Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of boaters from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The National Weather Service has issued a Small Craft Advisory for Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound through 7 a.m. Thursday, with south winds up to 25 knots and seas…
The West Marine building on Canal Road in Orange Beach has changed hands for $3.2 million, but the store itself is not going anywhere. The location remains a top performer…
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Gulfport rescued five people after their vessel capsized in Mississippi Sound about two miles south of Gulfport Harbor. Watchstanders at…
A boat caught fire near the Baldwin Beach Express in Orange Beach on Wednesday afternoon, drawing attention from passersby who watched smoke rise from the vessel. The fire was reported…
The Coast Guard launched a search near Fort Morgan after a jet-skier was reported struck by lightning and dragged behind the watercraft into open Gulf waters.
Nearly two weeks after a deadly storm capsized boats during the Dauphin Island Regatta, volunteer search teams kept scouring local waters for closure.
Coast Guard and state crews searched through the night for boaters missing after a violent storm capsized vessels during the Dauphin Island Regatta.
Sailors described a desperate fight for survival as a fast-moving storm with near-hurricane winds capsized boats during the Dauphin Island Regatta.
A 2009 WKRG report described the Coast Guard's Sector Mobile role in maintaining buoys and other navigation aids.