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small business

Coverage of small business from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

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Business

Marine Veteran’s Sunrise Smokehouse and Allergen-Free Joyfulls Bakery Join Downtown OWA in Foley

Sunrise Smokehouse, a barbecue restaurant from Marine Corps veteran Kevin Castillejos, and Joyfulls Bakery, run by 20-year-old Emersen Taylor, are the newest businesses at…

Oct 29, 2026 Foley

Events

Thomasville Trick-or-Treat Event Brings 75 Business Stops to Families Friday Afternoon

Oct 29, 2026 Thomasville

Shopkeeper arranging books on wooden display with a small espresso bar counter and customers browsing

Business

Dorothy June Booksellers Marks Three Years in Downtown Foley, Opens Telegraph Espresso Bar Inside the Shop

Oct 27, 2026 Foley

Mayor speaking with residents over coffee in a city hall meeting room

Local Government

Prichard Mayor Carletta Davis Hosts ‘Coffee w/ Carletta’ Community Meeting Tuesday Morning at City Hall

Oct 27, 2026 Prichard

Downtown Loxley storefronts with a Live Locally Alabama banner and shoppers on the sidewalk

Local Government

Loxley Joins Live Locally Alabama Campaign to Boost Local Businesses

Oct 21, 2026 Loxley

Closed pink ice cream kiosk with a cancelled sign on a beach beside hands holding a vendor contract marked no refund, no credit

Business

Shrimp Festival Refund Dispute: First-Time Vendor Out $3,200 After Isaias Cancellation

Oct 20, 2026 Gulf Shores

Business

South Alabama’s Melton Center Earns Mobile Chamber Honor for Championing Minority Entrepreneurs

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile

Federal tax forms, a calculator and receipts spread on a kitchen table

Alabama State Government

IRS Isaias Tax Relief: Alabama Taxpayers in 40 Counties Get Until Feb. 4 to File and Pay

Oct 15, 2026 Hurricane

Assorted vape devices and e-liquid bottles displayed on a store shelf

Local Government

Gulf Shores Vape Tax Starts: City Keeps 100% of Collections, Adds $150 Seller Fee

Oct 15, 2026 Gulf Shores

Families on blankets and lawn chairs in a field at dusk with food trucks lined up near an outdoor movie screen

Events

OpenTruck Food Truck Movie Night Brings Toy Story 5 and 15 Vendors to Semmes Oct. 17

Oct 15, 2026 Semmes

A table near the Gulf Shores dunes displays frozen juice pouches in a cooler, pottery, candles and beaded jewelry, the kind of inventory Shrimp Festival vendors are selling after Isaias.

Business

Shrimp Festival Vendor List: Where to Shop Artists and Businesses Left Hanging by Isaias Cancellation

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

Raised wooden beach house engulfed in flames before dawn as two responders watch from a wet parking lot, depicting the Coyote Beach Sports fire in Gulf Shores

Public Safety

Coyote Beach Sports Fire: Gulf Shores Officer Gets Sleeping Owner Out Seconds Before Flames Engulf Building

Oct 14, 2026 Gulf Shores

A fallen tree rests on the roof of a brick house beside a leaning utility pole and debris-strewn street after Hurricane Isaias, illustrating the need for Isaias tax relief.

Alabama State Government

Isaias Tax Relief: Alabama Revenue Department to Weigh Penalty Waivers Ahead of Thursday Deadline

Oct 14, 2026 Hurricane