NASA and its international partners — including the many in Alabama — this month marked a new milestone in human spaceflight. It has now been 20 consecutive years since the last time all humans were on the planet Earth at the same time. Indeed, November 1, 2000, was the most recent day humans dwelled only […]

Auburn University head basketball coach Bruce Pearl spoke remotely to the media on Wednesday ahead of the team's first game of the season.

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is set to miss Saturday's Iron Bowl after testing positive for COVID-19.

U.S. Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) announced that he has hired Stephen Boyd to serve as his chief of staff.

Sweet Grown Alabama, the state’s agricultural branding program, this week added the Poarch Band of Creek Indians as a founding member.

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee released its first rankings of the season, with the Alabama Crimson Tide coming out on top.

Due to "positive COVID tests and subsequent contact tracing" within the Southern Miss football program, UAB's game against the...

Congressman Robert Aderholt introduced new legislation to further the advancement of affordable, high-speed rural broadband internet access.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office held a press conference on Tuesday where they displayed the results of a massive drug bust that was brought about by a months-long investigation. Hundreds of pounds of marijuana, meth, heroin and psychedelic mushrooms were found during the execution of four search warrants. Renaldo Henderson, 43, is in custody with […]

Governor Kay Ivey issued a directive to all state agencies ordering that flags in certain locations be lowered to half-staff.

Even though the No. 1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide (7-0) come into this weekend’s matchup as heavy favorites on paper, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn is noting that the Iron Bowl is always a different kind of game — and one that is difficult to predict. Malzahn’s Tigers come into the annual post-Thanksgiving matchup […]

Yellowhammer News spoke with Senator Clay Scofield, who was selected by his Republican colleagues as the next majority leader...

For the third year in a row, Alabama has set a new record for the number of foster care adoptions in the state. Governor Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that 814 foster kids in Alabama were adopted over fiscal year 2020, up from 731 in FY 2019. “I am so proud that Alabama has set yet […]

Census workers in Alabama were told to lie about the occupancy of certain houses when they could not find a way to interview the occupants or neighbors during the frenzied last month of the 2020 count, according to a report published on Monday by The Associated Press. Text messages between a Census worker and a Census […]

Yellowhammer News spoke with Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed, who was unanimously chosen by his Republican colleagues...

One of the names being mentioned to fill the U.S. Attorney General’s role in a potential Biden administration has been U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), who lost his reelection bid earlier this month to former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville. During an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Jones declined to address that possibility. […]

It has now been three weeks since Americans voted in the presidential election, and still, questions remain about its outcome. Joe Biden is moving forward with the transition despite no official concession to have come from incumbent President Donald Trump, who is vowing to fight on. During an appearance on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5 on […]

Backed by a national union and Senator Bernie Sanders, an attempt is underway to unionize the Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon fulfillment center.

The City of Birmingham eleased a video with some rather specific recommendations of what people not do this Thanksgiving.

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) announced he will be stepping down as leader of the legislature's upper chamber.

Governor Kay Ivey has allocated $3,606,104 to reimburse several Alabama food banks for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miles College announced a collaboration with IBM on a program to develop high-demand skill sets in students that align with industry needs...

Homtex, a company that made its name producing linens and other cloth products, is receiving $10,572,100 in CARES Act funds from the State of Alabama to build a new plant near Selma that will manufacture face masks and employ over 300 workers. Governor Kay Ivey announced the expansion in a release on Monday morning, praising […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall is warning that elected officials violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act could cause serious...