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July always brings hot humid weather and thoughts of vacations. Though destinations and entertainment have to a large extent changed, summer vacations have long been with us. The Mississippi and Alabama coasts were popular 100 years ago with people from the Golden Triangle and still are. One change though is that rather than Gulf Shores or Orange Beach — then basically a barren beach —  it was the Point Clear area along Mobile Bay that was the vacation destination in Alabama.

The Maritime Administration announced it has awarded $19.6 million as part of the Small Shipyard Grant Program to 24 shipyards in 19 states.

An environmental group took the first step Wednesday toward filing suit over plans by Alabama Power Co. to leave millions of pounds of coal ash near a

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- An environmental group took the first step Wednesday toward filing suit over plans by Alabama Power Co. to leave millions of pounds

The event marked the anniversary of the ship arriving 162 years ago with 110 enslaved people brought to the country against their will.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and...

Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America's shores gathered to pay tribute to their ancestors

Africatown, located in Alabama, is hosting a design competition, architects and designers can submit ideas to revitalize the site.

The latest plan for a new bridge and revamped Interstate 10 to ease traffic congestion on the Gulf Coast at Mobile has increased cost

GETTING THE TRASH OUT OF THE SPLASH IN ALABAMA // SERIOUS WORK // HUGE IMPACT An annual event called "Alabama Coastal Cleanup" will be held on September 20, 2014, all along the coasts of our "Alabama the Beautiful" state, in an effort to keep it that way. For the twenty-seventh time, volunteers will gather at