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Eleven Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) middle schools were selected to participate in We Build It Better, an industry-developed aviation and engineering educational program, the system recently announced. The schools are: Alba, Burns, Calloway-Smith, Causey, Chastang-Fournier, Denton Magnet, Grand Bay, Hankins, Lott, Pillans and Scarborough. Students will be able to apply knowledge gained in…
Spanish Fort city leaders recently confirmed Amazon’s plans to build a $45-million distribution facility on a 24-acre site at the end of Bass Pro Drive in the Spanish Fort Center, WPMI reported. Benefits include 115 full-time jobs that pay roughly $15 an hour, plus benefits. “This is what they call a final point of delivery,”…
Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Alabama is now accepting applications for its Veterans Home Repair Program. The nonprofit is partnering with The Home Depot Foundation to help veterans in the Mobile area. The program is open to all military veterans who have an honorable or general discharge, low income and the deed to their home.…
USA Health research demonstrating that a vaccine made from patients’ own tumors could extend the lives of women with late-stage ovarian cancer, particularly those without a BRCA gene mutation, has been published in the December 2020 issue of The Lancet Oncology. The work was originally presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology in March. The…
Historic Hotels of America has named The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa as one of the recipients of the group’s 2020 Awards of Excellence, according to Al.com. The hotel took honors as the Best Historic Hotel in the midsize category of 201-400 guestrooms and was one of only two winners from the Southeast. The…
Print King has designed shirts that encourage Mobilians to “Eat, Drink, and Buy Mobile” with 10% of all sales to support the USA Health Emergency Pandemic Fund, according to an announcement. The shirts are available in various colors and sizes at Print King, Spring Hill Ace, Royal Pharmacy, Sunny Side Theater & Drama Camp Productions and…
California-based Carbon Health is opening a new clinic on Hillcrest Road in Mobile, according to Business Alabama. The clinic will immediately provide rapid COVID-19 tests and antibody testing and eventually transition into an urgent care site. Patients can book urgent care or virus testing appointments without a referral, then check test results through the Carbon Health…
Oyster Shell Strategy was recently named the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Month, according to Business View. After opening in 2018, the agency grew from a one-person business to a team of five and expanded its scope from specialty events to all facets of brand management, including content writing, social media, partnership…
Dr. John Houston and Dr. Jonathan Campbell recently joined USA West Mobile Primary Care and are accepting new patients. The physicians have more than 50 years of combined experience in primary care and are board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. They also “diagnose and treat a variety of acute and chronic illnesses, while…
iHeartMedia recently chose Mobile-based attorney Gabe Fleet as its new executive vice president of business affairs and chief music licensing counsel, AL.com reports. The media conglomerate said Fleet will lead its business affairs team and focus on strategic deals and relationships with the company’s music and entertainment partners. He will also be responsible for business…
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