Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington this week was installed as the chairman of the board for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). NASWA is the national organization representing workforce agencies in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories. These agencies deliver training, employment, career and business services, in addition to […]

AUBURN, Ala. – While the Auburn Family looks forward to celebrating the return of football, officials are asking fans not to roll the two Auburn Oaks and nearby 10 descendant trees this season, and they are encouraging mask wearing and physical distancing during gameday celebrations. University Arborist Alex Hedgepath says that while the two Auburn […]

The University of South Alabama Jaguars will host the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers on Thursday night at 6:30 in each team’s third game of the 2020 college football season. This will be the second-ever game at the Jaguars’ new Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile.

Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Wednesday introduced the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act (H.R. 8360). This legislation would allow states to determine how to spend remaining respective relief funds that were issued by the federal government under the CARES Act. States and localities were provided $150 billion total through the relief fund for mitigation and […]

BIRMINGHAM — On May 11, 1963, the house in Birmingham where Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams “A.D.” King lay asleep with his family was bombed by someone angry at King’s leadership in the civil rights movement. Fifty-seven years later, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt traveled to that same house so he could personally oversee […]

Building Alabama’s soaring 21st century economy that featured record low unemployment before the COVID-19 pandemic took many unsung heroes working day-in, day-out behind the scenes across public and private sectors. Similarly, our state is going to need this same type of collaborative servant leadership to enable a successful post-pandemic recovery, securing a prosperous present while […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) seems intent on keeping his pledge from last year to oppose any hypothetical Supreme Court nomination made by President Donald Trump for the rest of this term. While Democratic leadership quietly admitted they always knew Jones would back them in voting against Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last time-around, Alabama’s junior […]

AUBURN — Dr. Deborah Birx, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, visited Auburn University on Thursday where she praised the COVID-19 containment efforts undertaken by the state and school in recent weeks while urging continued mitigation measures and an extension of the state’s mask mandate. Birx said Auburn was her “16th or 17th” […]

Alabama Power Company customers and customer service representatives alike are excited to see that the company this week reopened its local business offices and appliance centers, utilizing heightened health and safety protocols to do so responsibly. Customer service representative Chasaney Hayes said that she is thrilled to have the doors of the Alabama Power business […]

AT&T on Wednesday became yet another major benefactor of Birmingham Promise, which is Mayor Randall Woodfin’s signature workforce development initiative. Birmingham Promise is an apprenticeship and scholarship program made possible by a public-private partnership between the City of Birmingham and area employers. Alabama Power Foundation, Altec and Regions have each previously given $1 million to the […]

Jim Page, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, has been appointed to serve on the board of directors for the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). Based in Alexandria, Virginia, this association represents more than 9,000 professionals across 1,300 chambers of commerce throughout North America. Page has led […]

Money this week released its annual rankings of the United States’ “Best Places to Live,” and one Alabama city made the list. The publication considered cities and towns with a population of at least 25,000 and removed any with: more than double the national crime rate; a median income level lower than 85% of its […]

Former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) on Wednesday visited with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the Oval Office. After the meeting, Trump tweeted his endorsement of Moore’s Republican campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s Second Congressional District. Trump wrote that Moore will be “will be a terrific Congressman […]

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl, the Republican nominee in Alabama’s First Congressional District, on Wednesday visited the White House and met in the Oval Office with President Donald J. Trump. “It was an incredible honor to spend over half an hour in the Oval Office with President Trump and Vice President Pence today,” Carl said […]

One of country music’s most popular artists of the 21st century, Sara Evans, has adopted Alabama as her own, and she is not slowing down. Earlier in 2020, Evans released a new album, “Copy That,” where she covers 13 classic songs, and published a new memoir, Born to Fly. She came to the Yellowhammer State after […]

Southwest Alabama residents are celebrating the heroic linemen and support personnel who have traveled from across the country to restore utility services following Hurricane Sally last week. WKRG reported that Fairhope residents on Tuesday night held a short parade downtown to express their appreciation for the power crews.

A shadowy group of websites masquerading as local news agencies has been launched ahead of November’s high-stakes general election. An investigation by Yellowhammer News uncovered the existence of “Yellowhammer Times,” which purports to be a statewide news organization intended “to provide objective, data-driven information without political bias.” The site’s “people” section, where one would expect […]

Ground was broken on the new campus for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE) on Wednesday, and prominent officials in Alabama delivered virtual addresses about the importance of the new institution. The ASCTE is a magnet high school open to students from any of Alabama’s 137 public school districts. Located in Alabama’s […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday created a new commission that will examine how to best utilize the state’s prison facilities, several of which will be emptied in upcoming years as the state constructs three new prisons. The current plan to build three new men’s prisons was covered by Yellowhammer News in an in-depth report […]

MONTGOMERY — A group of black leaders within the pro-life movement came together in Alabama’s capital city on Tuesday where they highlighted what they believe is racial prejudice among America’s abortion providers. Speakers included Dr. Alveda King, an outspoken opponent of abortion and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She and the other speakers […]

The administration of President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $2 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in two rural Alabama communities. The announcement comes as part of a national $268 million investment across 28 states. USDA is reportedly funding 76 […]

It has been a week since Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, and in its wake, it has left a path of destruction in need of repair. Often after such a storm, a flood of contractors from out of state will make their ways to the affected areas, and sometimes take advantage of those […]

Kim Caudle Lewis, born and raised in the small southern Madison County town of Triana, has been devoted to North Alabama her entire life. An entrepreneur and trailblazer, her hard work and intentionality have combined over the years to foster a personal brand built on innovation. Lewis earned a Computer Information Systems degree from John […]

Roy Beck, founder and president of NumbersUSA, in recent days named Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) as one of only nine congressional “rock stars “for his support of enhanced border security and defending American workers. NumbersUSA is America’s largest grassroots border security organization and overall supports lower immigration levels. The group produces grades on each sitting […]