State crews begin a two-month dredging project at Little Lagoon Pass in Gulf Shores to restore storm-eroded beach near the ongoing bridge rebuild.
Tag: Gulf Coast tourism
Baldwin County
Weekend Guide: Battle of Mobile Bay 150th Anniversary Reenactment
Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan host a sesquicentennial reenactment of the Battle of Mobile Bay, with tickets, shuttles, ferries and a full weekend schedule.
Baldwin County
Governor Candidate Urges Guard Tankers Be Used to Spray Dispersant on Gulf Slick; State Says No
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson called for mobilizing Alabama’s KC-135 refueling wing to drop chemical dispersant on the Gulf oil slick. A state general dismissed the idea in two words.
Atmore
An Oddsmaker’s Verdict: Alabama Was Sending Its Gambling Money to Everybody Else
Mobile oddsmaker and sports analyst Danny Sheridan said it was past time for Alabama to consider a lottery or casinos, arguing the state was subsidizing gaming in Mississippi, Florida and Tennessee.
Local News
Cruise Terminal Car Counts Showed Mobile Was Pulling Passengers From Across the South
Car counts from the Alabama Cruise Terminal in downtown Mobile showed nearly 27,000 vehicles in the first 11 months of cruising, with passengers driving in from more than 50 states and Canadian provinces.
Local News
Hattiesburg Loves the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Carnival Keeps Overbooking
Mobile’s tourism chief reported that Mississippi supplied the most out-of-state visitors to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and that the Carnival Holiday was routinely sailing well over capacity.