408-Foot Riverboat Casino Sunk Off Orange Beach Completes Alabama’s Big-Ship Reef Trio
The 408-foot Argosy VI, prepped in Bayou La Batre, was sunk 23 miles south of Orange Beach in 120 feet of water, completing a trio of large ship reefs alongside…
Stockton Votes Itself a Zoning District as a 4,500-Acre Solar Farm Looms
Residents of Stockton's Planning District 3 voted 215-161 to bring their area under Baldwin County planning and zoning, a grassroots response to a proposed 4,500-acre solar farm they say blindsided…
ADEM Grant Helps Mobile County Schools Swap Diesel Buses for Cleaner Propane Fleet
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — Mobile County Public Schools is retiring a portion of its oldest diesel fleet under a state-funded replacement project aimed at cutting harmful exhaust from the district’s…
Mobile Baykeeper Brings ‘Reduce the Use’ Cleanup to Three Mile Creek Neighborhood
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile Baykeeper turned a Saturday into a neighborhood spruce-up, hosting a cleanup starting at 9 a.m. at the corner of Marrion and Lawrence streets, near Three Mile…
Annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup Set for Sept. 18 Along Gulf Coast Shorelines
The annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, bringing together volunteers from across the region to clear trash and debris from the state’s waterways and shorelines.…
Volunteers Bring Annual MLK Day Cleanup to Eslava Creek
MOBILE, Ala. — Organizers of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service cleanup at Eslava Creek planned to press ahead despite the threat of rain, with volunteers set…
Tropical Storm Barry Washes Away 21 Sea Turtle Nests on Dauphin Island
Tropical Storm Barry took a toll on Dauphin Island’s sea turtle season, washing away 21 nests near Katrina Cut as the storm pushed water over the barrier island, according to…
Beach Volleyball on Sand Island Kills Hundreds of Unhatched Shorebirds
An outing to Sand Island, a small barrier island off the Alabama Gulf Coast near Dauphin Island, turned deadly for hundreds of shorebird eggs when beach volleyball players apparently set…
Extreme Heat Triggers Widespread Fish Kills in Orange Beach Backwaters
A brutal summer heat wave left back-bay waters near Orange Beach starved of oxygen, killing schools of small fish from Cotton Bayou to Bear Point.
Little Lagoon Preservation Group to Tackle Septic Tanks, Marinas at Gulf Shores Meeting
Little Lagoon Preservation Society hears plans on septic removal, marina limits and water quality goals at its Gulf Shores meeting.