Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of coastal Alabama from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The Alabama Lighthouse Association says it lost roughly $96,500 in volunteer labor, vessels, equipment and funding after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down restoration work on two historic…
Volunteers with the Alabama Lighthouse Association say lingering financial fallout from the 2010 oil spill has them exploring new funding sources, including a possible RESTORE Act request, to repair Mobile…
More than 1,500 Davidson High School students returned for their first day of classes without air conditioning after storms likely knocked out the system.
The city of Mobile has agreed to a $7.1 million settlement with BP to resolve claims of lost tax revenue tied to the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster.
A new Gulf Coast poll shows strong bipartisan support for spending BP oil spill settlement funds on restoring beaches and coastal ecosystems.
Gov. Robert Bentley has created a 17-member Coastal Insurance Work Group, weighted with Mobile and Baldwin county residents, to recommend fixes for coastal Alabama's high wind and homeowners insurance premiums…
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.
ALEA honored five Marine Patrol troopers for search-and-rescue work after sudden storms capsized boats during the Dauphin Island Regatta.
Local officials and advocates are pushing Congress to fund a study on restoring Gulf Coast passenger rail service through Mobile and other coastal cities.
Alabama's brown shrimp season opened June 3, giving Mobile and Baldwin County commercial shrimpers the go-ahead for the year's first harvest.