The Alabama Crimson Tide’s incendiary 2020 offensive unit continues to gain recognition for its dominant performance in the regular season. Five players — including Heisman finalists quarterback Mac Jones and wide receiver DeVonta Smith — earned first-team All-American honors from the Associated Press on Monday while offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian was announced as the winner […]

The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) announced on Monday that economic developer Ron Kitchens will be the organization’s new president and CEO. Kitchens has spent the last 15 years at the helm of Southwest Michigan First, an economic development organization in Kalamazoo with around 30 employees. Before landing in Michigan, he held economic development roles in […]

The employees at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer have made giving back to their community a priority this Christmas season. “Our community, like everywhere, is facing hard times, and Amazon is committed to doing what we can to help,” said Rob Street, Loss Prevention manager of Amazon’s Birmingham fulfillment center, in a statement. One of […]

Heiche Surface Technologies, a company that specializes in sophisticated metal coatings for car parts and industrial uses, is building a plant in Jasper that will employ over 70 workers. The company’s main customers are expected to be automakers and auto parts suppliers. News of the plant was announced Tuesday afternoon by the office of Alabama […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said she had “good news for the children of Alabama” when asked if the North Pole’s most famous resident would be able to make his yearly deliveries. Ivey updated reporters on the travel plans of Saint Nicholas shortly after she received her initial dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Monday. The […]

Congress passed on Monday a massive spending bill that included $600 stimulus checks for most Americans, and they are expected to begin arriving soon. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Monday that the stimulus will begin arriving “at the beginning of next week,” which would place the initial arrivals around December 28. U.S. Rep. […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey received her initial dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Monday afternoon at a Montgomery hospital. Joining Ivey in receiving doses of the vaccine Monday afternoon were State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris and State Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mary McIntyre, two of the top-ranking officials at the Alabama Department […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday appeared at a ribbon-cutting for a factory in Auburn that will make glass vials in which COVID-19 vaccine doses will be stored and shipped. SiO2 Materials Science, the company that built the plant, received a $143 million grant from the federal government in June to help make possible the […]

RV manufacturer THOR Industries has purchased the Franklin County company Tiffin Motorhomes for $300 million, the company announced Monday. The Tiffin family — all three generations — will retain control of day-to-day operations at the motor home manufacturing business that bears their name. Tiffin Motorhomes will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of THOR Industries. Tiffin […]

More than 4,000 health care workers in Alabama received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine this week, though next week’s shipment of more Pfizer vaccine doses was reduced by nearly half. A total of 4,489 from line health care workers have received a dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine — a treatment that requires two […]

MONTGOMERY — A study group on gambling in Alabama released its findings on Friday. The group estimates full gambling legalization could generate significant annual revenues for the state, and an included poll showed strong public support for legalization. Chaired by former Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, the Governor’s Study Group on Gambling Policy was commissioned in […]

Alabama’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.4% in November, according to figures released Friday by the Alabama Department of Labor, a sizable drop from the 5.7% unemployment rate the state experienced in October. “The rate is not calculated based on how many people are receiving unemployment benefits. It’s based on how many people in the workforce […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced on Thursday that she has granted $1,903,790 in CARES Act money to aid a PTSD relief program for soldiers impacted by COVID-19. Running the program is the Birmingham-based nonprofit Priority Soldier that focuses on helping veterans deal with the stresses of readjusting to civilian life. The state received $1.9 billion […]

COVID-19 numbers in Alabama remain close to the highest they have ever been as experts fear a further increase in cases may be on the horizon due to travel over the Christmas holiday. The continuing bad news for coronavirus transmission in Alabama comes as health care workers received the first shots of Pfizer’s vaccine this […]

State Rep. Kirk Hatcher secured on Tuesday night the Democratic nomination for Alabama Senate District 26, a Montgomery-area seat vacated earlier in 2020 by former Sen. David Burkette. Per the Secretary of State’s unofficial results, Hatcher earned 3,961 votes to former State Rep. John Knight’s 1,374, meaning Hatcher was supported by almost 75% of the […]

U.S. Rep-elects Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) and Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) on Tuesday joined 24 of their fellow Republican members-elect in signing on to a letter asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to open an investigation of alleged irregularities in the 2020 presidential election. As reasons for the investigation, the letter cites litigation brought by multiple states and […]

C Spire, an internet service provider and member of the Alabama Rural Broadband Coalition, is adding to its holdings with the acquisition of Mobile-based Harbor Communications. The acquisition was announced via a virtual media briefing with executives from both C Spire and Harbor. C Spire says that it has big plans for Harbor’s Alabama customers, […]

Hospitals across Alabama began giving doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to healthcare workers on Tuesday, a major milestone in the state’s efforts to combat the virus that has upended nearly all aspects of normal life. Alabama’s first recipient of the vaccine was Dr. Walter Doty, the director of critical care at the Dothan area hospital […]

MONTGOMERY — Members of the Alabama Republican Party gathered with state officials in the capitol on Monday to officially cast the state’s nine Electoral College votes for President Donald Trump. Trump in 2020 received the largest-ever number of votes a candidate has received from the voters in Alabama. He earned 1,441,170 votes to former Vice […]

Alabama’s initial allotment of the first approved coronavirus vaccine is arriving in the state early this week, with three hospitals receiving their doses on Monday and 12 more getting their shipments on Tuesday. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) made the announcement in a news release on Monday. Alabama is receiving a total of […]

The state agency overseeing medical licenses approved an emergency rule over the weekend to allow out of state doctors in good standing to apply for temporary emergency medical licenses in Alabama. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission met over the weekend and adopted the measure. “As the number of COVID-19 […]

Alabama’s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board voted on Monday to allow curbside alcohol sales through the holiday season. The ABC Board’s decision comes as the state is experiencing record levels of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The board first instituted curbside selling in March but stopped the practice in the middle of September during a lull […]

U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) on Friday voiced his displeasure that the United States Postal Service (USPS) is following through on their plan to close the post office in Spanish Fort after months-long negotiations to keep it open. P.O. box owners in the Spanish Fort office were given notice in September 2019 that the office’s […]

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Friday praised the Senate’s passage of the $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021. Shelby, who chairs the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and its subcommittee on military spending, was a key figure in the bill’s passage. “The NDAA is a vital step in the process […]