Mobile and Baldwin County News
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continued to threaten Alabama’s coastline in the summer of 2010, a grassroots effort called Sea Stand began recruiting musicians, comedians, and other performers to…
In late June 2010, with the BP oil spill dominating headlines across the Gulf Coast, conditions around Dauphin Island remained largely normal — a welcome snapshot of calm for the…
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band are set to headline a free beach concert in Gulf Shores on July 1, 2010, an event organizers hope will encourage visitors to…
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut…
A 2010 WKRG report documented new oil reaching Baldwin County beaches while volunteers planted sea oats near Bon Secour.
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill spread across the Gulf in the spring of 2010, international press attention turned to Bon Secour Fisheries, whose century-old Baldwin County business felt the…
Class action attorney Rick Kuykendall, a Mobile native, drew national notice for his work on Deepwater Horizon claims, as federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation and BP agreed to fund…
Organizers of the inaugural Festival of Musicians are offering roughly $1 million worth of free admission passes to Deepwater Horizon cleanup workers, ahead of the five-day music gathering set for…
Fifty days into the Gulf disaster, the cap fitted over the failed blowout preventer was recovering more than 10,000 barrels a day, but engineers were still venting oil into the…
A 2010 WKRG report documented oil reaching Fort Morgan's bay-side shoreline during the Deepwater Horizon spill.