Gulf State Park BP oil spill fund

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt. Oil company BP has paid billions of dollars in damages, propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects. APR news was recognized with a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for our documentary on the tenth anniversary of the Gulf oil spill.

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…

BP and federal and state officials have reached an agreement on proposed early restoration projects from the BP oil spill that are expected to cost about…

One of the most pristine areas in Alabama, a sandy white stretch at Gulf State Park, could become the site of a large hotel and conference center. Bills…