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History A cruise ship docked at a port terminal

How Mobile Became a Home Port for Carnival Cruise Lines

James Bullard, September 15, 2015

A look back at how Mobile built a cruise industry partnership with Carnival, from a 2001 test run to a full-time home port.

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History Exterior of an aerospace manufacturing plant building

Behind Mobile’s Excitement Over the New Airplane Plant, a Familiar History of Waiting for Saviors

James Bullard, February 29, 2008July 21, 2026

As Mobile celebrates a major new aerospace plant, some longtime observers are urging caution, pointing to a long history of the city pinning its hopes on outside projects — from the shipping channel to Brookley Air Force Base — that didn’t fully deliver the transformation many expected.

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Local News A large cruise ship docked at a port terminal

Hattiesburg Loves the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Carnival Keeps Overbooking

James Bullard, April 16, 2005

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.

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