Mobile County
Rural areas in nine Alabama counties, including Mobile and Baldwin counties, will get expanded broadband connections as a result of $24.72 million in grants awarded last week by Gov. Kay Ivey, AL.com reported. The grants were awarded to broadband providers across the state to support projects in unserved or underserved areas. Ivey said that once…
Wawa announced at recent press conferences that its first two Mobile stores will be built at the intersection of Cottage Hill and Sollie roads, and the intersection of Schillinger Road and Old Government Street, AL.com reported. In Baldwin County, the four locations announced are at Highway 98 and County Road 44 (Twin Beech Road) in…
This year’s State of the City/County address, held last week in Mobile, centered on growth and investment, AL.com reports. The sold-out, Mobile Chamber-hosted address featured a panel discussion with the Mobile County Commission and a question-and-answer session with Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson. Nearly 700 people heard the commission discuss the investments coming to the region…
The Mobile County Commission has advanced the Bayfront Park project by endorsing an additional $3.9 million of money allocated through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process, AL.com reports. The funds are in addition to $4.6 million in NRDA money that was originally allocated for the project in Coden in 2020. The project was approved…
The Greene & Phillips Scholarship Program is now live, with an application deadline of January 31. In it, five $2,000 scholarships are available to all high school seniors in Mobile and Baldwin counties and can be used at accredited colleges, universities, community colleges and trade schools. Students of all grade point averages and abilities are…
Gov. Kay Ivey, through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs with funds made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded $3.3 million for programs that help low-income residents become economically self-sufficient and alleviate poverty. The Community Services Block Grants will be distributed to 18 community action agencies to…
Alabama Power Co. is proceeding on budget and on schedule with a new natural gas-fired power unit that was a major part of a $1.1 billion expansion approved by the Alabama Public Service Commission in 2020, AL.com reports. Work on the James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) in Mobile County is approximately 70%…
BALDWIN, MOBILE COUNTY, Ala — Arts organizations in Baldwin and Mobile counties received grants from the state, AL.com was among outlets to report. Among the 200 grants let from the $3.6 million awarded were to the Alabama Contemporary Art Center ($14,200); Alabama Folklife Association ($65,000); Azalea City Center for the Arts ($13,700); Clotilda Descendants Association…
Rich’s Car Wash has announced the closing of its location at 1066 Hillcrest Road in Mobile, which was the second carwash opened by the Richardsons in the Mobile area more than 30 years ago. The owners realized they could not successfully operate the facility due to traffic congestion three to four hours daily, making it…
The Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) recently named Marian Faulk and Jennifer Jenkins to the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Faulk is marketing director for Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, and Jenkins is founder and president of JJPR Agency in Daphne. The SPRF Hall of Fame was established in 2010 to…
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