2019

By DAVID RAINER | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

After a three-year struggle, saltwater anglers are on the cusp of a stable red snapper season with the approval of Amendment 50 by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

On Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, the nonprofit Friends of Army Aviation-Ozark returns to Orange Beach to offer "Legacy Helicopter Rides" in a vintage Vietnam War-era Bell UH-1 Huey combat helicopter from the helipad near the Orange Beach Event Center at The Wharf.

The 2019 Orange Beach Spring UTR tennis tournament was held Saturday, April 6th, and Sunday, April 7th at the Orange Beach Tennis Center with 51 players from throughout the Southeast participating in the two-day event.

All non-essential City of Orange Beach offices will be closed on Friday, April 19th in observance of Good Friday

Trash and recycling routes will run on normal schedules and will not be affected.

City offices will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, April 22nd.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Governor Kay Ivey announced on March 29, 2019, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Federal Council) has approved Alabama’s State Expenditure Plan for Gulf Coast recovery.

Experience a night of elegant fare and dancing to The All Star Band on Friday, May 3 at the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach.

Friends of the Arts Inc. is organizing The Grand Event with all proceeds going toward the advancement of fine art opportunities on the Alabama Gulf Coast.

On a sunny April morning about two dozen Birmingham-area students from Pinson Valley High School stood on the beach as a check was presented to Tommy and Becky Bryant to go toward Molly’s Patrol, the beach safety arm of the Orange Beach Fire Department named after the Bryants’ daughter.

Thanks to funding approved by the Orange Beach City Council, the Sea, Sand, & Stars Science and Nature Center at Orange Beach Elementary School will once again be open to the public during the summer.

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met this week in Biloxi, Mississippi, to take final action on Reef Fish Amendment 50: State Management for Recreational Red Snapper. The Council voted unanimously to delegate management authority of the private angling component for recreational red snapper fishing to each Gulf state, beginning with the 2020 fishing year.

The Orange Beach Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 8 for a work session followed by the 4 p.m. regular meeting in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

Full agenda packet for the April 8, 2019 Orange Beach Planning Commission meeting