Alabama GOP U.S. senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville on Thursday evening will be at the White House to witness President Donald Trump accept the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. Trump will deliver a speech on the South Lawn formally accepting the party’s nomination in his reelection bid, and Tuberville is among a select group of the president’s […]

Hurricane Laura made landfall as a category 4 hurricane near Cameron, Louisiana, on Wednesday night, becoming the southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas region’s strongest storm in more than a century. Ahead of the storm reaching land, Alabama Power Company crews on Wednesday afternoon began packing in preparation to head west and assist utilities in affected […]

Last year, Alabama saw its first sandhill crane hunting season in more than 100 years. The season returns for 2020-2021 with 400 permit holders having the opportunity to hunt sandhill cranes in north Alabama. Registration for the permits opens on September 8. Norman Haley from Scottsboro, Alabama, has hunted sandhill cranes twice in Tennessee and […]

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) announced on Thursday that Huntsville’s Media Fusion LLC has been selected as the prime contractor to provide communications services under an award by NASA. Media Fusion is a Rocket City company that is owned by PCI. The tribe is based in Atmore, Alabama. Under the awarded Strategic Research and […]

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday extended the state’s face covering requirement through the month of September, and it is now set to expire at 5:00 p.m. CT on Friday, October 2. All other coronavirus related precautions such as a limits on capacity for restaurants and retailers have been kept in place for […]

Fourteen finalists are competing for funding in an online pitch competition you can watch on your computer. The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) will stream its Reignite Alabama Finale event on its website and Facebook on Aug 27. The COVID-19 response competition, a pivot from the usual Alabama Launchpad competition, was designed in partnership […]

While many national polls show a presidential election contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden tightening, most polls still have Biden ahead. That’s given many political watchers license to anticipate Biden will win on November 3. However, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) does not see it as a foregone conclusion that the presidential election is […]

The Business Council of Alabama on Wednesday held the first day of its Engage Alabama virtual conference, which is being held free of charge for anyone wanting to tune in. After opening remarks from BCA president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt, the day’s programming kicked off with a remote panel discussion between the mayors of […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s office on Wednesday said she is prepared to send hundreds of National Guard personnel to Wisconsin to assist with growing civil unrest if necessary. This comes after protests in the wake of police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooting Jacob Blake have devolved into rioting, arson, vandalism, looting and violence. On Tuesday night, […]

QUIET AFTERNOON: Showers are very isolated across Alabama today. The sky is partly sunny, and temperatures are mostly in the upper 80s and low 90s. We do note a big flooding event unfolded this morning over northwest Alabama; parts of Franklin County had more than 6 inches of rain, and a flash flood emergency was […]

Yellowhammer Multimedia is proud to announce the third annual Women of Impact Awards, a celebration of strong women who shape and propel Alabama. This year’s exemplary class of honorees is stacked with respected leaders, advisers and mentors who empower others through the lives they devote and trails they blaze across non-profit, business and governmental sectors. […]

Forbes this week released its annual rankings of the nation’s best employers, broken down into separate lists for each state. The publication in an article explained that it partnered with market research company Statista on this compilation. Forbes wrote the following about the list’s methodology:

Alabamians hoping to visit their loved ones who reside in nursing homes will have to keep waiting due to the continued threat of COVID-19, though the Nursing Home Association is working to allow visits as soon as they are safe. Brandon Farmer, Alabama Nursing Home Association president and CEO, released a statement Wednesday updating the […]

Huntsville-based MartinFederal Consulting on Wednesday announced that it has been awarded a subcontract to provide a broad scope of next-generation technological advancements in how information technology supports American warfighters. The subcontract — which comes through Department of Defense prime contractor Integrated Systems, Inc. — is part of a Systems Engineering, Technology & Innovation (SETI) multiple award, indefinite delivery […]

Troy University has changed the name of a building on campus to John Robert Lewis Hall in honor of the iconic civil rights hero and congressman who passed away earlier in 2020. Lewis, a native of Troy, attempted to enroll at the university as a young man in the 1950s, but was denied admission because […]

Last week, State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa), now the chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, said he “absolutely” saw U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) and former Vice President Joe Biden winning in Alabama on November 3. Most see that outcome as a longshot but will acknowledge the Alabama Democratic Party is in better hands […]

The New York Times has seemingly smeared the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The publication on Wednesday published nationwide data that purports to track COVID-19 cases “at U.S. Colleges and Universities.” “As college students and professors return to campus in the midst of a pandemic, coronavirus cases are turning up by the thousands,” the […]

DECATUR — Mayor Tab Bowling of Decatur has been pulled into a runoff election against challenger William “Butch” Matthews, a former city councilman from the northwest area of the city. According to unofficial city results published by the Decatur Daily, Bowling captured 47.81% of the 8,366 votes cast in Tuesday’s municipal election, falling 183 votes […]

Most of Alabama’s municipalities held local elections on Tuesday, including key mayoral and city council contests. In fact, municipal elections were held in every city in the state besides Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Auburn, Dothan, Tuscaloosa, Bessemer, Gadsden and Talladega. Huntsville was the largest city to hold an election. As reported by Yellowhammer News, Mayor Tommy […]

HUNTSVILLE– Mayor Tommy Battle was overwhelmingly reelected on Tuesday, garnering 78% of the vote in the Rocket City. The win ensures Battle a fourth term as mayor of Alabama’s fastest growing big city, a job he first secured in 2008. A socially distanced, mask-wearing crowd of approximately 100 supporters gathered at the EarlyWorks Museum in […]

RADAR CHECK: Rain has been fairly widespread over the northern half of the state today; a flash flood warning was required for a while for Sumter County in west Alabama. With a cloudy sky, temperatures are mostly in the 70s over the northern and central counties. But south Alabama is seeing a pretty good supply […]

NASA on Tuesday announced that it has assigned astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps to the Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Epps will join NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada for a six-month expedition planned for a launch in 2021 to the orbiting […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that DURA Automotive Systems plans to invest $59 million to open a manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals that will produce battery trays for electric vehicles. The Michigan-based company’s project, which includes critical support from the Shoals Economic Development Authority (SEDA), will reportedly create 279 direct jobs and expands the […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Tuesday introduced the School Choice Now Act to increase opportunity across America and protect students whose families have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. This bipartisan legislation is an updated companion version to a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Byrne […]