In April 2024, there was barely enough sand to set up a chair. Fast forward to February 2025, and the beach has been widened by hundreds of yards.

Judge Beatrice Butchko Sanchez said the city was “trying to circumvent” her order to remove a pedestrian plaza at the north end of the road.

To say 2024 was an outstanding year for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources would border on understatement, and plans for 2025 will continue that trend, according to ADCNR ...