State regulators are rewriting how electric contracts for giant data centers get reviewed, with public comments due in August. The outcome could shape projects proposed in Calvert, Prichard and Baldwin County.
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Stockton Votes Itself a Zoning District as a 4,500-Acre Solar Farm Looms
Residents of Stockton’s Planning District 3 voted 215-161 to bring their area under Baldwin County planning and zoning, a grassroots response to a proposed 4,500-acre solar farm they say blindsided them.
Baldwin County’s Jody Bishop Named Alabama ‘Judge of the Year’ for Protecting the Forests
Baldwin County District Judge Jody Bishop was named Alabama’s Judge of the Year by the state’s forest owners and forestry commission for his work prosecuting timber and woodland crimes.
McMillan Leads Agriculture Commissioner Ticket, Credits Mobile and Baldwin
Stockton’s John McMillan led the Republican field for Alabama agriculture commissioner in the June 1 primary and said his home counties on the coast supplied the margin that carried him into a runoff.
Baldwin County Board Closed Fairhope Alternative School in 2009
The Baldwin County School Board voted unanimously in 2009 to close the Alternative School in Fairhope while delaying a decision on Vaughn Elementary in Stockton.
Where Mobile’s Candidates Planned to Watch the Returns on Election Night 2006
From Wintzell’s to a riverside restaurant on Dog River, Mobile-area candidates and their supporters made plans to gather across the region as voters prepared to decide their fates on Tuesday.