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Archived coverage tracing Mobile's 2008 tanker saga from anticipation to the Air Force's $40 billion award to Northrop Grumman/EADS, bringing KC-30 assembly to Brookley Field.
With a $40 billion Air Force tanker decision imminent and an assembly line at stake for Brookley Field, an unsourced report in a foreign wire service set Mobile talking —…
Three prospects surfaced for seats on the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners, including a 25-year-old assistant pastor from Whistler and a superintendent who had just been replaced.
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis delivered his 'false choices' speech to the Mobile Rotary Club, his second appearance in the city in about a month, as speculation grew about a 2010…
A heart association fundraiser at the Battle House put local officials on a fashion runway, Alabama's senior senator prepared to address a business forum, and downtown Mobile revisited its most…
Archived WKRG coverage explored the possibility of a split Air Force tanker contract as Mobile awaited the 2008 decision.
Archived WKRG coverage reported that the Battle House and Riverview Renaissance were seeking nearly 100 new employees in early 2008.
The Gaudet family of Mobile was selected for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in February 2008 after their hurricane-damaged home and fire damage made life difficult for eight residents.
Archived WKRG coverage detailed the limited early-voting locations available in Mobile and Baldwin counties before the 2008 election.
In January 2008, the CDC reviewed an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness among 143 passengers and crew members aboard Carnival's Holiday after it returned to Mobile.