Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Mobile River from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile’s Austal USA shipyard staged one of the most symbolically loaded ceremonies in its history, swinging a ceremonial champagne bottle against the hull of the Navy’s newest littoral combat ship…
Austal founder John Rothwell expects the company’s Mobile shipyard to stay busy long after the Navy stops ordering Littoral Combat Ships, with the American operation converting at least half of…
Dozens of Mobile and Baldwin county residents packed a Saraland hearing on Alabama Power's plan to cap in place the massive coal ash pond at Plant Barry, with opponents outnumbering…
Generations of Africatown residents have battled cancer and industrial pollution from neighboring paper mills, leading to a decades-long legal fight against International Paper that ended in a confidential settlement in…
Alabama regulators have scheduled a March 30 public hearing in Saraland on Alabama Power's plan to cap its coal ash pond in place at Plant Barry, a proposal environmental group…
National attention returns to one of Mobile’s most storied historic sites this weekend, as the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” prepares to air a segment on the schooner Clotilda — the…
State regulators heard testimony in Saraland on three permits for Alabama Power's Plant Barry, as environmental advocates pushed for stricter limits on wastewater discharges tied to the plant's coal ash…
As Hurricane Sally bore down on the Gulf Coast with forecasts of 10 to 15 inches of rain, environmental advocates turned their attention to the nearly 21 million cubic yards…
Austal USA has finalized a major waterfront acquisition along the Mobile River, purchasing land, buildings, and an existing dry dock previously held by World Marine of Alabama, an indirect subsidiary…
Alabama is moving forward with plans to study and recover artifacts from the submerged wreck of the Clotilda, the last slave ship known to have landed on American shores. Seeking…