An Alabama company is taking the world of education by storm, helping empower students at every step of their academic journey and ultimately prepare them for 21st century jobs. Hyper-Individualized Education Design, known as Hi.Ed, was founded by Duwan Walker. Originally developed to help student-athletes easily track high school graduation progress and NCAA eligibility, Hi.Ed […]

Alabama State Representative Joe Lovvorn (R-Auburn) visited Auburn University in recent days and presented a check to support the school’s Warrior Research Center (WRC) that focuses on improving the lives of American soldiers and first responders. The University says the money will go towards supporting the “center’s research involving firefighters, soldiers and other first responders.” […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine have established the first uterus transplant program in the Southeast and the fourth such program in the United States. Led by Paige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery in the UAB Division of Transplantation and Comprehensive Transplant Institute, the uterus transplantation program will provide women with uterine factor infertility an innovative option […]

A Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (BCBS) has been given a four-star quality rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It is the only statewide plan with no premium offered in Alabama to receive such a rating. Blue Advantage Premier PPO Plan, the official […]

International Automotive Components (IAC) is investing $55.9 million to expand two Alabama plants, a move the company says will create 182 new jobs. IAC makes components for vehicle manufacturers; the two facilities the company is expanding are in Tuscaloosa County and Calhoun County. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, whose office announced the news, remarked Monday, “International […]

The latest fundraising reports have been filed in Alabama’s federal general election contests for 2020. Covering July 1 to September 30, the third quarter reports were due by Thursday, October 15 — 19 days ahead of the November 3 election. Respective reports filed with the FEC show that incumbent U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) raised […]

For the second time in a matter of days, Yellowhammer News has learned of an official New Jersey vote-by-mail ballot being sent unsolicited to a registered Alabama voter. The first instance was reported by Yellowhammer News on Thursday; the Somerset County, NJ, clerk’s office sent a State of New Jersey ballot to a Dothan, AL, […]

Yellowhammer News has obtained a flier being distributed in Choctaw County offering pastors money in exchange for getting people to vote early via absentee ballot. The flier was created by the much-maligned Alabama New South Coalition, which has previously come under fire for distributing racially charged and incendiary political rhetoric. The group is predominantly African-American […]

SHOWA Group – the only domestic manufacturer of single-use, nitrile PPE gloves – last week hosted Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) at its Fayette, Alabama, manufacturing facility. SHOWA executives provided Aderholt with a tour, showcasing the progress SHOWA has made with its facility expansion that began in December 2019. The company is in the midst of […]

A team of researchers from Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences is exploring ways to give new life to downed timber that has been decimated by hurricanes. The body of research, coined “The Downed Timber Initiative,” aims to develop methods of retrieving fallen trees and branches that would otherwise go to waste or become fuel […]

Birmingham-based attorney Alexander Shunnarah has announced the winners of his first ever billboard design competition. The billboard king recently invited the public to create a new look for his empire of billboard advertisements across Alabama and surrounding states. Shunnarah’s award-winning law firm this past week announced three triumphant designs from the contest, which came to […]

VANCE, Alabama – Governor Kay Ivey and a group of Alabama industrial leaders on Friday hosted Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative, at the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing complex for a high-level discussion on the Trump Administration’s trade and economic growth policies. Ambassador Lighthizer shared details about the Administration’s trade goals and heard from the Alabama […]

In a world that has been turned upside down by a global pandemic, a pair of Alabama cities have been ranked in 2020 among the 100 best places to live in the United States: Huntsville and Auburn. For the past seven years, Livability.com has released a data-driven list of the “Top 100 Best Places to […]

It has officially been determined that University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban experienced a “false positive” test result for COVID-19 earlier this week and thus will be able to coach from the sideline at Bryant-Denny Stadium when the No. 2 Crimson Tide face No. 3 Georgia on Saturday night. Saban’s initial positive test […]

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban received a negative result on a coronavirus test he took Thursday, according to an announcement from the University of Alabama on Friday. Saban would require three negative tests 24 hours apart to meet the SEC protocols and take his place on the sidelines for Saturday’s much-anticipated game against the […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign has filed its financial disclosure covering the third quarter of 2020, and the latest report reinforced that Jones is receiving an overwhelming majority of his funding from outside of Alabama. Yellowhammer News, as in past quarters, analyzed the report that was filed with the FEC on Thursday and […]

A Japanese company is seeking a trade exception that would allow it to import its foreign-made fiber product — one that competes directly with an identical product made in Decatur, Alabama — without the normal duties levied on a product of its type. U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) sent a letter this week to Andrew […]

Fitness icon Jake Steinfeld joined Alabama Governor Kay Ivey this week at a virtual ribbon-cutting for three new $100,000 fitness centers that will serve students of Alabama’s public schools. L.M. Smith Middle School in Birmingham, Saraland Middle School in Saraland and Highland Home School in Highland are the recipients of the new fitness centers. Each […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) continues to campaign — just not necessarily to his own constituents. Jones in a Wednesday Facebook livestream said that his campaign schedule precluded him from even watching any of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing this week during business hours. However, Jones apparently did have time in the middle of […]

It is a high likelihood when the Alabama legislature reconvenes in 2021, there will be efforts to limit the executive authority granted to the governor during health emergencies, as has been experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia), a practicing obstetrician in his district that includes the southern half of the Shoals […]

Alabama’s largest and most active investment banking firm has added two new bankers to its team. The Frazer Lanier Company, Incorporated announced that David Langham and Lance Hyche have joined the firm. “David and Lance have established themselves as very effective and successful investment bankers,” noted John Mazyck, a partner at Frazer Lanier, in a […]

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions joined his former Republican primary opponent former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville on the campaign trail in recent days, and the pair released a video Thursday where Sessions urged voters to reject incumbent Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). According to the Tuberville campaign, Sessions joined the former coach at meetings with […]

The Cullman Tribune on Thursday reported that its namesake city received a visit this week from two French journalists, who seemed to be quite impressed by Alabama’s people. French Press Agency’s Sebastien Duval and Bastien Inzaurralde reportedly chose to visit Cullman — and Winston County — to hear directly from “Trump country” conservative voters. These […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris held a media briefing on Thursday, where he detailed what citizens can expect from the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine distribution process. Harris, who serves as the head of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), said that the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine are likely to […]