Category Travel

Gulf Shores Airport begins $15M terminal expansion

✈️ AIRPORT UPGRADES: The Gulf Shores International Airport has now started construction on a terminal expansion, to be completed by summer 2027.

🍹EPIC END-OF-SUMMER TRIP: Enjoy Tiki Week, new Jimmy Buffett exhibit + more in Mobile! BuzzPartner

⛽ GAS PRICES: Fueling your final trips of the summer may get a little more expensive as gas prices are on the rise again.

⭐️ ALABAMA TOURISM: Lee Sentell, who was first appointed in 2003, is retiring as the state's tourism director.

🏨 DOWNTOWN GADSDEN: The city council has revealed tentative plans for a 4.5-star hotel at the former downtown police station.

😲 MUST-VISIT ALABAMA SMALL TOWN: 6 ways to see Greensboro—shopping, dining, birding, history + more. BuzzPartner

🚗 SPEEDY DRIVERS: Three Alabama cities ranked in the top 5 in the country for highest levels of speeding in Allstate's annual Best Drivers Report.

⛽ 🚗 Gas prices in Alabama give Fourth of July travelers a sense relief at the gas pump.

🚧 ALDOT is suspending all temporary road closures on Alabama interstates from Friday-Sunday.

🎣 CATFISH TRAIL: The Alabama Tourism Department has launch a new initiative to celebrate the state's catfish culture.