State auditor says he is being encouraged to run for governor
Zeigler is term-limited from running for another term as Alabama state auditor.
Mobile Bay
Port of Mobile deepening, widening to be completed by 2025
By the year 2025, there will be a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and an improved lower harbor turning basin.
May 21, 2021
Governor announces National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Projects in Alabama
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded nearly $26 million from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund to four new projects in the state of Alabama.
Reginald Davis announces candidacy for mayor of Prichard
Reginald Davis on Sunday officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Prichard. Davis said in a statement that he is seeking to become the people’s mayor and return integrity back to city hall. “As we campaign across the city, I look forward to hearing from the voters and better understanding their thoughts, ideas and concerns. … Continued
Shelby applauds the agreement on the Mobile Harbor Project
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby on Wednesday praised the announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, and the Alabama State Port Authority have officially entered into a Project Partnership Agreement to deepen and widen the Mobile Harbor Ship Channel by late 2024 or early 2025. The agreement was signed today by Colonel Sebastien … Continued
Alabama State Waters reopen for shrimping on June 1
Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Resources Division announced that pursuant to Section 9-12-46, Code of Alabama 1975, all inside waters not permanently closed by law or regulation will open for shrimp harvesting at 6 a.m., on Monday, June 1, 2020. This opening includes Mobile Bay, Bon Secour Bay, the Mississippi … Continued
Alabama state waters closed for shrimping from May 1 to June 1
Wednesday, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Marine Resources Division announces that as of 6 a.m., Friday, May 1, 2020, all inside waters will close for commercial and recreational shrimp harvesting. All inside waters, that are not permanently closed by law or regulation, will reopen to shrimp harvest at 6 a.m., on Monday, … Continued
Alabama Association of Realtors names 2020 President
Morgan Ashurst, CCIM, CRS of the Baldwin County Association of REALTORS® was named 2020 President of the Alabama Association of REALTORS®, the largest statewide organization of real estate professionals. Ashurst was officially installed as President on November 11 at the National Association of REALTORS® Conference in San Francisco, Calif. Ashurst is a native of Fairhope, Ala. … Continued
November 13, 2019
Jones offers U.S. Senate resolution memorializing the Clotilda
Sen. Doug Jones has introduced a resolution in the United States Senate to memorialize the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The Clotilda arrived in Mobile Bay in 1860, 53 years after the United States Congress banned the importation of enslaved people in 1807. Following the … Continued
Ivey: “There is no pathway forward” for Mobile River Bridge and Bayway replacement
On Wednesday, local Baldwin County elected officials voted “effectively” to kill the Mobile River Bridge project. The Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met to vote on its Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), which establishes the area’s transportation priorities from 2020 to 2023. For a decade, Mobile and Baldwin County officials have been asking federal and … Continued