Mobile Planning Commission Rejects Sea Pines Mobile Home Park Rezoning Request
The Mobile Planning Commission voted 9-0 to deny a rezoning request that could have let Sea Pines Mobile Home Park add hundreds of new homes off Dauphin Island Parkway.
159 Football Fields of Marsh, Gone: Inside Coastal Alabama’s Slow-Motion Erosion Crisis
Between 2009 and 2021, the Mississippi Sound and Portersville and Heron bays lost 210 acres of marsh — about 159 football fields. Scientists, landowners and boaters explain what is driving…
Minnesota Gay Men’s Chorus to Make First Mobile Stop for Bay Area Inclusion Benefit
The Twin City Gay Men's Chorus, a Minnesota-based ensemble making its first visit to Mobile, will perform at Bishop State Community College in a benefit concert for the local nonprofit…
Amtrak Rolls Through Mobile on First New Orleans-to-Mobile Training Run
MOBILE, Ala. — A passenger train rolled through the Port City this week for the first time in years, and Gulf Coast rail advocates are calling it a milestone on…
Inside the George County Courthouse Dome: A Century of Craftsmanship Gets New Life
Repairs to the roof and dome of the historic George County Courthouse in Lucedale were nearly finished in September 2022, and a look inside the structure — perched 30 feet…
Bayou La Batre Utility Board Weighs Ending Maintenance Agreement, Leaving Residents Facing Thousands in Repairs
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Dozens of Bayou La Batre residents pushed back this week after the city’s utility board signaled it may discontinue a long-standing maintenance agreement, a move…
At 80, Bayou La Batre Oysterman Bobby Morrison Still Works the Reef by Hand
Bobby Morrison, 80, has spent 64 years tonging oysters by hand out of Bayou La Batre, and he's still working the reefs at Cedar Point alongside his son as Alabama's…
Bayou La Batre Police: Multiple Roads Impassable as Hurricane Ida Nears
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — The Bayou La Batre Police Department reported Sunday morning, Aug. 29, 2021, that multiple roads in the waterfront community were impassable because of rising water…
White House Backs Push to Return Amtrak Service to the Gulf Coast
The Biden administration is formally backing efforts to bring passenger rail back to the Gulf Coast, throwing federal weight behind a long-running campaign to restore Amtrak service between Mobile and…
Amtrak Petitions Federal Board to Force Track Access as Mobile Council Members Balk
Amtrak has asked the federal Surface Transportation Board to force CSX and Norfolk Southern to allow new Mobile-to-New Orleans passenger trains, even as some Mobile City Council members say the…