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The Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority has joined in the effort to get answers from the Alabama Ethics Commission.
Our unemployment rate is at a record low. Each month, we see reports that more and more people are gaining entry into the labor force. This is great for all Alabamians and our economy. While this benefits our state as a whole, it can be challenging for businesses to find qualified employees. Many managers and […]
Properly educating students who are learning English as a second language is proving to be a significant challenge for Montgomery County schools.
Yellowhammer Multimedia is excited to announce the addition of lifestyle content to its flagship website, led by contributor Erin Brown Hollis.
Their combined 158 years of service to the U.S. military make them brothers in arms as well as brothers raised on a family farm in rural Alabama.
Tuscaloosa’s former mayor, Al DuPont, has died at a nursing home in Texas. He was 94. DuPont was first elected mayor in 1980 and served six terms...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System has reached a deal with UnitedHealthCare to continue accepting the company’s medical insurance. The agreement means almost 25,000 policyholders can continue getting care at one of Alabama’s leading hospitals.
A nearly 700-mile yard sale is about to span several states from Alabama to Michigan for its 32nd straight year. The Gadsden Times reports the 4-day...
A grand jury will review evidence in the case of an Alabama soldier charged with killing a police officer and wounding two others.
The retirement of 48-year-old Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson was announced at a news conference. Anderson’s resignation takes effect Aug. 30.
A skyward glance on a clear night for most people means a glimpse toward a place with actual peace and quiet, a place free from the type of conflict and demonstrations of force arising frequently around the globe. Looks can be deceiving, though, according to two experts who spoke at last week’s Aspen Security Forum […]
Alabama asked a federal judge to uphold the state’s 150-year-old practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote and reject a lawsuit’s claims...
A former Alabama sheriff accused of scamming a food bank and church and pocketing leftover money meant for feeding inmates pleaded guilty Tuesday to two...
A white professor at historically black Tuskegee University says he’s suing the school, claiming he’s been denied the salary he deserves...
A Huntsville biotech company announced that it has obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to provide clinical laboratories with an innovative testing system for bloodstream infections and sepsis. iCubate has obtained clearance for its iC-GN Assay which is a diagnostic test for the detection and identification of potentially pathogenic gram-negative bacteria which are […]
NASA started the final stages of testing earlier this month for Space Launch System (SLS), which will be the rocket that propels America’s next mission to the moon. When completed, SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built and the only one powerful enough to carry the Orion spacecraft, astronauts and supplies to the […]
Alabama has already had its deadliest year in two decades for boaters — and the summer isn’t nearly over yet.
People around the world consumed nearly 7.7 million tons of chocolate in the last year, but the cacao crop that supports the production of these sweets is under significant environmental threat. Millions of cacao farmers in West Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America feel the pressures of ever-increasing consumption, a changing climate and devastating fungal […]
“I’m putting the finishing touches on a book that is going to be published with selected letters to Neil Armstrong,” Hansen, professor emeritus at...
Alabama Power continues to make progress toward safely and permanently closing all its ash ponds. This week, the company posted reports on its website with additional details about the closure process. The meticulously designed process goes above and beyond closing the ponds in place. Safety and protecting the environment are the top priorities of the […]
A pair of Alabama Republicans spent some quality time with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) last week and, in the process, gained some insight into the native Alabamian’s view of the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Paul Wellborn, chairman, president and CEO of Wellborn Cabinet, Inc., and Trump Finance Committee member Perry O. Hooper, […]
As part of its commitment to growing its business in national markets, a Birmingham program management company has hired an industry veteran to a newly-created position. Hoar Program Management (HPM) has hired Derek McSween as the company’s first senior program development manager, according to a release from the company. Founded in 1997, HPM provides comprehensive […]
Cole Stephens left Anniston, Ala., to enroll in the physician assistant program at the University of South Alabama. This spring he found himself in Peru, with his classmates, treating patients at risk for cervical cancer. “We serviced 237 women patient by doing Pap smears for about three hours,” Stephens said. “We were worn out by the end […]
Exports of Alabama-made aerospace products and parts increased in markets around the world last year, as the industry continued to invest in the state. The growth comes amid strategic efforts to expand Alabama’s aerospace presence. The total value of the shipments, which went to 97 countries, rose to $2.4 billion, a 28 percent increase from […]