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🚐 RIDES WHEN FAMILIES NEED THEM MOST: Parents staying at Ronald McDonald House Mobile can now catch a ride to the hospital, pharmacy or grocery store, thanks to a $91,351 grant a local Greek Orthodox women's group helped land.
🏭 PRODUCTION BEGINS: Novelis has started producing aluminum at its $5B Bay Minette plant, with up to 1,000 jobs expected.
🌀 HURRICANE WARNING: Isaias will bring hurricane-force winds to the Alabama coast Friday. Here's what the watch means and how to get ready.
🦐 SHRIMP FEST CANCELED: Organizers called off the 53rd National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores as Tropical Storm Isaias heads for the Alabama coast
🏆 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FINALIST: The Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce's MoGo Rideshare is up for a 2026 U.S. Chamber Foundation Citizens Award.
In just one year, the Amtrak Mardi Gras train between Mobile and New Orleans more than DOUBLED what anyone expected. 🚂🎉 Here's how this route became one of Amtrak's biggest success stories.
📚 FOLEY'S $20M LIBRARY NOW OPEN: Foley's 40,000-square-foot library and community center opened on Tuesday, Aug. 4 after three years of planning + construction.
✈️ $15M GULF SHORES AIRPORT UPGRADE: The Gulf Shores International Airport has now started construction on a terminal expansion, to be complete next by summer.
🏥 HIGH-QUALITY STROKE CARE IN MOBILE: USA Health University Hospital earned multiple national awards from the American Heart Association for rapid, evidence-based stroke treatment.
🎉On Thursday, July 2, a brand new Wawa opened up in Mobile on Cottage Hill Road!