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Family truly is what one makes it. Sure, we have blood relatives, but there is so much more to family than just blood.

Containers rose 33.0 percent, refrigerated containers rose 80.9 percent, and rail intermodal transfers rose 148.2 percent.

Container volume through the Port of Mobile marked its third-highest lift in September delivering a 27 percent year-to-date increase.

Containerized cargo volumes continue to climb in 2021, as shippers seek uncongested gateways servicing key North American markets.

"With the continued commitment of our state’s leaders, Alabama is well on the way to even brighter days."

Residents of two Dallas County water authorities are seeing the benefits of improvements to their rural water systems, as leaders of those systems prepare for another expansion in one and continued growth in the other. ​Torrey Jones, regional manager for the South Dallas and West Dallas Water Authorities, both of which are operated by ClearWater … Continued

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its advance estimate of U.S. GDP for the second quarter of 2020 reflecting the months of April, May and June dropped 9.5 percent in the second quarter, According to the BEA report, real GDP contracted at an unprecedented annualized rate of 32.9 percent. This is the largest quarterly decline … Continued

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Alabama surpassed 2,000 on Monday, marking another grim milestone in the outbreak. At least 53 deaths have been reported. [visual-link-preview encoded=”eyJ0eXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwiLCJwb3N0Ijo4MzEwOSwicG9zdF9sYWJlbCI6IlBhZ2UgODMxMDkgLSBNYXBwaW5nIENPVklELTE5IGluIEFsYWJhbWEiLCJ1cmwiOiIiLCJpbWFnZV9pZCI6ODU1MjMsImltYWdlX3VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFscmVwb3J0ZXIuY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIwLzA0L0FydGJvYXJkLTEtMTAwMHg2MDAuanBnIiwidGl0bGUiOiJNYXBwaW5nIENPVklELTE5IGluIEFsYWJhbWEiLCJzdW1tYXJ5IjoiV2UncmUgdHJhY2tpbmcgdGhlIHNwcmVhZCBvZiB0aGUgdmlydXMuIENsaWNrIGhlcmUgZm9yIHRoZSBsYXRlc3QgdXBkYXRlcy4iLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6InVzZV9kZWZhdWx0X2Zyb21fc2V0dGluZ3MifQ==”] Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by lab testing in 66 of the state’s 67 counties. At least five of the state’s counties have at least a … Continued