A free, at-home kindergarten readiness program has been launched in Alabama to tackle the issue of reading deficiency. Waterford.org, a Utah-based nonprofit created by its state legislature in 2009, for over a decade has brought cost-free early education opportunities to young learners. Upon experiencing success in Utah, the organization is now bringing its no-cost offerings […]

While outlining that it respects the right of employees to engage in lawful strike activities, Warrior Met Coal condemned a recent run of violent protests surrounding an ongoing strike at its facilities. In a company statement on Monday, Warrior Met Coal sounded the alarm that “striking workers have escalated the amount and severity of criminal […]

University students from across the United States competed in the 14th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium (VBS) student poster competition hosted by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, on Oct. 12-14. “This is the third year that the VBS poster competition was open to academic […]

Professionals from two of America’s most popular sports are getting together in Guntersville to do a little fishing, and more importantly, raise money to benefit youth. Pro anglers with Major League Fishing along with pros from Major League Baseball will test their skills on one of the top bass fishing lakes in the country on […]

During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) discussed concerns that could create a challenge for the legislature during the budgeting processes in the near term. According to the Republican Dekalb County lawmaker, while Alabama state government has had record budgets for the general […]

Earlier this year, State Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville) declared his intentions to restrict the teaching of so-called Critical Race Theory in public education and throughout state government. The goal he said was to stand up to “woke-ism.” During an interview with Campus Reform’s Angela Morabito earlier this week, the Tallapoosa County Republican lawmaker reiterated his […]

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, on Monday announced his opposition to Democrats’ partisan approach to the fiscal year 2022 appropriations process. As the upper chamber begins crafting legislation to set next year’s federal government spending priorities, the strategy Senate Democrats’ have employed falls short of adequately funding […]

7. Racial justice group wants HPD accountable for woman entering a van in their parking lot After the death of Christina Nance, the group the Citizen’s Coalition for Justice Reform is demanding that the Huntsville Police Department be held accountable since she climbed into the back of a police van that wasn’t in use. The […]

Mike Durant, famously known for his heroics in the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” incident, has formally declared his candidacy to seek to Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. In announcing his bid for the U.S. Senate, Durant lambasted President Joe Biden over what he sees as the administration’s failures. “The career politicians have ruined this […]

On Monday, State Rep. Danny Crawford (R-Athens) announced his intentions to seek reelection for his State House of Representatives District 5 post. According to a release accompanying the reelection announcement, Crawford is currently serving his first full term after winning a special election in 2016, replacing the late State Rep. Dan Williams (R-Athens). “It has […]

As is an issue for the nation as a whole, many challenges currently face the state of Alabama in meeting industry demands regarding skilled and qualified labor in the 21st century economy. Through collaborative efforts and partnerships between government, trade, educational and industrial entities, the Yellowhammer State is well-positioned to address the need to fill […]

During his weekly appearance on the latest broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris addressed the possibility Gov. Kay Ivey could include language for the legislature to address a federal vaccine mandate in the call for the upcoming special session for redistricting. Harris told APTV’s Don Dailey he was […]

Improved air quality monitoring is the goal of a research collaboration to develop a machine learning model that involves The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, and Spelman College in Atlanta. “The model being developed will incorporate unprecedented satellite observations of air pollutants in the troposphere, along […]

An Alabama-built United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Lucy mission for NASA lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Lucy will spend the next 12 years flying by one main-belt asteroid and seven Trojan asteroids, making it NASA’s first single spacecraft mission in history to explore so many different asteroids. Gary […]

The campus of Troy University in the summer of 2022 is set to play host to Girls State as the leadership program returns to the South Alabama school for the first time since 2012. Girls State, the American Legion Auxiliary, provides a hands-on, leadership-driven learning experience for students, offering citizenship training and exposure to the […]

On the afternoon of April 25, 2018, Colin Tucker felt as though a railroad spike was being shoved through his chest. Tucker was taken to his local hospital, where doctors found four blockages in his heart. He was having a heart attack, and 99% of the main artery that supplies blood to the largest portion […]

On Saturday, the Sheffield Police Department announced Sgt. Nick Risner, one of two officers shot while on duty a day earlier, had died from those injuries. According to reports, Risner had been on the force for nine years. Gov. Kay Ivey offered her condolences and said flags would be lowered to half-staff on the day […]

Marion Military Institute (MMI) recently dedicated its new First Responder Building and thanked community and state partners in its latest workforce development endeavor. The building, a former Alabama Power office, is now a training and instructional base for MMI cadets in the firefighting, EMT and law-enforcement career tracks. MMI’s first responder program began in 2016 with one cadet, […]

Behind every thriving service-oriented organization is one person that can be credited as being the integral key to its foundational success and the backbone of its operations. Perhaps there is no organization committed to a more noble cause in the state of Alabama than Big Oak Ranch. Founded in 1974, the ranch has welcomed more […]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama cares about the health and safety of our members and all Alabamians. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses, like the flu, is vital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone six months and older get a flu vaccination in […]

Expert physicians with the Alabama Medical Association, during the organization’s weekly Facebook Live webcast, will answer questions regarding COVID-19 and flu vaccinations. Medical Association president Dr. Aruna Arora echoed physicians’ concerns over the dual threat posed by a combination of the pandemic with the emergence of flu season. “As we enter another flu season, doctors […]

Founder, former CEO and chairperson of the board of Huntsville-based Analytical Services, Inc. (ASI), Irma Tuder is well regarded as a titan of industry. Her rise to become one of Alabama’s most prestigious female business executives was preceded by her impressive academic background. Tuder, a native of El Paso, Texas, received a bachelor of business […]

Beth Woodard began her career at PowerSouth Energy Cooperative 30 years ago. She is still there today, as executive vice president and chief financial officer, continuing to make a lasting impact through her strong work ethic and a love of the company — and its employees — for which she has devoted herself. Woodard received […]

“I’m not the first person to deserve this, just the first to be recognized. I’m so amazingly proud to be the first woman and black woman,” said Brigadier General Tara D. McKennie when asked about her promotion to brigadier general in the Alabama Air National Guard. Earlier this year, McKennie made history as the very […]