a December reception for Mobile Mayor Sam Jones — among them Ann Bedsole and John Peavy, two rivals from the…
Boom, Boom, Boom: Mobile Counted Its Winnings in the Summer of 2008
Steel at Calvert, tankers at Brookley, a new container terminal and a downtown tower: in mid-2008, Mobile leaders argued the long-promised boom had finally arrived, while cautioning it was not…
Red Dresses, a Senator’s Breakfast and the Endless Question of Downtown Parking
A heart association fundraiser at the Battle House put local officials on a fashion runway, Alabama's senior senator prepared to address a business forum, and downtown Mobile revisited its most…
Shelby Announces $4.76 Million for Mobile’s State Docks Intermodal Project
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced a $4.76 million federal award to the Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile for the State Docks intermodal facility, the second installment of a $20…
Ten Million Federal Dollars Headed to Choctaw Point and the State Docks Rail Terminal
The U.S. Department of Transportation agreed in February 2007 to release more than $10 million to the Alabama State Port Authority for the Choctaw Point Terminal and an intermodal rail…