Orange Beach News

I guess I have to face the fact that I can sometimes be a real wet blanket. That is especially true when it comes to birthday parties.

"This is the first time in Orange Beach history that we have lifeguard towers on the beach," says beach safety director Melvin Shepherd.

The popular powerboat races held in Orange Beach each year, but organizers say this year a lack of financial support is forcing them to call the weekend event off.

The popular powerboat races held in Orange Beach each year, but organizers say this year a lack of financial support is forcing them to call the weekend event off.

The popular powerboat races held in Orange Beach each year, but organizers say this year a lack of financial support is forcing them to call the weekend event off.

The Alabama Forestry Commission is controlling an estimated 500-acre wildfire burn north of the Orange Beach area on Thursday.

The popular powerboat races held in Orange Beach each year, but organizers say this year a lack of financial support is forcing them to call the weekend event off.

The popular powerboat races held in Orange Beach each year, but organizers say this year a lack of financial support is forcing them to call the weekend event off.

The popular powerboat races held in Orange Beach each year, but organizers say this year a lack of financial support is forcing them to call the weekend event off.

A beaugregory damselfish hugs the rubble of an artificial reef 13 miles south of Orange Beach in 87 feet of water.

ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- A woods fire started by lightning late Tuesday continues to burn in dense brush off Russian Road and the Foley Beach Express as firefighters work with Alabama Forestry Commission crews to contain the blaze.

The Hampton Inn & Suites in Orange Beach, Alabama, is seen in this photo taken Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

Writing with an extraordinary awareness and endless curiosity that has defined most of her childhood, author, Paris Love gives her readers an in-depth look.

A toddler was life-flighted to the hospital after falling from a balcony late Saturday night.

Capt. Lori Deangelis of Orange Beach, Ala. shares with the Examiner that she and her husband just received a mailing from the US District Court in New Orleans.

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- A sea turtle named Freddy is now free in the waters off Orange Beach after being nursed back to health.

Freddie, a loggerhead sea turtle is released this morning in Orange Beach. The turtle was rescued six weeks ago near Ono Island.

Three Orange Beach hotels will get some help installing energy management systems thanks to a program run by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

The sugar-white sand and turquoise waters of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach were voted best family beach in The Weather Channel's third annual poll.

The Orange Beach Fire/Rescue department and Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach plan to partner with the Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa to have a regional training campus here by early fall, according to Fire Chief Shane Phillips.