Master Boat Builders Inc., a vessel and workboat manufacturer, today announced that it has invested $7.8 million to modernize and expand its shipbuilding operations in Mobile County by adding a new fabrication shop and floating drydock. The Mobile Chamber said today that the expansion project creates 85 new jobs, adding to Master Boat’s skilled workforce of more than […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who is also a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2026, is assisting in the effort to stop California’s looming electric vehicle mandate. “California and Gavin Newsom do not get to decide what cars and trucks Alabamians drive,” Marshall said. “This radical mandate is nothing more than an attempt to force […]

City leaders are calling for answers after a Deshler High School student was seriously injured last week in an incident that remains under investigation. Freshman football player August Borden, 15, was airlifted to Birmingham on Aug. 19 after what was initially reported as a fall at the school. His parents say he sustained skull fractures […]

With voters set to head to the polls on Tuesday, State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) is facing a new controversy: a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit filed by Birmingham attorney and developer Eric Guster, who says Givan and two co-conspirators smeared him with false claims on social media. The complaint, filed last week in the Jefferson […]

State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) has pre-filed three bills aimed at growing Alabama’s commercial seafood industry while shoring up the coastal habitats that sustain it. Among them include a state sales-tax exemption on direct seafood sales (HB3), a refundable income-tax credit to spur oyster-shell recycling by restaurants (HB28), and the creation of an Alabama […]

Loftis Steel & Aluminum, a family-owned steel fabrication company based in Nashville, Tennessee, is expanding its footprint with the launch of a new high-tech operation in Decatur with a $6.5 million investment. The growth project will create 20 new jobs in Limestone County, reinforcing Alabama’s strong position in advanced manufacturing. Loftis Steel & Aluminum produces […]

When Buddy Watson was in eighth grade in rural Slapout, Alabama, a coding instructor overheard him talking about his passion for engineering and mentioned something that would change his life: a new cyber and engineering school opening in Huntsville. That school, the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE), is the nation’s first public […]

According to a monthly analysis released last week by the Alabama Association of Realtors, July brought a decrease in statewide home sales, with numbers dropping 8.6% from June and 2.2% compared to the same period in 2024. The July report also indicated that total home sales for 2025 are collectively 7.1% higher than the same […]

FALL PATTERN: We all know we can have scorching heat in Alabama in late August, but that won’t be the case this year thanks to a fall-like upper air pattern over North America. A long wave upper trough is over the eastern part of the continent … this pushed a cold front through late yesterday, and […]

Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger named State Sen. Keith Kelley (R-Anniston) the new co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Sunset Committee, a panel that decides whether dozens of state boards and commissions should be continued, consolidated, or shut down. The appointment came as the committee begins requiring people who testify to do so under […]

Two Army civilian professionals and a contractor who provide information technology support at Fort Rucker found themselves at the right place at the right time to help save a life in the local community Aug. 15. David E. Gardner II and John. J. Perez, both Army civilian IT specialists, and Michael V. Henderson, a contractor who works as a […]

Stoking renewed pressure on Alabama’s redistricting process, a federal court judge ruled on Friday that Alabama’s 2021 State Senate map violates the Voting Rights Act in the Montgomery area – but not in Huntsville.  The ruling bars the state from using the current plan in future elections. As it did in 2023, the court said […]

Is there anything Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) can’t win?. Has the peace deal that President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were working on already fallen apart? Is Tuscaloosa really dangerous? Is former U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) a lock for his old seat? Mecca Musick is the CEO of 256 Today. Sign […]

Mike Jordan was recently elected as vice president of the Mobile Division at Alabama Power. As vice president of the Mobile Division, Jordan will oversee community and economic development initiatives and external affairs in the southwest region of the state. He brings his experience and an external focus from the Southern Division, where he has […]

Pointing to a homicide-free week and hundreds of arrests after President Trump federalized D.C. law enforcement, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville vowed Friday that as governor, he too would take a tough approach to crime in Alabama’s big cities. Friday morning, on “Longshore and McKnight”, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), candidate for Governor of Alabama in […]

Over the last several years in college football, one of the most widely discussed talking points surrounding the Southeastern Conference has been the schedule within the league. While most Power Four conferences have been on a nine-game schedule for years, the SEC has held firm at eight and contended that they did not want to […]

Charter Communications’ Spectrum News has launched a 24/7 Alabama channel on cable channel 1 for Spectrum customers, with brief headline updates and 24/7 weather coverage, the company said. The service is accessible to Spectrum customers via the Spectrum News app and on devices such as Roku and Apple TV. While the launch adds another outlet […]

Federal authorities in Arizona have arrested a man accused of mailing 25 pounds of Carfentanil—one of the deadliest opioids in existence—to Alabama, according to WBRC. Nineteen-year-old Ignacio Miguel Tirado-Castillo was indicted in May on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a fentanyl analogue and attempt to distribute a fentanyl analogue. He now […]

U.S. Senator Katie Britt is contributing $10,000, the maximum amount allowable, from her Alabama First leadership PAC to State Rep. Rhett Marques’ (R-Enterprise) congressional campaign. “Rhett is a great friend and a strong conservative fighter who has always had my back and President Trump’s,” Senator Britt (R-Montgomery) said in a statement to Yellowhammer News on […]

State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) announced Thursday he’s running for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District in 2026. Marques says he’s ready to scale the work he’s done on the state level all the way to Washington — as a pro-Trump conservative Republican. He enters a field of contenders to fill the seat currently held by U.S. […]

Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced a planned book tour for her campaign memoir on Thursday morning — with one stop in Birmingham. The failed 2024 Democratic nominee will visit the Alabama Theatre on October 17 at 7 p.m. as part of an international 15-city tour promoting her upcoming book, “107 Days.” https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1958529522636034180? The memoir’s […]

Auburn University announced a major partnership with one of their most prominent boosters on Wednesday which is going to honor their most legendary head coach and display the words “Pat Dye Field” on the playing surface at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Entering into a five-year agreement with YellaWood treated pine as well as founder and CEO Jimmy […]

The CoachSafely Foundation will host a high-profile fundraising event at Vestavia Country Club next Tuesday, August 26, featuring U.S. Senator and former Auburn University football head coach Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), sports media personality Paul Finebaum, and CoachSafely President Bill Clark. The evening will raise funds in support of the Foundation’s mission to reduce preventable injuries among […]

After the death of her 19-year-old son in a DUI crash, an Alabama mother is campaigning to change the state’s Youthful Offender law. Nolan McDavid, a University of South Alabama student, was killed in November last year, when a 17-year-old crossed the center line on Lott Road at an estimated 117 mph, striking McDavid’s vehicle […]