Mobile’s Four-Term Mayor Ruled Out the School Board, and Left the Door Open on Governor
Former Mayor Mike Dow said his wife would tolerate only one more campaign, and it would not be for the school board. In a long reply, he laid out his…
Before the Tanker Verdict, Mobile Chased Rumors Across the World
With a $40 billion Air Force tanker decision imminent and an assembly line at stake for Brookley Field, an unsourced report in a foreign wire service set Mobile talking —…
A Birmingham Congressman Kept Turning Up in Mobile, and Everyone Knew Why
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis delivered his 'false choices' speech to the Mobile Rotary Club, his second appearance in the city in about a month, as speculation grew about a 2010…
Mobile Watched Possibility of a Split Tanker Contract in 2008
Archived WKRG coverage explored the possibility of a split Air Force tanker contract as Mobile awaited the 2008 decision.
Workforce Alliance Finished Its Plan and Went Looking for Someone to Run It
With a strategic plan complete and major industrial projects arriving in Mobile County, the South Alabama Regional Workforce Development Alliance opened a search for a director to carry the plan…
County Turns to New Bond Counsel for $70 Million ThyssenKrupp Incentive Issue
Mobile County tapped Matt McDonald and Brian Cash of Miller Hamilton to handle a $70 million bond issue tied to incentives for the $3.7 billion ThyssenKrupp steel plant in north…
Brookley Field Lands the EADS Tanker Plant and Its Promise of 1,000 Jobs
Local lawmakers said Mobile's Brookley Field was about to be named the winner of EADS North America's nationwide search for a tanker program site, an aerospace prize starting with 200…
County Commission Chief Tells Business Leaders: Hiring a Consultant Is Not a Rebuke
Mobile County Commission President Mike Dean assured a gathering of Forward Mobile that a $45,000 contract with an Atlanta consulting firm was not a repudiation of the area chamber of…
Is Mobile’s Golden Age Right Now? A Realtor Makes the Case for the Present Tense
Oyster stands on Government Street, the Lyric Theatre, wartime shipyards running around the clock -- all had a claim. But in the third entry of a series on Mobile's golden…
Mobile’s Golden Age: A Retired Banker Traces the City’s Rise, Its Missed Container Revolution and Its Long Plateau
Asked to name Mobile's golden age, a 76-year-old retired banker names three, then explains how the city that hosted the inventor of the container ship failed to capitalize on it…