MOBILE — Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl has a new title: Congressman-elect. The Republican nominee in Alabama’s First Congressional District was leading 67 to 31 over Democrat James Averhart when the race was called by the New York Times at around 10:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday night. Carl declared victory shortly after learning of the […]

A 21-year-old college senior at Auburn University was sworn in as the mayor of Camp Hill, Alabama, on Tuesday. Messiah Williams-Cole takes over as the chief executive of the small town with an estimated population of 955. In a release, Williams-Cole said he would be creating a schedule for himself to make sure he has […]

A new charter high school focusing on aviation and aerospace is set to open in Birmingham in 2022, according to a release from the organization on Monday. The school, named the Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School (AAAHS), will be free to students interested in its mission of educating the aviation and aerospace leaders of […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey voted in downtown Montgomery on Tuesday morning and took questions from reporters about what is projected to be a record-breaking election. One reporter asked Ivey about the possibility of civil unrest on election night that some businesses in the state appear to be anticipating by boarding up their windows. […]

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill’s office is providing a website where Alabamians who have voted absentee can check the status of their ballot and in-person voters can find the address of their precinct. The website, which can be accessed here, requires a voter’s first name, last name and date of birth. Poll workers at […]

Four prominent Alabama Republicans on Friday went to bat for the Trump administration’s effort to only count legal American residents when apportioning congressional seats after the 2020 Census is over. U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) and Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) along with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall were behind respective amicus briefs filed […]

Anheuser-Busch is helping to brew democracy this fall. The famous American beermaker is producing and donating more than 8 million ounces of hand sanitizer to polling places across the country. A partnership between Anheuser and the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is helping to bring some of that free sanitizer to precincts in Alabama. […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has issued guidance for voters who receive a positive coronavirus test between Friday, October 30, and the day before the election, Monday, November 2. Marshall says that a positive COVID-19 test during that period qualifies a voter to apply for an emergency absentee ballot. Such ballots, and the system to […]

Alabama’s coronavirus caseload continued to increase in the last week, and the number of citizens hospitalized with the virus has gone up as well. The state has averaged 942 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the last week, a 5% increase from the 848 cases per day the state was averaging on October 22. […]

Hurricane Zeta crossed Alabama overnight, leaving a diagonal path of fallen trees and households without power in its wake. No Alabamian has yet been reported as having died or suffered a critical injury due to the storm, though many minor injuries have been reported in local outlets. LifeSouth has put out a call for blood […]

In this November’s general election, voters will get to decide the fate of six statewide amendments to the Constitution of Alabama. Yellowhammer News has prepared a guide to each statewide amendment and its impact on Alabama if enacted. The six amendments mentioned will be on every ballot handed to an Alabamian on Election Day. Other […]

MONTGOMERY — State officials gathered on the steps of the capitol Wednesday morning to announce the details surrounding three new mental health crisis care centers to be built around the state. AltaPointe Health in Mobile, the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority and WellStone Behavioral Health in Huntsville will be receiving grants from the State of […]

The U.S. military’s F-35 fighter jets, a squadron of which is scheduled to arrive in Montgomery in 2023, have hit a speedbump on the road to full production. According to a Bloomberg News report, a key combat simulation for the new jets has not yet occurred due to “difficulties finishing technical preparations.” That simulation must […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared a State of Emergency on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta’s landfall, which is expected on Wednesday evening. Mobile County, specifically the area around the town of Dauphin Island, has been identified as the area of Alabama most likely to bear the brunt of the storm. Though currently a […]

Reshad Hudson, who for the last two years has served as the state government reporter for a chain of TV stations in Alabama, has been promoted to national correspondent in Washington, D.C. Hudson, an Alabama native, was lauded by politicians on both sides of the aisle for being scrupulously nonpartisan and having a tireless work […]

U.S. Steel announced on Tuesday that their new electric arc furnace, the most advanced of its kind, has undergone a successful implementation and start-up at the company’s plant in Fairfield, AL. The new furnace “will have an annual steelmaking capacity of 1.6 million tons,” according to a release from the company. Douglas R. Matthews, a […]

Rodney Smith, a Huntsville resident born in Bermuda who has started a charity mowing the lawns of veterans and the elderly for free, is asking for help from the public after his application for a green card was denied. Smith legally immigrated to the United States 15 years ago and is now trying to become […]

Kimber Manufacturing, a company that makes a variety of firearms and ammunition, is transitioning its corporate headquarters from New York to its facility in Troy, Alabama. The decision to change the location of the company’s headquarters was first announced last week, and much of the work has already been completed. A release from the company […]

Facebook recently removed an advertisement from the campaign of U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). The reason for the removal appears to be that the ad incorrectly stated the last date to return an absentee ballot in Alabama. The ad urged voters to mail their absentee ballots by November 2 or drop it off by October […]

PRATTVILLE — Two Trump administration officials and U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) gathered on Friday to announce a $37 million investment by the federal government in rural Alabama’s internet access. The investment comes in the form of grants and loans to internet providers that make expanding high-speed service to more rural customers economically feasible. According […]

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has added the Bald Rock Boardwalk in Alabama’s Cheaha State Park to the National Trail System. The Department of the Interior made the announcement Thursday in a press release. The Bald Rock Boardwalk, also known as the Doug Ghee accessible trail, is one of several dozen additions to […]

Alabama’s coronavirus statistics have climbed steadily over the last week after spending more than a month on a plateau. Over the last seven days, the state has averaged 898 new cases per day, a rate not experienced since the first few days of September. Especially troubling to experts, 16.06% of coronavirus tests administered in the […]

Alabama state agencies launched this week an online dashboard that can show a user the pathway from public assistance into a self-sufficient career. The tool is referred to as DAVID, an acronym of Dashboard for Alabamians to Visualize Income Determinations. DAVID is a first of its kind joint project between the State of Alabama and […]

A new program has launched in Birmingham to help members of the public bridge their political differences and find common humanity. One Small Step, a project from widely lauded radio producer Dave Isay, seeks volunteers with strongly held political beliefs who are willing to have a 4o-minute conversation with someone from the other side of […]