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January 18th, 2011 — Orange Beach
Oil spill claims czar Ken Feinberg is beginning to make good on promises made last month to coastal Alabama business leaders and elected officials for extra payments.
Bert Sanders, a Gulf Shores accountant working with several companies that have filed claims, said he knew of at least 30 businesses in south Baldwin County that got money from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility late last week.
Data from the claims operation’s website showed that it paid about $8 million in emergency claims to Alabama businesses last week, after paying out less than $1 million in the previous two weeks.
Oil spill claims payments accelerate before scheduled Orange Beach meeting
Have him back every week until they’re all paid.
January 14th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
ch cleaning procedures continue along the Gulf Shores coastline in preparation for what is expected to be a “business-as-usual” Spring break along Alabama’s Gulf Coast
“In Orange Beach, visually speaking, they have done a decent job,” said Mayor Tony Kennon, who was adamant about a Jan. 1 cleanup deadline. “The timeframe was met and that was our number one concern.”
Although cleanup is taking slightly longer to complete in Gulf Shores, Mayor Robert Craft feels good about the work being done.
Orange Beach mayor says Jan. 1 beach cleaning deadline reached
January 13th, 2011 — Orange Beach
When Kenneth Feinberg returns to Orange Beach next week he will once again face some tough questions.
Like all the public meetings with Feinberg in the past, this one will take place at the Orange Beach Rec. Center but you may notice something a little different. “We have increased our security measures with all this going on. You can’t not do it. We have no threats. We have no concern there is going to be an issue. We just want to make sure we take precautionary steps to make sure there are no problems,” says Kennon.
Increased Security for OB Feinberg Meeting
January 12th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
The nation’s highest filing rate for a county was in Baldwin County, Alabama, home to such resort towns as Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, which were hard hit by last year’s Gulf oil spill. It recorded 3,876 bankruptcy filings per million adults in December, more than seven times the national average.
Ala. counties lead nation in number of bankruptcy filings
January 11th, 2011 — Orange Beach
D’Lee Reeves is trying to get people to listen to her plight. Reeves, owner of Seasons in the Sun in Orange Beach, has never received any money from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
Monday, she meet with Congressman Jo Bonner and laid out the issues she’s had with the claims system.
Another business out due to oil spill
January 9th, 2011 — Orange Beach
The administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility is headed back to Alabama.
News Five has confirmed Kenneth Feinberg will be in Orange Beach, Tuesday, January 18th for a town hall-type meeting at the Orange Beach Recreation Center. No time has been set as of yet.
Feinberg Heading back to Orange Beach
January 7th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
January 6th, 2011 — Orange Beach
January 6th, 2011 — Orange Beach
January 5th, 2011 — Crime, Orange Beach
A Pensacola, Fla., man convicted of sexual battery of a child has been indicted for moving to Orange Beach without notifying authorities of his new legal residence.
Samuel Earl Pleasant, 31, allegedly moved to a Canal Road residence Oct. 12, without contacting Orange Beach police or the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. Pleasant was previously convicted in Escambia County, Fla., Circuit Court on a sexual battery charge involving a child under age 13
Orange Beach sex offender indicted for failure to register
January 5th, 2011 — Crime, Loxley, Orange Beach
Three area residents arrested last month on allegations of filing false oil spill claims have been formally indicted and face arraignment this week in Mobile’s federal court.
- Maria K. Wright of Orange Beach
- Travis Paul Sigler of Loxley
3 indicted on charges of filing false oil spill claims
January 5th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
In a sign that the Alabama coast is moving forward in the new year, past the catastrophic oil spill that defined 2010 for so many, the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores city councils this week dropped states of emergency declarations.
Gulf Shores, Orange Beach rescind states of emergency
January 5th, 2011 — Gulf Shores, Orange Beach
Clean up of Alabama beaches is back in full force after a ten day layoff for the holidays. But, is it all for nothing as oil buried in the surf zone continues to impact local beaches.
Cleaning It Up – Surf and Sand
January 3rd, 2011 — Orange Beach
January 1st, 2011 — Orange Beach
