As Omicron Strains Staffing, Mobile Prepares for Its Biggest Mardi Gras in Years
Mobile was weeks away from its first Mardi Gras of the pandemic era, and the city was watching two numbers at once: the omicron case count and the expected crowd…
Africatown Documentary Debuts at Savannah Film Festival, Fueling Mobile Heritage Tourism Push
A new short documentary on the Clotilda and the Africatown community its survivors founded premiered in Savannah, Georgia, part of a Mobile-funded push to build heritage tourism around the ship's…
Amtrak reaffirms plan to launch Mobile passenger rail service in 2022
Amtrak is pressing ahead with its plan to restore passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans, telling Gulf Coast transportation leaders it aims to start running trains in 2022.…
Amtrak Says Gulf Coast Passenger Rail to Mobile Still on Track for Early 2022
Amtrak officials told the Southern Rail Commission they still plan to launch passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile in early 2022, even as a long-delayed freight modeling study…
Construction Bids Go Out for $600,000 Africatown Heritage House Museum
Construction bids have gone out for the $600,000 Africatown Heritage House, a museum building near Mobile's Clotilda discovery site, with History Museum of Mobile Director Meg Fowler detailing plans for…
‘Thank You Linemen’ Campaign Invites Storm Crews Back to a Restored Mobile
The crews who came from across the country to restore power after Hurricane Sally are getting a public thank-you — and an invitation to come back and enjoy the city…
Mobile Creates State’s First Tourism Improvement District to Boost Lodging, Tourism
The Mobile City Council has approved the formation of the Mobile Tourism Improvement District (MTID), a five-year public-private partnership designed to raise about $1.3 million annually to support the city’s…
Alabama Master Gardeners to bring 2020 state conference to Mobile
Hundreds of Alabama Master Gardeners will gather in Mobile next March for the program’s annual state conference, bringing horticultural experts and garden enthusiasts to the Azalea City for three days…
Mobile Set to Host 2020 Alabama Master Gardener State Conference
Mobile will host the 2020 Alabama Master Gardener state conference next spring at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel, drawing hundreds of gardeners for talks, a film fest and tours of…
Mobile Downtown Airport Opens as Via Air Stays Grounded
Mobile's new downtown airport celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting at Brookley, but Via Air remains grounded as officials shift their focus to growing Frontier Airlines service and planning the…