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…
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…
Southwest Alabama Communities Prepared for ThyssenKrupp Growth in 2007
Archived WKRG coverage described a Chatom meeting on how southwest Alabama communities could prepare for growth tied to the planned ThyssenKrupp mill.
New Chancellor Bradley Byrne Sees Better Days Ahead for Bishop State and the Two-Year System
Chancellor Bradley Byrne said Alabama's community colleges were living through the best of times and the worst of times, promising accountability while laying out plans for new Bishop State campuses…
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…
Shelby Announces $4.76 Million for Mobile’s State Docks Intermodal Project
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced a $4.76 million federal award to the Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile for the State Docks intermodal facility, the second installment of a $20…
2007 Report Looked to Hyundai’s Impact as North Mobile County Prepared for Growth
Archived WKRG coverage examined how Hyundai's growth in central Alabama could foreshadow changes expected in North Mobile County.
2007 Report Examined Incentives and Environmental Questions Around ThyssenKrupp
Archived WKRG coverage addressed public questions about incentives and environmental effects connected to the planned ThyssenKrupp steel mill.
2007 Report Outlined What ThyssenKrupp Could Mean for Calvert Area Jobs
Archived WKRG coverage outlined expected job types and community changes tied to the planned ThyssenKrupp mill near Calvert.