Tag: timber industry

Exterior of a federal courthouse building

Timber Deal, Bounced Checks Take Center Stage in Hastie Tax Evasion Trial

James Bullard, April 29, 2015

Testimony on the second day of a federal tax evasion trial focused on a timber deal tied to Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie’s family.

Baldwin County

Sunlight filtering through a stand of tall pine trees

Baldwin County’s Jody Bishop Named Alabama ‘Judge of the Year’ for Protecting the Forests

James Bullard, May 30, 2012

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.