The NAIA will crown five championship teams in Coastal Alabama during the 2013-14 academic year. The latest championship to join the local lineup is outdoor track and field, in which the NAIA will crown its men’s and women’s champs at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores in 2014 and 2015.

Click here to view more... NAIA adding track and field to Coastal Alabama championship lineup | al.com.

During its years in Baldwin County, Ala., the community ministry All Churches Together accomplished a lot: getting dirt roads paved in poor neighborhoods, providing clean water and cleaning up drug hot spots.

Click here to view more... Gulf Coast presses for action on insurance | The Asbury Park Press NJ | app.com.

Vincent “Tripp” Keber pleaded guilty last month to a misdemeanor marijuana possession in Baldwin county. Keber has made a deal after pleading guilty that allows the charges to be forgiven if he stays out of trouble for two years, per the Denver Post.

Click here to view more... Colorado marijuana mogul arrested in Baldwin County | al.com.

LUCEDALE, MISSISSIPPI -
“I fell in the hole.”

6 year old Laylah Willett struggles to talk about her 3 hour ordeal. She lost her voice after being stuck at the bottom of a 30 foot hole Thursday while on a class trip to a farm in Lucedale. Today, she’s back in Baldwin County.
via Hole Filled Following 3-Hour Rescue – WKRG News 5.

A new restaurant in Orange Beach is taking the farm-to-table concept seriously — so seriously that owner Johnny Fisher and Chef Bill Briand often make the 60-mile round trip drive to Will Mastin's farm in Silverhill for vegetables.

Click here to view more... Restaurant showcases hometown ingredients – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: Features.

GULF SHORES, Alabama — As the sun sets on the 9th Annual LuLuPalooza music festival at LuLu’s at Homeport Marina, organizers of the free event celebrating Gulf Coast musicians think they’ve found the right formula for success.

Click here to view more... LuLuPalooza keeps on rocking in 9th year (photos) | al.com.

An Alabama Gulf coast development on state park land announced in May has met some unexpected resistance.

As a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, which hit at the height of spring migration and just before the summer beach season, states on the Gulf of Mexico lost a fortune in environmental resources and tourist dollars. BP eventually agreed to repay around $1 billion to the affected states. Now states have to decide the best way to put the money to work.

Click here to view more... Alabama Gulf Coast Development Sparks Debate About BP Beach Recovery Funds.

Orange Beach, AL (PRWEB) June 09, 2013

Snorkel tours, the newest activity listing in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, AL, are now $5 off per person when booked online through TripShock.com.

The Orange Beach Dolphin and Snorkel Excursion allows tourists to spend quality family time together while learning about creatures that inhabit the environment along Alabama’s Gulf Coast. Passengers will set out aboard Making Waves, a dolphin and snorkel vessel capable of accommodating up to 40 people.

Click here to view more... How to Snorkel in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, AL – Watch List News.

When Will Mastin’s wife brought home tomatoes from the grocery store that had a “grown in Canada” sticker on them, he started thinking.
“Surely we could grow tomatoes at home that would be more affordable and better than those,” he said.
via Grower satisfies local appetites for produce – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: Features.

Julia Child once said, “Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.”

That's how I feel, too. I went through countless hobbies — dance, t-ball, band, photography, horseback riding, art (the list could go on) — and nothing stuck for more than a few years.

Click here to view more... Loxley: I’m in food heaven – GulfCoastNewsToday.com: Features.

Alabama 181 is one of the busiest highways on the Eastern Shore, with gas stations, restaurants and a shopping center lining the four-lane roadway north of U.S. 90.

But that is not the case south of U.S. 90 along Alabama 181 on the Malbis Plantation.

Click here to view more... Malbis residents frown at building CVS in historic district | al.com.

FOLEY, Alabama – The Gulf Coast Rising Stars Talent Competition will be held June 14-15 at Tanger Outlet.

This event is being held in conjunction with the 9th annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Click here to view more... Gulf Coast Rising Star Talent Competition to be held June 14-15 | al.com.

FOLEY, Alabama — The 9th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held June 14-15 at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley.

More than 45 hot air balloonist from across the country will be attending said organizers.

Click here to view more... Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival organizers announce entertainment lineup | al.com.

The Baldwin County Community Alliance (BCCA) sponsored a billboard contest which was open to all Baldwin County public high school students.

Click here to view more... Billboard contest winners named in Baldwin County | al.com.

DAPHNE, Alabama – The Baldwin County Training School Black Education Museum will dedicate its new brick pavers patio and host a picnic from 1 to 2 p.m. July 5. The events will take place on the south side of the museum.

Click here to view more... Dedication, picnic at BCTS Black Education Museum to be held July 5-6 | al.com.

Thomas Hospital welcomed 45 students from to the Thomas Hospital Auxiliary’s Junior Volunteer program this summer.

Click here to view more... Thomas Hospital welcomes 45 students for junior volunteer program | al.com.

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) – A new airline is coming to Southern Baldwin County. Memphis-based Southern Airways Express is expected to start flying out of Jack Edwards Airport in Gulf Shores in late May.

Click here to view more... New airline coming to Gulf Shores | Fox10tv.com.

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) – Local charter boat captains and recreational fisherman alike are lamenting over a newly shortened red snapper season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently approved a uniform 28-day season, meaning six fewer days for Alabama and Mississippi.

Click here to view more... Fisherman: Plenty of snapper in Gulf | Fox10tv.com.

ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -

If you've been to the Wharf in Orange Beach recently, you've probably seen- or heard- South Baldwin County's newest entertainment option.

Click here to view more... Helicopter Tours Now Offered In Orange Beach – WKRG News 5.

The nearly 11-mile Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail in Gulf State Park continues to grow as a new Boulder Park opened on Friday.

Click here to view more... New Boulder Park opens on Backcountry Trail in Orange Beach (photos) | al.com.