Author: John Mullen

A beaming Gov. Kay Ivey welcomed a host of local dignitaries and media on Nov. 2 at the grand opening of The Lodge at Gulf State Park, a $140 million facility dubbed “Alabama’s front porch on the Gulf.” “It makes you feel...

Sheila Hodges will admit her knowledge of football is limited. “I’d like to use a football analogy but y’all know I know little about football,” Hodges told the First Friday breakfast gathering of the Coastal Alabama Chamber of...

Jarett Myers of Paradise Marine in Gulf Shores said many a boat used to utilize the boat launch at the old Wolf Bay Lodge restaurant on the north end of Wolf Bay, and were headed to the Gulf. “We used to do most of our...

For a fourth straight year, the city of Gulf Shores will ban alcohol from its beaches during the spring beach season. “It continues to pay dividends,” Chief Ed Delmore told the City Council in a recent meeting. In 2016, unruly...

Eddie Tyler says the Baldwin County Board of Education is negotiating from a position of strength in separation talks with the Gulf Shores Board of Education. The groups have met twice and have several more meetings scheduled as...

The Baldwin County Commission agreed Oct. 2 to buy property on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Foley Beach Express bridge with the intention of building a boat launch and other amenities. The purchase agreement calls for $7.5...