Feb 12th, 2010 · Winter storm warnings spanned the Gulf Coast states early Friday as the snow crawled east out of Texas, where it left the Dallas area with more than a foot of snow, nearly 200 traffic accidents and hundreds of canceled flights. Snow, ice and sleet closed parts of Interstate 49 in central Louisiana early Friday.
Nov 18th, 2009 · Crime writer Randy Wayne White spent 13 years as a tackle fishing guide before he began to probe the mysteries of southwest Florida. White is best known for his series of crime novels featuring Doc Ford, an NSA agent turned marine biologist living on Florida's Gulf Coast.
Nov 13th, 2009 · Facing political pressure from the Gulf Coast oyster industry, the FDA has backed off a plan to require that raw Gulf of Mexico oysters be treated to rid them of a potentially deadly bacteria found in warm-water oysters. The plan had sparked anger in Louisiana — especially in New Orleans.
Nov 10th, 2009 · The tropical storm makes landfall at Dauphin Island, Ala., and was expected to turn eastward to follow the Florida Panhandle. Forecasters say Ida had already spread most of its heavy rain onshore along the Gulf Coast ahead of storm's center.
Nov 8th, 2009 · Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm.
Oct 16th, 2009 · In his first trip to New Orleans since taking office, President Obama defended his administration against complaints from some residents of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast that federal help for recovery hasn't improved much since he took office.
Jul 14th, 2009 · President Obama has tapped a rural family physician to be the nation's top doctor. At a Rose Garden ceremony Monday, Obama nominated Alabama doctor Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. Surgeon General. Benjamin runs a non-profit health clinic on Gulf Coast.
Mar 23rd, 2009 · The makers of the Dictionary of American Regional English have nearly finished their latest edition. They've traveled the U.S. for decades noting regional dialect. A potluck dinner may be called a scramble in Illinois, or a pitch-in in Indiana. Then there's bobbasheely, a Gulf Coast noun meaning good friend. And there's the middle-American phrase once used by Bill Clinton, who said a critic of his "doesn't know me from Adam's off ox."