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The race for the Alabama Public Service Commission has taken a strange twist as it nears its end. Nearly two-thirds of the cash contributions for a candidate in PSC Place 2 have come from one family from Mountain Brook, according to reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State. The Brooke family contributed $50,000 to […]
Today, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will be hosting a statewide tele-town hall with U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), a candidate for U.S. Senate.
Wednesday, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle reacted to the news on WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," and touted his city's continuing success.
It’s no surprise in an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it’s not the first time it’s topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently gaining traction as the best long-term investment. What does high inflation mean for real estate investments? […]
It’s no surprise in an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it’s not the first time it’s topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently gaining traction as the best long-term investment. What does high inflation mean for real estate investments? […]
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named one of the newest sites for the first gene therapy treatment approved for a genetic disease.
Friday, May 13 the Women’s Foundation of Alabama released its 2022 economic impact report during a research showcase at The Club in Birmingham, Alabama. Over 100 women and men were present in-person to hear the report and many more across the state joined the conversation virtually.
More students in Alabama’s Black Belt will have the opportunity to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers through a unique program that uses brain responses. Chris Crawford, assistant professor in the University of Alabama’s Department of Computer Science, will expand the Black Belt STEM project to Sumter County schools beginning this fall. Crawford […]
UNA will receive more than $45 million from its annual state appropriation, according to the institution.
If you’re obsessed with pop culture, style trends, and avant-garde fashion like me, then you were probably tuned in to the a-list arrivals on the red-carpeted stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for last night’s annual Met Gala. For those less interested in the status of Kim and Pete’s new romance, there was still […]
Kronospan, a leading manufacturer of wood-based panel products and related value-added products, plans to invest $46.5 million to expand its North American headquarters in Oxford.
A federal grand jury this week handed down a 17-count indictment against a previously deported foreign national for drug and firearm-related charges, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama.
The University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies is in the final phase of excavating artifacts to make way for construction of the planned Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge. South is leading the project with help from the Alabama Department of Transportation and two cultural resource management firms to recover artifacts from archaeological sites before construction.
Officials with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) working with the Alabama State Parks officially revealed the new roads and parking areas at Lake Guntersville Park on Monday. The new pathways are paved with a new, longer-lasting asphalt made of recycled tires. ADCNR commissioner […]
Last week, members of the Forever Wild Land Trust Board of Trustees, Alabama State Park officials, local leaders, the Nature Conservancy and leaders from EBSCO all met at Oak Mountain State Park to celebrate the purchase of land to increase the size of the state's largest park.
Secretary of State John Merrill, in a press release Tuesday, reminded Alabama voters that there are 28 days remaining to apply for an absentee ballot by mail for the upcoming primary election. The release stated, “Ahead of the May 24th Primary Election, Secretary Merrill would like to remind Alabama voters that there are 28 days […]
Yellowhammer Multimedia, once again, is publishing its list of Alabama's most powerful and influential political leaders.
Those seeking to obtain or renew their Alabama driver's license will have to wait a week before doing so, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
President Joe Biden announced the appointment of Alabama State University President Dr. Quinton T. Ross Jr. to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Ross is one of 18 newly announced appointees to the board, a list that includes several college presidents, corporate executives and well-known sports and entertainment figures. Ross is entering his fifth year […]
VOICES for Alabama’s Children this week released a report on the well-being of the state’s children. This coincided with the approval by Alabama lawmakers providing historic funding through the Education Trust Fund and General Fund Budgets of the state.
The University of Alabama has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to host a new hydrology research-focused cooperative institute, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) announced.
A refinement to a space weather model developed by a center director at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could help scientists check out which planets outside our solar system are likely to have someone home. Exoplanets are what planets are called when they orbit stars outside our own solar system, and the effort […]

