05/25/11 FOLEY, Ala. and ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -The South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and Alabama Gulf Coast Area Chamber of Commerce did not merge Wednesday, as the Gulf Coast Chamber only received around a 65 percent approval for the proposed consolidation.
03/17/11 Bryan Watts was among more than 100 boat captains and concerned residents inside the Orange Beach Community Center on Thursday. No one from BP was present at the meeting. A company spokesman, Justin Saia, said "it would not be appropriate" for the company to reveal individual claim information in public.
02/23/11 BON SECOUR, Alabama - Dead baby dolphin discovered in Bon Secour Bay in South Baldwin County...making it the 30th dead dolphin found since the beginning of the year in Mississippi and Alabama. Marine biologists from Gulfport rushed to North Bay Road in South Baldwin County when a dead baby bottle-nosed dolphin was found floating in Bon Secour Bay. The scientists aren't sure how the dolphin died ...
12/13/10 Of the four affected states, Alabama seems to top the list in anger and invective, with its top elected officials taking turns lashing out at Kenneth Feinberg, who was tapped to oversee the $20 billion compensation fund established by BP.
12/12/10 MOBILE, Ala. -- The checks aren't in the bank yet, but Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft said he believes that oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg has made a "breakthrough" in responding to damage filings by large coastal businesses.
11/25/10 - NOAA has closed 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping. NOAA Press Release Today, out of an abundance of caution, NOAA has closed 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping. The precautionary measure was taken after a commercial shrimper, having ...
11/25/10 UNDATED - A shrimper from Bon Secour went shrimping for royal reds in an area recently reopened to fishing. When he pulled in his nets, the shrimp was covered in what's believed to be tarballs. NOAA has closed 4,213 square miles of the Gulf, off the coast of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, to royal red shrimping. On Saturday, a shrimper from Bon Secour went shrimping for royal reds in an ...
11/23/10 BON SECOUR, Alabama - The shrimp boat, "Our Mother" that pulled oil up with its catch of royal reds over the weekend is in Pascagoula, Mississippi. It is the focus of a battery of tests and it raises several red flags when it comes to seafood safety, how much oil is still in the gulf and where is it? A deck full of royal red shrimp and oil is the last thing anyone wanted to see docked in Bon ...
11/22/10 Shrimpers based in Bon Secour, Alabama say their nets and catch were covered with oil from the Gulf floor during a shrimping trip off the coast Louisiana Saturday.
11/22/10 Shrimpers based in Bon Secour, AL, say their nets and catch were covered with oil from the Gulf of Mexico sea floor during a shrimping trip off the coast of Louisiana Saturday.
11/12/10 "Jack was considered the pre-eminent historian for Mobile Bay," said Robert Edington, a Mobile attorney and longtime friend.
11/02/10 Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, refuge officials have been especially busy overseeing the natural beauty -- and sanctity -- of the refuge, making sure the habitat for scores of birds, the home of the beach mouse, and the nesting place for sea turtles, remains a haven for a diversity of species.
11/02/10 FOLEY, Alabama -- While Veterans Day is not until Nov. 11, local men and women who served will also be recognized a few days earlier when Heritage Harbor Days celebrates its 10th anniversary starting Friday.
10/23/10 A fire on Johnson Lane in Foley took the life of 37-year-old Kimberly Ann Johnson on Saturday according to officials.
10/12/10 Fire investigators on Monday were trying to determine the cause of two separate fires that left one woman dead and damaged four homes in south Baldwin County during the weekend. Preliminary findings showed no indication of criminal wrongdoing in a fire in Bon Secour on Saturday night that left 37-year-old Kimberly Ann Johnston dead, according to Alabama State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk. The exact ...
10/07/10 MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Department of Public Health annually updates fish consumption advisories based on data collected by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. Concern about protecting the public from possible health exposure to mercury from eating fish led to the issuance of several new fish consumption advisories for bodies of water in Alabama. The quality of water, based ...
10/06/10 Almost six months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico , Alabama is still recovering from the disaster. Auburn University is helping in that recovery with a forum at the Perdido Beach Resort.
09/23/10 Captain's Galley in Bon Secour closes...owner blames his financial hardship on the oil spill. Many other businesses in South Baldwin County could fold if they don't receive claims checks soon.
09/19/10 Alabama's $148 million claim to BP became this week's hottest political topic after BP -- in a story that the Montgomery Advertiser broke online -- refused to process it, citing ongoing litigation as one of the reasons.
09/06/10 Although firefighters are called on to deal with everything from wildfires to hurricanes, the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf was a new experience for the many Middle Georgia firefighters who spent weeks or months helping clean up oil and recover wounded animals. | 
