Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Port of Mobile from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
LUCEDALE, Miss. — Community leaders gathered in Lucedale on Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Mississippi Export Railroad, founded in 1922 by Gregory Luce to serve his mill…
MOBILE, Ala. — The city’s largest private employer is entering a new chapter: Austal USA kicked off construction of its first steel-hulled ship at its Mobile riveryard, marking a major…
The Mobile City Council is set to vote on sending $30 million to the Mobile Airport Authority for a new commercial terminal at Brookley Aeroplex, with officials targeting a 2024…
A crowded Republican field led by Katie Britt, Mo Brooks and Mike Durant is expected to head to a June runoff in Alabama's U.S. Senate primary to replace retiring Sen.…
As a federal board weighs whether Amtrak can share freight tracks for new passenger service between Mobile and New Orleans, the railroad took its argument to a live online audience.…
Amtrak launched a Twitch livestream of a Mississippi rail line this week to argue that restoring Mobile-New Orleans passenger service wouldn't disrupt freight traffic, a claim CSX and local rail…
A federal spending package will send more than $1 billion to the Mobile area, including $300 million for the Port of Mobile and Mobile Downtown Airport, Sen. Richard Shelby announced.
Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth told a Mobile County Republican Party gathering that Alabama has enough money in its Education Trust Fund and General Fund to build the Mobile River Bridge…
MOBILE, Ala. — The cruise industry was pushing back hard in early January 2022 after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised travelers — regardless of vaccination status —…
Cruises are coming back to the Port City. Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed the Carnival Sensation will sail from Mobile again beginning March 5, bringing passenger service back to the…