Mobile-based Volkert Engineering on Monday announced that George Talbot will serve as the company’s director of Governmental & External Affairs for the Gulf East region. In that role, Talbot will be responsible for developing and managing business relationships, according to a release. He comes to Volkert from the City of Mobile, where he has served […]

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) has announced the hire of Michelle Hopson, who will serve as the organization’s director of finance. According to a release, Hopson will be responsible for overseeing all financial operations and reporting for BCA in this role. She reportedly joins BCA with 24 years of accounting experience spanning the governmental, […]

NASA in recent days released the first images from Solar Orbiter to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the sun. Solar Orbiter is a joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) endeavor. The spacecraft launched atop United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket on February 9. The Atlas V is built at ULA’s world-class […]

Tributes poured in from Alabama elected officials following the Friday death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who was born and grew up in Pike County. “Our country has lost one of its most beloved Civil Rights leaders,” Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) said in a tweet. “I join my fellow Alabamians & the nation in […]

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) passed away at his home on Friday evening at age 80. He was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer in December. Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, in Troy, Alabama. He grew up in rural Pike County. After seeking to become the first black student in history at then-Troy State University, […]

Governor Kay Ivey has proclaimed Friday, July 17, as Artemis Day in the state of Alabama, honoring the Yellowhammer State’s incredible contributions to the historic space program that will return Americans to the surface of the moon and eventually take the first humans to Mars. An official proclamation signed by Ivey earlier this week highlighted […]

BAE Systems announced this week that it has received $179 million in total awards from the U.S. Army as part of the Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) program. According to a release from the company, this award includes orders for the first two production lots and funding to enable fielding […]

State Sen. Randy Price (R-Opelika) on Friday released a statement confirming he has been hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19. Opelika-Auburn News earlier this week reported that Price had been in the ICU at East Alabama Medical Center at the toughest time in his battle with the disease. His wife, Lee County Revenue Commissioner Oline Price, also […]

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday announced that the state’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate was 7.5%. While this was down from May’s revised rate of 9.6%, it was also far above June 2019’s rate of 2.9% as Alabama still feels the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The latest unemployment […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced the formation of Alabama’s first statewide commission on entrepreneurship and innovation. A release from the governor’s office outlined that the Alabama Innovation Commission, known as Innovate Alabama, was officially created by her Executive Order 720 and will serve as a platform for innovators to engage policymakers, exchange ideas and identify […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) hit on several major topics in a telephone call with Southwest Alabama residents on Thursday, according to a report from Mobile’s FOX 10. In the wide-ranging, one-hour tele town hall, Jones was reportedly asked by a constituent about the notion of slavery reparations in the United States. In response, Alabama’s […]

Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA) on Thursday announced the “Feed Your Adventure — Flavors of the Black Belt Trail” campaign. A release explained that the campaign features nine themed trails which feature “a bounty of cold drinks, good eats, and back road treats created by the locals across the Black Belt.” The full brochure […]

C Spire on Thursday morning began accepting consumer pre-orders for its ultra-fast, fiber-based Gigabit speed internet services in parts of Jasper and Trussville, Alabama. The announcement was made in a virtual press conference. Speakers included: Ben Moncrief, C Spire’s senior vice president for strategic relations; Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper); State Rep. Connie Rowe (R-Jasper), […]

Boeing, NASA’s lead industry partner for the International Space Station (ISS) since 1993, will continue supporting the famous orbiting laboratory through September 2024 under a $916 million contract extension. The announcement, made Wednesday in a press release, comes as the world marks two decades of constant human habitation on the ISS — an incredible record […]

Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) on Wednesday hosted Dr. Deborah Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, at the Alabama State Capitol. Ivey, Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris and Birx met first in the governor’s office, before moving to a roundtable discussion with various state health care professionals, members […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is backing Governor Kay Ivey’s statewide mask mandate, which goes into effect Thursday at 5:00 p.m. CT. Jones is a member of the U.S. Senate Health Committee and recently hosted Dr. Anthony Fauci on his weekly live-streamed press conference. Alabama’s junior senator also released a campaign ad encouraging members of […]

The World Games 2022 Birmingham on Wednesday announced that flag football will join its existing lineup of 32 unique, multi-disciplinary sports. This international multisport event features sports and disciplines not included in the Olympics. The event is typically held one year after the Olympics. Since the 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 […]

Stakeholders on Wednesday announced the launch of JumpStartAL, a private-public partnership to help carry out Alabama’s bold strategy for the future of workforce development. A release outlined that through using leading edge virtual reality (VR) training solutions from job simulator TRANSFRVR, JumpStartAL will offer new education and training programs to develop the Yellowhammer State’s next […]

Before boarding Marine One outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter to react to Tommy Tuberville winning Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Trump had endorsed Tuberville in the GOP runoff and reacted to the impressive victory on Tuesday night in a tweet right after the race was […]

The Missile Defense Agency in recent days awarded Boeing a three-year, $150 million contract modification to produce four additional boost vehicles for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. GMD is the only defense program capable of protecting the entire U.S. homeland, including Alaska and Hawaii, against long-range ballistic missile attacks. Boeing manages the vital national […]

Judge Beth Kellum will hold on to her Place 2 seat on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. With 100% of precincts reporting, Kellum received 269,583 votes (56.15%), besting former Lauderdale County Commissioner Will Smith in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff. Smith garnered 210,565 votes (43.85%).

Donald Trump, Jr. on Wednesday congratulated former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), who won a hard-fought victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff contest to represent Alabama’s Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The president’s eldest son highlighted Moore being the first elected official in the country to endorse then-candidate Donald Trump in […]

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) on Wednesday released a statement criticizing Governor Kay Ivey’s latest public health order unveiled earlier in the day that implements a statewide face mask mandate for all residents and visitors. As reported by Yellowhammer News, Ivey’s statewide order supersedes all local mask orders. Ainsworth in his statement also urged Alabamians […]

State Rep. Ron Johnson (R-Sylacauga) passed away on Tuesday after a battle with liver cancer. Johnson had served in the House since 1978, making him the longest continuously serving member in the chamber. A pharmacist by trade, he received his pharmacy degree from Auburn University. Elected officials across Alabama on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning […]