ThyssenKrupp Training Applications Opened in Mobile in 2008
Archived WKRG coverage announced the opening of online applications for free training tied to jobs at the ThyssenKrupp steel mill.
Mobile County Commission Clashes Over $200,000 Boost to ‘Come Back to Mobile’ Recruiting Campaign
Mobile County commissioners sparred over a $200,000 funding boost for a campaign aimed at recruiting former residents back to the region amid an ongoing effort to reverse years of skilled-worker…
2008 Report Described Growing Investor Interest in Mobile and Baldwin Counties
A 2008 WKRG report said investors from around the country were looking at property in Mobile and Baldwin counties amid major industrial-development expectations.
One City Along I-65? North Mobile County Weighed a Merger It Knew Would Never Happen
With a steel plant rising at Calvert and a new school system drawing families to Saraland, developers and officials debated dissolving Chickasaw, Satsuma and Creola into a single north Mobile…
Mobile Realtor’s Open Letter Pushes Back on Obama’s Early Doubts About the Tanker Deal
A Mobile-area Realtor has written an open letter to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, pushing back on the presidential candidate’s early skepticism about the Air Force’s decision to award a massive…
Boeing Protest Expected as Mobile Basks in Airbus Tanker Win, ThyssenKrupp Plant Adds to Momentum
After Northrop Grumman and EADS won the 2008 Air Force tanker contract, Mobile officials described expected long-term change and construction planning.
Mobile’s Four-Term Mayor Ruled Out the School Board, and Left the Door Open on Governor
Former Mayor Mike Dow said his wife would tolerate only one more campaign, and it would not be for the school board. In a long reply, he laid out his…
Workforce Alliance Finished Its Plan and Went Looking for Someone to Run It
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…
Southwest Alabama Communities Prepared for ThyssenKrupp Growth in 2007
Archived WKRG coverage described a Chatom meeting on how southwest Alabama communities could prepare for growth tied to the planned ThyssenKrupp mill.
New Chancellor Bradley Byrne Sees Better Days Ahead for Bishop State and the Two-Year System
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…