Austal USA Opens Its Doors Saturday for Major Mobile Hiring Push
Shipbuilder Austal USA will open its Mobile shipyard to job seekers this weekend, hosting a hiring event that arrives as the company works through one of the busiest stretches in…
Austal USA’s Steel Pivot: How Diversification May Have Saved Hundreds of Mobile Shipyard Jobs
When the Pentagon passed over Austal USA for the Navy’s frigate contract in April 2020, observers warned that Mobile’s largest industrial employer faced an existential crisis. The decision left the…
Baldwin County Fires Rental Assistance Contractor Amid Slow Payouts, Shifts Aid to Local Nonprofits
Baldwin County has cut Hagerty Consulting from its federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program after just 83 of more than 1,400 applicants received help, handing the work instead to a coalition…
Bishop State Offers Students Up to $1,467 in CARES Act Tuition Grants
Students at Bishop State Community College could get a significant chunk of their fall tuition covered, thanks to federal pandemic relief money. The college has $5 million in CARES Act…
Mobile Arts Council Weighs Scrapping Throwdown Fundraiser as Local Theaters Cancel Shows Amid COVID-19
The Mobile Arts Council is likely canceling the in-person version of its Throwdown fundraiser over COVID-19 concerns and shifting to a virtual auction, as area theaters including Joe Jefferson Players,…
Alabama Unemployment Rate Hits 37-Year High as Mobile, Baldwin Counties See Steep Job Losses
Alabama's unemployment rate jumped to 12.7 percent in April, its highest mark in 37 years, with Mobile and Baldwin counties both seeing more than a quarter of their labor force…