Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of technical education from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Advance Auto Parts celebrated its new Fairhope location with a ribbon-cutting and gave $1,000 to Bishop State Community College to support automotive technician training.
Students from Baldwin Preparatory Academy in Loxley earned Skill Point Certificates at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, where a record 7,000 students competed.
AIDT and the Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council arranged shipyard testing for displaced Virginia College welding students, offering a path to a job despite the school's closure.
Bishop State Community College is hosting a free downtown Mobile exhibit spotlighting the artistry behind its technical trade programs this spring.
A Mary G. Montgomery High School student became the first in Alabama to earn a master's certification in Microsoft Office 2013.
Bishop State leaders said Mobile employers continued to need workers in air conditioning, refrigeration and electrical trades during the 2009 recession.
With a strategic plan complete and major industrial projects arriving in Mobile County, the South Alabama Regional Workforce Development Alliance opened a search for a director to carry the plan…
Chancellor Bradley Byrne said Alabama's community colleges were living through the best of times and the worst of times, promising accountability while laying out plans for new Bishop State campuses…