Alabama BP oil spill

The Civilian Conservation Corps put Americans to work on public projects during the Great Depression. That was almost ninety years ago. Now a new corps is working to improve Alabama’s coastal environment.

Alabama Public Radio won three regional Edward R. Murrow awards for our coverage of the tenth anniversary of the BP Gulf oil spill.We were generously…

Alabama's attempt to rebuild its beachfront state park using oil spill money is again embroiled in controversy. Businessman Tom Schlinkert says officials…

The state auditor has re-filed a lawsuit against Gov. Robert Bentley's effort to build a hotel and conference center at Gulf State Park.Auditor Jim…

State lawmakers ended the 2016 session with three big items of unfinished business: the oil spill settlement division; Medicaid funding and prison…

It was on this date five years ago when a super tornado outbreak hit parts of west and west-central Alabama in 2011.Over fifty people were killed in the…

Gulf Coast officials are worried that their communities won't get their fair share of Alabama's $2.3 billion portion of the BP oil spill settlement.Gulf…

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…

Tourism hasn't only recovered on the Gulf Coast five years after the BP oil spill - industry officials say it's surging.BP spent more than $230 million…

A federal judge will review an agreement to settle a desegregation case involving Huntsville city schools.The school system and the Justice Department…