A fire reported at 2:20 a.m. on Bayshore Drive North leveled one Bear Point home and spread to a neighboring house. Two vehicles were destroyed, a family dog died, and a third home sustained damage.
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Eight-Year-Old Vivian Dunnam Becomes Youngest Golfer Ever to Ace a Hole at Orange Beach Golf Center
Vivian Dunnam, 8, holed her tee shot on the eighth hole at Orange Beach Golf Center on June 25, becoming the youngest player ever entered in the course’s book of aces and joining a rare club few golfers reach.
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Orange Beach Garden Club Names Winners of First Great American Mailbox Challenge
Forty-five Orange Beach mailboxes were nominated in the city’s first Great American Mailbox Challenge, a patriotic beautification contest tied to the nation’s 250th birthday. All three winners came from East Orange Beach.
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Sea Turtle Nesting Reaches Its Annual Peak Along Alabama’s Beaches
Volunteers with Alabama’s Share the Beach program have documented 55 sea turtle nests so far this season as nesting activity reaches its June and July peak along the Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan coastline.
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Alabama Regulators Open Data Center Power Contract Review as Calvert, Prichard and Stockton Projects Loom
State regulators are rewriting how electric contracts for giant data centers get reviewed, with public comments due in August. The outcome could shape projects proposed in Calvert, Prichard and Baldwin County.
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Gulf Shores Hotel Disturbance Leads to Three Felony Sex Abuse Charges Against Millbrook Man
Gulf Shores police responding to a 1:30 a.m. disturbance at a hotel on Gulf Shores Parkway arrested a 37-year-old man on three counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The investigation remains active.
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Gulf Shores Invites Grown-Ups Back to the Playground With Free Adult Recess Night at Meyer Park
Gulf Shores Parks and Recreation is turning Meyer Park over to adults for an evening of kickball, ultimate frisbee, pickleball and lawn games, with food trucks on hand and no admission charge.
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Foley Hosts First Hurricane Preparedness Expo, Putting Emergency Experts Under One Roof
Foley will hold its first Hurricane Preparedness Expo on Tuesday, July 14 at the Foley Civic Center, bringing emergency agencies, city departments and local businesses together for a free public event.
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FBI and Daphne Police Train Baldwin County School Officers to Spot Online Threats to Children
School resource officers and educators from across Baldwin County gathered at Daphne Middle School for an FBI-led course on online child exploitation, radicalization and the warning signs adults most often miss.
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Orange Beach Moves to Award a $1.3 Million Burn Tower for Its New Fire Training and Surf Rescue Center
The Orange Beach City Council takes up a $1.3 million burn tower contract for a new facility behind Fire Station No. 1 that will house fire training, surf rescue operations, and badly needed office space.