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Spring break season in Alabama and across the country runs through the end of April, but beaches in the Yellowhammer State won’t get a break in business until around the fall. This is because the spring vacation period is considered the start of the summer tourism season for Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Gas prices aren’t stopping spring breakers in Alabama and across the nation from going to their destinations. AAA reports the average expense for a gallon of regular gas in Alabama is around $3. The national average price is about 30 cents higher.
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Numerous schools and colleges around Alabama and across the country are out for the spring break holiday this weekend. Beaches along the state’s Gulf Coast are top destinations during the vacation period. This means the coastline along the Yellowhammer State is seeing an uptick in visitors.
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Mobile residents wore Hawaiian shirts and ballcaps with shark fins and parrots to remember the port city’s favorite son. Singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett went to elementary school and high school in Alabama’s port city. His death from skin cancer hit local fans hard. APR begins this remembrance at a time when Buffett remember his home town at perhaps its darkest time…
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Alabama's Gulf Coast is getting help to recover from the coronavirus pandemic with federal money, just in time for beach season. The Commerce Department's…
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Alabama’s gulf coast won’t be welcoming as many students this year. Many universities across Alabama have forgone traditional spring breaks. Instead, some…
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Fourth of July celebrations in Tuscaloosa and Northport were complicated yesterday as the area continues to address a massive sewage spill.Northport…
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Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, tourism hasn’t just recovered on the Gulf Coast – industry officials say it’s surging. They credit the…