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6 preventive tips to stay out of the emergency department
Hospital emergency departments are busy places throughout the year. Currently, wait times are up, and space is limited at emergency departments across Alabama.Fortunately, UAB Medicine offers several … more
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Impact 100 Baldwin County announces membership events
Impact 100 is recruiting women to join its organization in 2023 by holding gatherings the next few months throughout Baldwin County.The nonprofit is composed of women who believe in transforming … more
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Children play on xylophones placed at the new Foley Pine Street Park. The park, next to Foley Middle School, was dedicated Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Foley dedicates first 'pocket park'
FOLEY — What had been a vacant lot on U.S. 98 is now the first in a planned series of small parks that will be recreation sites, music venues and playgrounds.The city and the South Baldwin … more
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Orange Beach design class offers real-world opportunities for graphics work
ORANGE BEACH — The bell rings in the halls of Orange Beach High School, and students file into Michael McCrady's digital design class.Each student sits down behind their iMac computer and waits … more
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Tony Luna, owner and operator of Rise Breakfast & Bakery, at his Spanish Fort location.
Tony Luna opens breakfast eatery in former Spanish Fort bakery, just like Mom wanted
SPANISH FORT — Across from Rockwell Elementary School sits a small white house that once housed a bakery. If you passed it in the last six months, you may have noticed it is a new business. Actually, two. more
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Win 2 tickets to The Hangout Music Festival
The beaches of Gulf Shores will host some of the world’s premier names in pop, rock, rap, dance and more May 19-21, and Gulf Coast Media readers have a chance to win their way there.Gulf Coast … more
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Crews work to add turn lanes on Gayfer Avenue and U.S. 98 in Fairhope. The Fairhope City Council voted Monday, Jan. 9 to approve a change order to repair the roadbed at the site.
Fairhope approves more work for Gayfer turn lanes
FAIRHOPE — Roadbed deterioration at the intersection of Gayfer Avenue and U.S. 98 will add to costs and the timetable to add turn lanes at the site, city officials said.Fairhope City Council … more
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Erosion on Fly Creek in Fairhope is one of the issues being examined in a watershed study by the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program. A draft of the study is expected to be ready for public comment by March.
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program completing Eastern Shore watershed study
FAIRHOPE — Growth along the Eastern Shore is creating environmental challenges, such as sedimentation created from construction sites, a two-year study of the Mobile Bay watershed … more
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Traffic cones mark road hazards in the Eastern Shore Center in Spanish Fort before the start of repairs. Work to repair and repave roads at the site is scheduled to be completed in February.
Eastern Shore Boulevard completion set for February
SPANISH FORT — After several months of construction and efforts going back more than a year, work to complete repairs on Eastern Shore Boulevard should be completed next month.Spanish Fort … more
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Alicia Maria Williams (right) and her sister feed chickens on Wednesday.
Baldwin County shoppers look to local farms, consider raising own flocks to combat rising prices
BOX INFO:Want to learn how to raise your own chickens for eggs?McCrea is the author of “The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens,” available on Amazon.In March, she also … more
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Crews work to pave what will be the southbound lanes of Alabama 181 near Fairhope. The project had been scheduled to be completed by December, but officials said the highway may not be open until March.
Weather woes wrench widening of 181 between Daphne and Fairhope
DAPHNE — Weather could delay the widening of Alabama 181 between Daphne and Fairhope could be delayed another two months, state highway officials said.The project to expand the highway from two … more
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The annual Battlefield Blitz 5K and Fun Run, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Historic Blakeley State Park.
Blakeley State Park to host Battlefield Blitz
Historic Blakeley State Park invites the public to be a part of the annual Battlefield Blitz 5K and Fun Run, on Saturday, Feb. 4. The run is held on Alabama's largest Civil War battlefield in … more
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Gather up your pals and enjoy a day of cards, conversation and great food at the Orange Beach Garden Club's 35th-annual Game Day and Salad Luncheon.
35th-annual Game Day set in Orange Beach
Do you enjoy a good card game or a lively conversation over lunch? Join the Orange Beach Garden Club for the 35th-annual Salad Luncheon and Game Day Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Orange Beach Event … more
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Join the Gulf Coast Arts Alliance for the first Art Market of the year.
5 Baldwin County happenings you shouldn't miss this weekend Jan. 13-15
Happy Friday the 13th. Are you in the camp that feels this day is bad luck or do you embrace it? If you are looking for some fun ways to skirt the unlucky holiday, we have five Baldwin County events … more
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Certified Ross Instructor Julie Fjetland will teach students the wet-on-wet painting technique like this that artist Bob Ross made popular in the PBS series "The Joy of Painting."
Learn to paint like Bob Ross in Gulf Shores
GULF SHORES — You can make birds, yeah. Make birds. Or perhaps clouds that were a happy accident.Most importantly, as the beloved host of PBS' "Joy of Painting" series Bob Ross used to say, … more
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63rd-annual Dogwood Trail Pageant happens this weekend in Fairhope
FAIRHOPE — More than 30 contestants will take the stage this weekend in the 63rd-annual Dogwood Trail Pageant.The pageant and scholarship program, which has become a highlight of the start of … more
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Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail nominated for national award
The Alabama Gulf Coast is home to some great recreational trails and people are noticing. The Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail is one of 20 recreational trails nominated for USA Today's 10 Best … more
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The area north of the intersection of Alabama 181 and U.S. 31 is developing as a residential and commercial region. Under the current county land-use plan, however, the area is listed as agricultural. County officials are working to update the 2013 plan.
Baldwin County to update its land-use plan
ROBERTSDALE — Baldwin County is working to update a land-use plan officials said is a decade out of date in the state's fastest growing region.A draft of the plan should be ready for … more
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Scenes from along the Eastern Shore and the Alabama Gulf Coast’s Orange Beach and Gulf Shores from Mardi Gras 2022.
Let the good times roll y’all! Your guide to Alabama Gulf Coast Mardi Gras parades
Mardi Gras is just around the corner, and the first parades of the Alabama Gulf Coast Mardi Gras season roll Jan. 21 in Mobile.That means it is time to laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good … more
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Sen. Chris Elliott
Elliott to chair new senate committee
Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Daphne, will serve as chairman of the newly created County and Municipal Government committee in Alabama's Senate.Elliott, who represents District 32, which covers much of … more
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