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Oyster restoration in Coastal Alabama is continuing with funding through the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resources Damage Assessment Program. $7 million to aid the efforts has been approved by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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A trustee group is proposing nearly $100 million to revitalize the Gulf Coast. The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded 11 years ago last week. It…
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The Alabama Historical Commission is commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Freedom Rides today in Montgomery.In 1961, a group of largely black…
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The Alabama legislative session is over. Lawmakers have returned home, but some say very little was accomplished. APR’s MacKenzie Bates talks to one…
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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…
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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…
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Governor Robert Bentley says the state faces a “real crisis” with its budget. Bentley is now taking his fight to fill the state’s coffers to the…
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Selma-based Hyundai supplier Lear Corporation is disputing allegations that it fired a whistleblower in a federal safety investigation.Lear said on Friday…
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Despite a dire budget situation that may force two thirds of Alabama's state parks to close, two of the parks remaining open are planning to build new…
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April 20 marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest marine oil spill in history.The catastrophic event left 11 workers…