Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of South Alabama economy from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Gulf Distributing has named Ryan McDonald as its first director of spirits division and Josh Smith as director of strategic operations, continuing a recent push to expand its leadership team.
MYER Industries LLC is investing $2.3 million to build a new manufacturing headquarters and production facility in Grand Bay, a project expected to create 24 jobs over the next four…
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association named the Port of Mobile one of '250 transportation projects that helped build America,' putting the nearly century-old Alabama port on a list…
The West Marine building on Canal Road in Orange Beach has changed hands for $3.2 million, but the store itself is not going anywhere. The location remains a top performer…
Airbus has begun building A220 jets at its Mobile campus, opening a second commercial aircraft production line at Brookley Aeroplex and adding about 400 jobs to the region's aerospace industry.
A family-owned manufacturing company plans to break ground Monday on a new Bay Minette production facility expected to create 66 jobs and bring more than $24 million in investment.
Amazon has confirmed its first Alabama facility, a sortation center in the Theodore area, that officials say could create as many as 500 jobs.
Local officials overseeing BP oil spill settlement funds for Mobile and Baldwin counties are pausing new decisions until federal guidance arrives.
Buying local could be worth more than $21 billion a year to the Mobile-area economy, according to a University of South Alabama economist who recently laid out the region’s “importing”…
Mobile's BP oil spill claims office extended weekend hours ahead of a June 8, 2015 deadline as area businesses rushed to file economic damage claims.