Gulf Shores Surf Shops Say Business Is Cratering as Oil Spill Claims Drag On
Surf and skate retailers along the Alabama and Florida Panhandle coast say the BP oil spill has gutted their busiest season of the year, and that a slow, confusing claims…
Sea Stand Recruits Volunteer Performers for Free Gulf Coast Concerts After Oil Spill
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continued to threaten Alabama’s coastline in the summer of 2010, a grassroots effort called Sea Stand began recruiting musicians, comedians, and other performers to…
Gulf Coast Braces for Uncertainty as Oil Nears Alabama’s Barrier Islands
As tar balls turn up near Dauphin Island and businesses from the coast to Loxley report falling revenue, Mobile Baykeeper's Casi Callaway urges residents to document local waters ahead of…
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.
First Hangout Music Festival Announces Star-Studded Lineup for Gulf Shores Debut
Organizers of the inaugural Hangout Music Festival have released the first wave of performers for the new three-day event, set to bring a major touring festival to the beach in…
2009 Tourist Spending Offered Hope for Baldwin County Schools
A profitable 2009 summer tourist season on Pleasure Island offered a potential boost to Baldwin County school revenue as the system faced a $56 million shortfall and possible support-staff layoffs.
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…
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…
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.