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Mobile Bay

Coverage of Mobile Bay from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

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Sand drifted across Bienville Boulevard on Dauphin Island after Hurricane Isaias, with beach homes on pilings in the background

Weather

Dauphin Island Hurricane Damage From Isaias Light: Mayor Says Island Was ‘Truly Blessed’

Dauphin Island braced for catastrophe, but Hurricane Isaias left mostly tree debris, sand on roads and some west end flooding. Mayor Jeff Collier credits…

Oct 13, 2026 Dauphin Island

Visitors stroll past white artist tents under live oak trees during the Jubilee Festival of Arts in Olde Towne Daphne

Arts & Culture

Shrimp Painting Sparks ‘Coastal Cowboys’ as Virginia Nelson Headlines 38th Jubilee Festival of Arts

Oct 13, 2026 Daphne

A person in rain gear aboard a small sailboat in rough, wind-whipped water under dark storm clouds near a barrier island shoreline

Weather

Man Who Rode Out Isaias on a Sailboat Off Dauphin Island Explains Why He Stayed

Oct 12, 2026 Dauphin Island

The long dark hull of the SS United States ocean liner, its smokestacks removed, docked at a waterfront shipyard on the Mobile River under a blue sky

Environment

SS United States Will Leave Mobile in November for Its Final Voyage to a Gulf Reef Site

Oct 11, 2026 Mobile

A polling place sign reading Vote Here stands outside a brick community building in Mobile County, Alabama, on an autumn morning

Politics

Jerry Carl vs. Clyde Jones: Where the 1st District Candidates Stand on the Issues

Oct 11, 2026 Daphne

A nurse gives a tetanus booster shot in the upper arm of a man wearing work gloves tucked in his pocket at a community health clinic

Public Safety

Tetanus Shots, Water Caution and Child Safety: Mobile County’s Post-Isaias Health Advice

Oct 11, 2026 Hurricane

Rough surf rolls onto an empty Gulf Coast beach under clearing skies as double red flags fly from a lifeguard stand after a hurricane

Weather

Isaias Sting Jet Explained: How the Hurricane Hit and the Sunny, Warm Week Ahead

Oct 11, 2026 Dauphin Island

Muddy, swollen creek with debris along its banks flowing toward Mobile Bay under gray skies after a hurricane

Weather

Isaias Sewer Overflows Possible: Mobile County Health Officer Urges Caution on Local Waters

Oct 11, 2026 Hurricane

A U.S. Coast Guard response boat passes a red navigation buoy in the Mobile ship channel under cloudy skies, with port cranes visible in the distance

Weather

Coast Guard Sector Mobile Sends Teams to Reopen Gulf Ports After Hurricane Isaias

Oct 11, 2026 Hurricane

Public Safety

Hurricane Isaias Landfall Near Destin Sends Damaging Winds, Flooding and Outages Across South Alabama

Oct 10, 2026 Dauphin Island

Weather

Port of Mobile Suspends Vessel and Terminal Operations as Hurricane Isaias Approaches

Oct 9, 2026 Hurricane

Weather

Frederic, Ivan, Sally, Opal and Zeta: What Alabama Hurricane History Says About Isaias

Oct 9, 2026 Gulf Shores

Local Government

New Daphne Pier at Bayfront Park Would Stretch 1,200 Feet With $5 Million GoMESA Grant

Oct 9, 2026 Daphne