Port of Mobile Expansion Credited with Creating More Than 67,000 Alabama Jobs
Gov. Bob Riley visited the Alabama State Docks this week to tout the economic payoff of a decade of investment in the Port of Mobile, pointing to more than 67,000…
Mobile Becomes Command Hub for 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Response as Officials Weigh Ways to Push Back the Slick
In the first days after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion set off a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Mobile emerged as a nerve center for the response.…
The Clotilda’s Secret Voyage and the Founding of Mobile’s Africatown
One of the more remarkable chapters in Mobile County’s history begins with a bet. In 1860, Mobile shipyard owner Timothy Meaher wagered $100,000 with friends that he could defy the…
The Story Behind Africatown: How the Clotilda’s 1860 Voyage Founded a Mobile Community
Nearly two centuries after the United States banned the importation of enslaved people, a Mobile-area businessman financed one final, illegal voyage across the Atlantic—and the community founded by its survivors,…
Adam Bourne Runs for Chickasaw City Council on Police, Curfews and ‘the Crown Jewel of Mobile County’
A former Alabama assistant attorney general and industrial development board member announced a run for Chickasaw City Council in 2008, promising more police, a teen curfew and code enforcement.
As Mobile Grows, Old Debate Over the George Wallace Tunnel Resurfaces
As Mobile continues to grow, so does the conversation about whether the city’s aging infrastructure can keep up, and one perennial topic has resurfaced: traffic trouble in the George Wallace…
Shelby Announces $4.76 Million for Mobile’s State Docks Intermodal Project
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced a $4.76 million federal award to the Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile for the State Docks intermodal facility, the second installment of a $20…
Mayor Sam Jones Liked Mobile’s Hand as the ThyssenKrupp Decision Neared
With a $2.9 billion steel mill decision expected within days, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones told a civic club he would not trade places with Louisiana, and laid out where the…
Ten Million Federal Dollars Headed to Choctaw Point and the State Docks Rail Terminal
The U.S. Department of Transportation agreed in February 2007 to release more than $10 million to the Alabama State Port Authority for the Choctaw Point Terminal and an intermodal rail…
Senate Passes Homeland Security Bill Carrying Mobile River Bridge and Coast Guard Aircraft Money
The full Senate approved a 2007 homeland security spending bill in July 2006 with $155.6 million for Coast Guard patrol aircraft trained on in Mobile and $4 million for the…