This summer, folks from across the region flew to Greensboro for the 2021 Black Belt Birding Festival – a sold-out event that has organizers with Alabama Audubon already working to expand the festival in 2022.

The culture-rich city of Selma will play host to tourism industry professional across the state for next week's Alabama Tourism Department’s Welcome Center Retreat.

Famous chefs, food writers, cookbook authors and others from across the country are gathering with some of Birmingham’s own nationally known, yet homegrown, culinary talent for a lively, informative and delicious weekend.

Professionals from Major League Fishing along with Major League Baseball players will compete to benefit children in Alabama.

Children’s of Alabama has enhanced its ability to help sick children get the care they need.

Milo’s Restaurant has stayed true to its roots over the 75 years since Milo and Bea Carlton opened the original on 31st Street North at 12th Avenue in Birmingham’s Norwood neighborhood.

The WFF maintains a K-9 unit for tracking fugitives and missing persons, but none of the dogs were available at the time.

The creation of four vivid murals painted by local artists was announced Thursday in a partnership between The World Games 2022 and Hibbett | City Gear.

Patriotism was on full display earlier this week as Huntsville's Von Braun Center played host to an All-Star tribute concert honoring the 40-year career of famed "God Bless the U.S.A." singer Lee Greenwood.

Joe Newton is a business consultant in Dallas, Texas, who has a Kingdom mindset and loves people well. He had a transformation in his life, and he now endeavors to partner with God in all aspects of his life. In this episode, Joe talks about how reading the word of God changed his life and […]

The top prize for the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Best Fish Photo Contest's beginners division was awarded to three-year-old Spur Knight.

A new book from the Birmingham Historical Society recounts the contributions of George B. Ward (1867-1940), one of the early mayors of the city whose passion for beauty and for creating “a living urban environment … healthy and happy to live in” had a lasting effect on the Magic City.

The historic iron-ore mine Ishkooda No. 13 has been excavated and is part of Birmingham’s Red Mountain Park experience. The mine dates back to 1873 and is now a great glimpse into the mining history that helped build the Magic City. Jeff Newman, co-founder of Underground Birmingham and a local mining expert, said the reopening of No. 13 is […]

After a small group of women at Mountain Chapel United Methodist Church in Birmingham hosted a baby shower for a struggling, single mom seven years ago, they recognized the need went far beyond one person. That simple shower led to the launch of Bundles of Hope, Birmingham’s only nonprofit diaper bank. “Some of the women in our group […]

A writer and radio producer with Alabama ties is among the latest recipients of a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation. Daniel Alarcón, a native of Peru who grew up in Birmingham and graduated from Indian Springs School, is among the 25 people selected as a 2021 MacArthur Fellow. The honor comes with an unrestricted $625,000 stipend paid […]

Hundreds of vinyl albums from the personal collection of the late Jimmy Johnson, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio co-founder and Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section founding member, will go on sale at Vintage South Marketplace’s Muscle Shoals location on October 9.

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) is partnering with more than 20 businesses to support lifesaving, innovative research in Alabama. “Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an important opportunity to prevent breast cancer deaths through education and investment in breast cancer research,” said Beth Bradner Davis, BCRFA executive director. […]

Gov. Kay Ivey offered her condolences to the family of Sheffield Police Department Sgt. Nick Risner, one of two officers shot while on duty.

The Equal Justice Initiative has opened the doors to its expanded Legacy Museum in Montgomery with free admission for visitors through Oct. 3.

There’s a cool, sweet spot on the global culinary crossroads that is the Green Springs Highway, which ties together portions of Birmingham and Homewood. But there’s much more than homemade ice cream and other frozen sweet treats at La Nueva Michoacana.

If you thought you’d have to leave Alabama to get a cozy mountain town experience, think again. Nestled in the woodlands of Lookout Mountain, Mentone is our state’s highest city—and also one of the most fun to visit. Its location in the northeast corner of the state, teetering near the Georgia state line, renders it […]

Paul Cox and Joe Mann shattered the record for the Great Alabama 650 (AL650) paddling race that traversed Alabama.

The crucial piece to the success story behind Big Oak Ranch is a strong-willed, hard-working woman with a heart of gold and a humble, servant-driven mentality known by most as Mrs. Tee.

When he landed an internship at Alabama Power, Jarvis Prewitt had a two-fold mission – to have his skills and work ethic become assets to the company; and to learn and grow through the experience.