News

CLOSURE NOTICE: Walmart will close the Foley store as of 10 a.m. today, August 6, until 6 a.m. Sunday morning, August 8. As per Walmart, "This is to protect their workforce as well as the customers."

Updated guidance for K-12 Alabama schools is now available on the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) website. These updates reflect the most up-to-date recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which are based on the best scientific understanding of how COVID-19 infects and spreads among students and educators.  The newly revised toolkit, “Back to School Guidance 2021-2022,” may be viewed at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/covid19/assets/cov-school-guidance-073021.pdf In a letter addressed to school officials, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris writes about how incredibly difficult the past 18 months have been for teachers, administrators, school staff [...]

At the July 19 meeting, the Foley council voted to enter into an agreement with ALDOT (Alabama Department of Transportation) to make improvements to the Foley Beach Express. Planned improvements include shoulder widening, super elevation correction and rumble strips. To help with the costs of the improvements, the city has applied for a HSIP grant. The grant requires a 10 percent match from the city of Foley. “We really appreciate ALDOT stepping up with this, they kind of guided us towards it,” said Mayor Ralph Hellmich. “This is going to bring our section [...]

The COVID-19 dashboard of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) uses data needed to inform ADPH disease mitigation efforts and to inform the public about COVID-19 trends. The dashboard has been redesigned to help people better understand the current transmission levels in their communities and the impact of COVID-19 in Alabama.The new dashboard address is as follows:https://alpublichealth.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7 There is also a mobile version configured to work on small mobile screens:https://alpublichealth.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/ea2a3c6bca554bdebf8e52d9ffb5d4a9 One of the changes is revising the ADPH risk indicators to align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicators [...]

Beginning Monday, August 2, the NWS will have the capability to issue Severe Thunderstorm Warnings with tags tied to the severity of the thunderstorm event. NWS radar operators will have the option (based on radar data and/or storm reports) to add considerable and destructive tags to the warnings, depending on the potential (magnitude) threat for winds and/or hail. In addition, the "destructive" tag in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning will trigger a Weather Emergency Alert (WEA) on participating carrier cell phones. More details on what the new "tags" mean can be found in the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/news/072221-svr-wea

The Foley council authorized the payment of general obligation warrants series 2021-B during the July 19 meeting. During November 2020, the council voted to begin the program and to have the bonds prepared and validated through the court. Then, the city waited before making the next move. “A few months ago, the council gave the approval to go to market to refinance a portion of our bonds, and we were kind of waiting for a time period when the market looked good for that,” said City Administrator Mike Thompson. “About a week ago [...]

E. Michigan Ave. between S. Juniper St. and S. Pecan St. will be closed (weather permitting) beginning Monday, July 26th at 6:30 AM and remain closed until 6:00 PM Monday, August 2nd. This portion of W. Michigan Ave. will be closed to through traffic and the area in red will be impassable.

The city of Foley has 15 projects that were sent to FEMA for reimbursement consideration, which together total $15.8 million. Of those projects, four have been denied for reimbursement, and the most recent denial has city staff asking mayor and council to contest. “The first two that were rejected were with regard to private property, with debris removal that was in private communities where it’s not city-owned streets. That amount was about $200,000,” said City Administrator Mike Thompson. “FEMA has also indicated that they’re not going to help fund any of our waterway [...]