BP Settlement Money Offers Rare Shot at Saving Mobile Bay’s Last Wild Marshes
Coastal advocates say BP oil spill settlement funds may be Alabama's only realistic chance to permanently protect remaining Mobile Bay marshland.
Mayor Stimpson Names 60-Plus Leaders to Guide Mobile’s First Long-Range Plan in 20 Years
Mayor Sandy Stimpson appointed more than 60 community leaders to advisory and outreach committees for Mobile's first comprehensive plan in two decades.
Federal spending bill funds Mobile’s Austal shipyard and Port of Mobile, Byrne says
Rep. Bradley Byrne backed a federal spending bill funding three littoral combat ships at Mobile's Austal USA shipyard and $100 million for the Port of Mobile.
Spanish Fort Nears Completion of $2.7 Million Bluff Stabilization Project
Spanish Fort is wrapping up a $2.7 million project to stabilize an eroding bluff near the Mobile Bay Causeway after years of litigation. Officials say final
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Oil Pipeline Near Big Creek Lake Watershed
A federal judge dismissed a challenge to an oil pipeline permit near Mobile's Big Creek Lake watershed, disappointing local environmental advocates.
Shelby Says Water War Talks Yielded Progress as Drought Grips the Southeast
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said a Nov. 1 meeting with governors and federal officials eased the immediate threat to Alabama's downstream water supply, including cooling water for the Farley Nuclear…
Could Surplus FEMA Trailers House the Steel Mill’s Construction Army?
With 29,000 construction workers expected for a $3.7 billion steel mill in north Mobile County, a former Mobile mayor floated an unusual fix: haul surplus FEMA trailers to a planned…