OWA Parks & Resort recently cut the ribbon on its newest addition, Tropic Hideaway RV Resort. The luxury RV resort boasts 190 RV lots and is located next to Tropic Falls theme and water parks. …
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By MELANIE LECROY
Lifestyle Editor melanie@gulfcoastmedia.com | 9/12/23 |
The Annual National Shrimp Festival is announcing a delay of the festival’s opening to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, due to threats of severe weather on Wednesday afternoon.
The forecasted …
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10/10/23
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Hundreds of surplus items from the Alabama Forestry Commission are included in a three-day auction next week.
The auction, conducted by J.M. Wood Auction Company Inc., will start Tuesday, Dec. 5 …
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12/1/23
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Endangered cave dwelling bats may have found a way to avoid extinction – by living outside of caves. Earlier this year, scientists conducting an annual "Bat Blitz" in Alabama to document bat …
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By Allison Marlow
Special to Gulf Coast Media | 12/14/23 |
Four softball teams will represent Baldwin County when the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s state tournament gets underway this weekend in Oxford.
Two of the local teams entered …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/16/23 |
Three Coastal Alabama Business Chamber staff members have graduated from a national leadership training program produced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Suzette Hataway, IOM, VP of operations and …
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7/17/23
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BAY MINETTE — Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, along with Emma Johnston from Tuberville's office, gathered at Coastal Alabama Community …
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By NATALIE WILLIAMSON
Reporter natalie@gulfcoastmedia.com | 8/2/23 |
Fairhope Police need your help.
Officers are investigating a car accident that occurred Monday, Aug. 28, at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Section Street and Pecan …
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8/29/23
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Evelyn Rena Schoetzow, age 80, a resident of Elberta, Alabama passed away, Wednesday, Aug. 23,2023. Rena grew up on Fort Morgan and Plash Island and was a longtime resident of Elberta, Alabama. She …
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8/30/23
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Recognized alongside the top linebackers in the country, Spanish Fort senior and Alabama commit Sterling Dixon was recently named to the High School Butkus Award’s preseason watch list.
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 9/11/23 |
Let the state championship celebrations continue.
Gulf Coast Media staff will be at Big Beach Brewing in Gulf Shores on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. with special editions of The Islander …
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12/14/23
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DAPHNE — Kenny King Charities hosted its 10th-annual Christmas Shop-A-Thon at the Daphne Target where 26 elementary and middle school students received a free shopping spree with their favorite …
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12/23/23
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FOLEY — A new facility to house Foley's Public Works Department will provide a central, safe location for city services over the upcoming decades. The new campus is planned in a two-block area …
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5/16/23
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY — The 2023 Alabama cotton crop had a late and slow start. Spring rains and cool temperatures caused planting delays, then slowed emergence and seedling growth.
Summer was …
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7/17/23
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Fairhope native Grant Enfinger is onto the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs after he won the pole, swept the race stages and then crossed the finish line first in the Clean …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 8/29/23 |
Helen Denk Walden, a native of Robertsdale Alabama, age 99, passed away Aug. 22, 2023. Graveside service was held Aug. 25, 2023. Funeral arrangements by Mack Funeral Home & Crematory, Hwy. 59 …
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8/30/23
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ORANGE BEACH — A local family is determined to raise awareness about a rare disorder that has affected their family.
After finding out that her 1-year-old daughter, Shreve, had CTNNB1 …
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By NATALIE WILLIAMSON
Reporter natalie@gulfcoastmedia.com | 12/14/23 |
Madeleine Dotson, of Spanish Fort, has been named a 2023 Truman Scholar. Dotson is one of 62 college students from 60 U.S. colleges and universities selected for the honor, bestowed by the Harry S. …
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5/16/23
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Owen Bailey, M.S.H.A., FACHE, chief executive officer and senior associate vice president for medical affairs at USA Health, was recently named to the 101 Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know for …
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7/18/23
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NEW ORLEANS, La. – After a short trip north and for the first time since 2011, the King of American Seafood crown has been brought home to Alabama. Orange Beach, specifically.
Chef Brody …
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BY KAYLA GREEN
kayla@gulfcoastmedia.com | 8/6/23 |