07/14/11 GULF SHORES, AL--(Marketwire - 07/14/11) - ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals announces its participation as a "Friend of the Festival" Accommodations Sponsor for the 40th Annual National Shrimp Festival from October 13-16, 2011, on the beach in beautiful Gulf Shores, Ala. In addition to fresh shrimp and seafood vendors, this year's festival is set to include live music on two stages, arts ...
07/13/11 GULF SHORES, Alabama - Water and fish samples have been sent to the Alabama Department of Public Health to try and figure out what is causing a fishkill in gulf waters. Preliminary test results show it's not oil that is killing the fish. Take a walk down Gulf State Pier and you can't help but notice something in the water. Dead fish, lots of them. "The middle of last week is when we started ...
07/07/11 Fire crews are winding down operations at command posts in Gulf State Park and the Orange Beach Sportsplex as the wildfire continues to wan.
07/06/11 Sydney McKinney Galyen, left, gets help from her mom, Belinda McKinney, modeling the T-shirts she designed for LuLu's, the popular Gulf Shores restaurant owned by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett's sister.
06/30/11 DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Dauphin Island this morning to meet with local officials and residents affected by the BP oil spill.
06/30/11 Alabama firefighters getting some much needed help to put out the brush fire that's still burning in Gulf State Park...
06/29/11 Some rain and new backfires are helping firefighters better contain a huge wildfire burning in the Gulf Shores area.
06/29/11 Gulf Shores, AL (WIAT)--Here are some recent photos taken of the fire by Elizabeth Potter from a public beach at Gulf Shores. The rain Tuesday helped a little bit, but the fire still needs to be contained.
06/28/11 GULF SHORES, Ala. - Area businesses voted against consolidation with the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Friday at a special called meeting.
06/27/11 In south Alabama, state fire officials say a wildfire is still smoldering at Gulf State Park...
06/24/11 Less than a year after its completion, the new eight-lane track at Cullman High School might play host to one of the largest track events in the state in 2012.
06/22/11 Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah recently signed a unity deal in Cairo. London-based Palestinian activist Dr Azzam Tamimi although sceptical about it, says the initiative appears to show the Israelis are finally losing the battle with Palestinians.
06/19/11 Somali pirates tell Al Jazeera how they hijack ships and what they do with ransom money.
06/17/11 Two travel writer conferences will visit south Baldwin County beach communities over the next year, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism announced today.
06/13/11 DUBAI -- Amid the economic slowdown in 2010, the construction industry in Abu Dhabi witnessed fresh contracts awarded valued at $35.5 billion; 66 per cent of the value of all contracts awarded in the UAE for 2010, according to Ben Shaw, Regional Director, DORMA Gulf.
06/07/11 Keynote address by Anwar Ibrahim at the Conference on Islamic Funding in Development, Kuwait, June 7th, 2011 The Islamic finance sector, having grown by leaps and bounds over the last few decades, is no longer confined to retail borrowing or lending or partnerships and joint ventures. At its inception, Islamic finance as a global phenomenon [...]
06/05/11 Dubai: In September, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will launch the official operation of the Dubai Metro Dubai Metro Green Line.
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.
05/22/11 FOLEY, Ala. and GULF SHORES, Ala. - Area businesses will decide the fate next week of two local chambers of commerce as members vote on the proposed merger of the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and the Alabama Gulf Coast Area Chamber of Commerce.
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