Coastal Alabama residents using nature to protect against hurricane damage
John Cutts watched an oak tree fall at Alba Beach in south Mobile during a storm. It was astonishing to him to watch an oak tree sink into Mobile Bay from his home next door. A few years later, hurricanes Sally and Zeta hit, and the retaining wall along Cutts’ property and an adjacent road washed out from the flooding.
MCHD: more than 678,000 gallons estimated in Sanitary Sewer Overflows in Satsuma
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) reports in a press release that Satsuma Water & Sewer Board responded to five Sanitary Sewer Overflows May 22 and May 23. The total of estimated gallons in the overflows was more than 678,000 gallons. Here is the release:. Satsuma...
Airbus Mobile facility reaches “major milestone” in new logistics center
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Airbus posted on its Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Site GM Daryl Taylor Facebook page on Tuesday May 19 a development in its new logistics center. Last week, we reached a major milestone in Mobile as the final beam was installed in our new logistics center. By bringing...
Baldwin County officials update project to reduce impacts of flash floods
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - The Baldwin County, AL Commission posted on its Facebook page an update on a project designed to reduce flash flooding in one part of the county during major rain events. Here is the post:. Belforest Community Regional Stormwater Project Update. Construction is underway on a...
Mobile Carnival Museum updates remodeling work
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Carnival Museum posted on its Facebook page an update on remodeling work going on at the museum. If you have driven by the Mobile Carnival Museum recently, you might have noticed a flurry of activity on our grounds. Much is ongoing. Walls are rising...
Work begins on nature park in Baldwin County
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Gulf Shores-Municipal Government Facebook page posted that construction is underway on a future nature park. The post says construction is underway on the future Laguna Cove Nature Park, a 53-acre conservation and recreation project planned at the end of West Beach Blvd. along Lit
The Farmhouse Market Evokes Community Memories
Gulf Shores, Ala. — (GSN) — Between Foley and Gulf Shores on Hwy. 59, lies a small farmers market store that will bring back those memories when the community farmers and bakers could sell their items direct to locals. No national brands are present, just old fashioned recipes already prepared and packaged for you to t
FBLA competition opens national opportunity
Students from the Lowndes County Career Technical Center (LCCTC) are preparing to represent Alabama on the national stage after a strong showing at the Alabama Future Business Leaders of America (AFBLA) State Leadership Conference in Mobile. More than 50 students attended the conference in April, competing in business,
Caribbean festival brings culture to downtown Mobile
Saturday's Greater Gulf Coast Caribbean Culture and Arts Festival featured music, dance and food.
MPD investigating after two vehicles hit by gunfire in neighborhood off DIP
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police are investigating after two vehicles were hit by gunfire before dawn Sunday morning. It happened outside of a home on Charmaine Circle shortly after 3 Sunday morning. That’s a neighborhood off Dauphin Island Parkway. When we arrived we could see an SUV that appeared to have been hit
