Alabama Power Company on Friday announced that Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers, senior vice president of medicine and dean of the University of Alabama School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been elected to the company’s board of directors. Vickers is an internationally recognized pancreatic cancer surgeon, pancreatic cancer researcher and […]

The African American Mayors Association this week celebrated Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed as the organization’s national mayor of the month. “Mayor Reed made history on November 12, 2019, by becoming the first African American mayor of Montgomery, the first Confederate capital,” the association wrote in a tweet.

The Trump administration on Friday announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing almost $800,000 to help improve essential public services and facilities in Thomasville, Alabama. According to a release, the Clarke County investments will include the City of Thomasville utilizing a $743,900 loan to renovate an 8,800 square foot historic downtown […]

Boeing on Friday announced the next step in the company’s continuing comprehensive efforts to help address racial equity and social justice in America. The company is donating a total of $10.6 million to 20 nonprofits working on these issues, including $1.2 million split between two Alabama organizations. The significant funding is only a part of Boeing’s […]

The City of Montgomery on Thursday shared a touching story of three public employees helping a fellow Alabamian in serious need. In a tweet, the City outlined how one of its sanitation crews conducting its normal business went above and beyond.

The Business Council of Alabama’s “Engage Alabama” virtual conference this week featured a session focused on the Port of Mobile. The segment, lasting more than 25 minutes, focused on how the Alabama State Port Authority can help build the state’s future. Port Authority CEO and director John Driscoll joined PowerSouth Energy Cooperative vice president for external […]

Day two of the Business Council of Alabama’s “Engage Alabama” virtual conference on Thursday featured a session focused on manufacturing. BCA Chairman John Mazyck of Montgomery’s Frazer Lanier introduced the session, which included a federal update from National Association of Manufacturers president and CEO Jay Timmons, as well as a state level briefing from Alabama […]

Auburn University on Thursday released the results of its COVID-19 student entry testing, which began weeks ago and ended August 21. The tests were mandatory as part of the state’s GuideSafe platform and worked in tandem with Auburn’s “A Healthier U” return-to-campus plan. The tests were free and offered at 13 GuideSafe locations across the […]

Alabama GOP U.S. senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville on Thursday evening will be at the White House to witness President Donald Trump accept the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. Trump will deliver a speech on the South Lawn formally accepting the party’s nomination in his reelection bid, and Tuberville is among a select group of the president’s […]

Hurricane Laura made landfall as a category 4 hurricane near Cameron, Louisiana, on Wednesday night, becoming the southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas region’s strongest storm in more than a century. Ahead of the storm reaching land, Alabama Power Company crews on Wednesday afternoon began packing in preparation to head west and assist utilities in affected […]

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) announced on Thursday that Huntsville’s Media Fusion LLC has been selected as the prime contractor to provide communications services under an award by NASA. Media Fusion is a Rocket City company that is owned by PCI. The tribe is based in Atmore, Alabama. Under the awarded Strategic Research and […]

The Business Council of Alabama on Wednesday held the first day of its Engage Alabama virtual conference, which is being held free of charge for anyone wanting to tune in. After opening remarks from BCA president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt, the day’s programming kicked off with a remote panel discussion between the mayors of […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s office on Wednesday said she is prepared to send hundreds of National Guard personnel to Wisconsin to assist with growing civil unrest if necessary. This comes after protests in the wake of police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooting Jacob Blake have devolved into rioting, arson, vandalism, looting and violence. On Tuesday night, […]

Forbes this week released its annual rankings of the nation’s best employers, broken down into separate lists for each state. The publication in an article explained that it partnered with market research company Statista on this compilation. Forbes wrote the following about the list’s methodology:

Huntsville-based MartinFederal Consulting on Wednesday announced that it has been awarded a subcontract to provide a broad scope of next-generation technological advancements in how information technology supports American warfighters. The subcontract — which comes through Department of Defense prime contractor Integrated Systems, Inc. — is part of a Systems Engineering, Technology & Innovation (SETI) multiple award, indefinite delivery […]

The New York Times has seemingly smeared the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The publication on Wednesday published nationwide data that purports to track COVID-19 cases “at U.S. Colleges and Universities.” “As college students and professors return to campus in the midst of a pandemic, coronavirus cases are turning up by the thousands,” the […]

Most of Alabama’s municipalities held local elections on Tuesday, including key mayoral and city council contests. In fact, municipal elections were held in every city in the state besides Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Auburn, Dothan, Tuscaloosa, Bessemer, Gadsden and Talladega. Huntsville was the largest city to hold an election. As reported by Yellowhammer News, Mayor Tommy […]

NASA on Tuesday announced that it has assigned astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps to the Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Epps will join NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada for a six-month expedition planned for a launch in 2021 to the orbiting […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that DURA Automotive Systems plans to invest $59 million to open a manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals that will produce battery trays for electric vehicles. The Michigan-based company’s project, which includes critical support from the Shoals Economic Development Authority (SEDA), will reportedly create 279 direct jobs and expands the […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Tuesday introduced the School Choice Now Act to increase opportunity across America and protect students whose families have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. This bipartisan legislation is an updated companion version to a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Byrne […]

Altimmune Inc. on Tuesday announced that preclinical studies of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have shown positive results that appear to distinguish this candidate from others that are currently in advanced stages of clinical development. A clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Maryland, Altimmune in March announced a collaboration […]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama on Tuesday highlighted the incredible magnitude of the company’s contributions to the continuing battle against COVID-19. In a press release, BCBS of Alabama advised that it has paid, contributed or made available $230 million related to the pandemic supporting its members, employer customers, providers and communities across the […]

The University of Alabama System on Monday voluntarily launched a comprehensive online dashboard that displays key COVID-19 data for its three distinct institutions: the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Student testing data to-date was released with the launch of the dashboard. This […]

The campaign of U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Sunday sent out a fundraising email for five of his colleagues, including a vice chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Jones’ email was a joint fundraising pitch that said contributions would be split evenly six ways between each […]