Mobile Sports Authority Weighs BP Claim for Lost Bass Tournament
The Mobile Sports Authority prepared to consider filing a claim against BP after the Gulf oil spill forced the cancellation of a major bass fishing tournament projected to bring more…
Dauphin Island Tourism Fell During July 2010 Oil Spill
A 2010 WKRG report documented major holiday-weekend tourism losses on Dauphin Island during the Gulf oil spill.
School Boards Challenge Later Start Date Tied to Beach Tourism
Alabama school board leaders pushed back on proposals to delay the school start date to late August as a tourism boost, arguing the underlying revenue study was unreliable, especially with…
Gulf Shores to Host ‘Hands Across the Sand’ Anti-Drilling Rally
A nationwide demonstration against offshore drilling was set to reach Gulf Shores, where participants planned to gather on the public beach to oppose drilling and call for clean energy in…
Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney to Headline Free Gulf Shores Beach Concert After Oil Spill
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band are set to headline a free beach concert in Gulf Shores on July 1, 2010, an event organizers hope will encourage visitors to…
Mobile Lawyer, Dauphin Island Fix at Center of Spill Response
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut…
International Spotlight Falls on Bon Secour Fisheries as Gulf Spill Threatens Alabama Oysters
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill spread across the Gulf in the spring of 2010, international press attention turned to Bon Secour Fisheries, whose century-old Baldwin County business felt the…
Mobile Lawyer Leads Oil Spill Claims Fight as Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe
Class action attorney Rick Kuykendall, a Mobile native, drew national notice for his work on Deepwater Horizon claims, as federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation and BP agreed to fund…
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Oil Spill, Day 50: Containment Cap Pulls Thousands of Barrels a Day
Fifty days into the Gulf disaster, the cap fitted over the failed blowout preventer was recovering more than 10,000 barrels a day, but engineers were still venting oil into the…
Storms, Sold-Out Sets and an Oil Spill in the Background: Inaugural Hangout Fest Rocks Gulf Shores
The inaugural Hangout Music Festival packed the beach in Gulf Shores with big sets from the Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, The Roots and Trey Anastasio, surviving a Sunday lightning evacuation…