Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong on Monday morning announced his candidacy to succeed Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) in representing Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brooks last week announced his U.S. Senate candidacy. The district covers the northernmost counties in Alabama, stretching across the state. Strong made his announcement alongside […]

The University of South Alabama is part of a groundbreaking project that seeks to produce potable water from the atmosphere, potentially opening new water sources to everyone from overseas troops to residents of the world’s driest lands. General Electric Research, the research and development wing of the U.S. conglomerate, has received a $14.3 million grant […]

Alabama Power has installed new equipment in Birmingham to help the Baron Critical Weather Institute (BCWI) expand the collection and analysis of real-time weather data in Alabama. A BCWI weather sensor and webcam was recently installed atop Alabama Power’s corporate headquarters in downtown Birmingham. BCWI says data and video from the equipment will be sent continuously to BCWI […]

Nursing faculty and their students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, have joined the front lines in the fight against the global pandemic by working to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to recipients in six north Alabama counties. “The UAH College of Nursing (CoN) has always been […]

MOBILE, Alabama — Georgia-based Chart Industries, a leading maker of equipment used in the clean energy and industrial gas markets, plans a $2.5 million investment in an expansion project that will create 94 jobs at its Alabama facility, according to the Mobile Area Chamber. The project is expected to more than double the manufacturing capacity […]

State Sen. Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) comprehensive gaming proposal will reportedly get a second look next week when lawmakers return from their spring break recess. Marsh’s effort tried earlier in the session came up two votes short of the three-fifths required for a constitutional amendment. While most of the action of gaming has been in the […]

Now that Democrats control the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and the White House, there is little Republicans can do to slow the massive spending packages that Democrats are poised to push through into law. Among those is the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which includes funding for more than just coronavirus-related government programs. […]

Austal USA on Friday broke ground in Mobile on its steel manufacturing line, positioning the company to start steel production in April 2022. The addition of steel capability ensures Austal will remain a major contributor to the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base for many years to come. The company is headquartered in Mobile, where Austal USA […]

The citizens of Alabama are assessing the damage and banding together to care for one another a day after deadly tornadoes battered the state. The death toll from the storms stands at five people, all of whom lived in the vicinity of Ohatchee, a small town in northwest Calhoun County. Damage assessments from the National […]

The Regions Foundation on Friday announced a series of grants totaling $100,000 for organizations coordinating disaster relief in portions of Alabama and Georgia that were impacted in the past two days by severe weather, including deadly tornadoes. The foundation is a nonprofit initiative of Birmingham-headquartered Regions Bank and supports community investments. “Many of our communities […]

MONTGOMERY — If current trends hold, the one-millionth Alabamian to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose will be reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health in the next two days, and all adults in the state will soon be eligible, according to the Yellowhammer State’s top doctor. Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris briefed […]

Alabama’s unemployment rate has now fallen for both of the first two months of 2021, with February’s rate decreasing to 4.0%. The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) announced the news in a release on Friday morning. In January, Alabama’s unemployment rate was 4.3%. The 4% unemployment rate reported Friday is still above the 2.6% rate […]

First lady Jill Biden, Ph.D., will no longer visit Alabama on Friday, according to her office. Biden was originally set to visit the Jasper Area Family Service Center and the YMCA of Central Alabama in Birmingham. Actress Jennifer Garner was slated to accompany the first lady. “Due to the severe weather across the South and […]

Last month, State Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville) introduced legislation that would reconstitute the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and remake the agency’s leadership. McClendon, the chairman of the State Senate Health Committee, proposed abolishing the State Board of Health and the State Health Officer. Also included in his proposal would be creating a Secretary […]

DOTHAN — Fresh off his announcement of a run for U.S. Senate days earlier, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) made a stop in the southeastern corner of the state on Thursday to woo GOP voters more than a year ahead of the 2022 Republican primary. In his 2017 bid for U.S. Senate, Brooks struggled in […]

HomeTown Lenders (HTL) on Thursday announced a major partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital that will strive to generate $1 million this year to support the hospital’s mission of finding cures and ultimately saving children’s lives. In a press release, HTL outlined that it has set a goal of donating at least $1 million […]

Five people are confirmed dead in the Calhoun County town of Ohatchee as Alabama undergoes an enormous bout of severe weather, including tornadoes that have touched down in various locations from the Black Belt across the Birmingham area and into Northern Alabama. The Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency published a release at 4:26 p.m. confirming […]

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is being called out for not walking the walk ahead of his Friday visit to speak with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. Sanders is slated to be joined by rapper “Killer Mike” and Hollywood’s Danny Glover on his trip, which will come the same day that first lady Jill Biden […]

The World Games 2022 is looking for talented young singers from the Birmingham metropolitan area. A multi-sport event that will take place in the Magic City from July 7- 17, 2022, The World Games 2022 will see an anticipated 3,600 athletes from over 100 countries participate in more than 30 different sports. Birmingham’s under-construction Protective Stadium will […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Montgomery on October 7 to speak at Faulkner University’s annual benefit dinner. Mike Williams, president of Faulkner University, announced the news Pence was the 2021 speaker at a press conference on Thursday morning. “Mike Pence is a man of deep Christian faith,” said Williams at the unveiling. […]

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) has come out in firm opposition to S.1, which is Senate Democrats’ version of H.R. 1. The legislation, the so-called “For the People Act,” has been widely criticized by Republicans. The House recently passed H.R. 1 without any GOP votes and with bipartisan opposition; U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) this […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be the keynote speaker at Southern Preparatory Academy’s first-ever Board of Trustees Scholarship Banquet. Southern Prep was known for years as Lyman Ward Military Academy before rebranding in 2019. A boarding school, it bills itself as “Alabama’s premier military academy for boys” and takes young men in grades […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Thursday introduced a bill that would prohibit detained illegal aliens from being freely released into the United States without at least receiving a court date. Due to the surge of migrants at the southwest border and overcrowding at detention facilities, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has started to release […]

Governor Kay Ivey has issued a state of emergency for 28 counties in Alabama ahead of severe weather anticipated for Thursday. The counties range from the Black Belt through the northeast corner of the state, including the highly populated Jefferson and Madison Counties. The National Weather Service (NWS) stations in Birmingham and Huntsville have issued […]