Mayor Sam Jones hosted a regional summit in Mobile bringing together mayors, federal officials and rail advocates to press for the return of Gulf Coast passenger rail service lost after Hurricane Katrina.
Tag: Hurricane Katrina
Baldwin County
Insurance Reform Panel to Hear Coastal Voices in Mobile
The Alabama Affordable Homeowners Insurance Commission scheduled a public forum in Mobile, and Sen. Ben Brooks urged a strong coastal turnout on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Dauphin Island
Mobile Lawyer, Dauphin Island Fix at Center of Spill Response
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut to shield Dauphin Island.
Baldwin County
Mobile Lawyer Leads Oil Spill Claims Fight as Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe
Class action attorney Rick Kuykendall, a Mobile native, drew national notice for his work on Deepwater Horizon claims, as federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation and BP agreed to fund the closing of Katrina Cut.
Local News
Nan Seas Restaurant Closes on Cody Road After a Post-Katrina Second Act
Nan Seas Restaurant, which relocated to Cody Road after Hurricane Katrina damaged its Dauphin Island Parkway home, closed its doors on March 2, 2009, ending a long run in Mobile.
Local News
A Katrina Refugee Restaurant Finds a Second Life in a Paper Mill Town
A Mobile dining critic on the road found the Big Easy Grill in Bogalusa, Louisiana, a restaurant destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in St. Bernard Parish and rebuilt next to a Piggly Wiggly.
Baldwin County
R & R Seafood Was Written Off by a Reliable Source. The Crawfish Said Otherwise.
A Causeway seafood market that became a restaurant after Katrina exceeded low expectations, with boiled crawfish cooked just right and a shrimp poorboy on New Orleans bread.
Local News
Why New Orleanians Live to Eat: A Mobile Diner’s Case for Galatoire’s, Commander’s and Antoine’s
Our critic, who once lived in New Orleans, made the case that the city 140 miles west remains the best restaurant town in America — and named the three tables he would take first.
Baldwin County
Forecasters Told the Gulf Coast to Expect a Busier Than Normal Hurricane Season
A University of South Alabama meteorologist relayed word that the 2008 hurricane season would likely run above normal, with elevated odds of a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast.
Bayou La Batre
The Gill Net Bill Ran Aground Between Bayou La Batre and the Sport Fishermen
A bill to outlaw commercial gill net fishing in Alabama’s coastal waters passed the Senate in a form the Bayou La Batre legislator said the House would kill, reopening a bitter fight over buyouts and blame.