KBR on Tuesday announced it has been awarded a $165 million task order to perform key engineering services on tactical missiles for the Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM) project office within the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space. The publicly traded company was awarded the cost-plus, fixed fee task order under […]

A new study from the federal government shows that Alabamians who get health insurance through their employer pay the lowest family premiums in the nation. The numbers reflect premiums paid in 2019 and come from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which is conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a […]

A joint team of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy sailors launched an unarmed Boeing-built Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the early morning hours of Tuesday from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Minuteman III, which is managed by Boeing in Huntsville, is as fast as a seismic wave, traveling […]

Austal USA on Tuesday announced that yet another Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) built in Mobile has successfully completed integrated trials and is now ready to be delivered to the U.S. Navy. The future USNS Newport (EPF 12) completed sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, and is poised to become the 12th EPF delivered by […]

An independent poll released on Tuesday showed blowouts brewing in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate and presidential contests. Morning Consult, a national data company, polled multiple states, including Alabama, from July 24 through August 2. In the Yellowhammer State, 609 likely voters were surveyed, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.

Republican nominee for Alabama’s Second Congressional District Barry Moore is returning to the campaign trail after a week of meetings in Washington, D.C. that he described as “successful.” Moore surprised many political observers across Alabama by decisively winning his primary runoff election on July 14 after placing more than 15 points behind competitor Jeff Coleman […]

The Alabama Public Service Commission on Tuesday returned $100 million to Alabama Power Company customers. In a unanimous vote by PSC President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, Commissioner Chris “Chip” Beeker and Commissioner Jeremy Oden, the commission formally decided to return the money through a rate ECR adjustment.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday that it is investing over $6 million to improve the water infrastructure in four rural Alabama towns. The Alabama investments are part of a nationwide package of $462 million the USDA is spending to modernize the drinking water and wastewater systems in rural areas across the country. […]

Earlier this year, national media outlets targeted Gulf Shores and Orange Beach to highlight how the public was handling the COVID-19 pandemic as the businesses were coming out of shutdown mode. One report from CNN featured the network’s Gary Tuchmann showing crowded spots in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores and highlighted individuals that were not […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner Rick Pate gave an update Monday afternoon on the spate of seed packets from China that people across Alabama have received in recent weeks despite never having ordered anything. Pate said that after the state seed labs had performed tests on the packets they had […]

Key figures from Alabama’s government and university systems joined to announced the new GuideSafe platform that bills itself as the key for students to safely return to college campuses amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The GuideSafe platform will help the state fulfill its promise to test every single college student before they return to campus, […]

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he was removing the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board chairman, Skip Thompson, an Alabamian. Thompson, a resident of Decatur, is the president and CEO of Corporate Billing, a subsidiary of Birmingham-based National Bank of Commerce. He previously served as the president and CEO of both First American Bank in […]

While SpaceX is just about the only major American aerospace company without a presence in the Yellowhammer State, Sunday’s completion of the historic Demo-2 mission still managed to have an Alabama connection. Demo-2 was SpaceX’s first-ever crewed mission for NASA and the first crewed orbital launch to depart from the United States since the final […]

U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) offered an amendment last week that would transfer $15 million from a Democrat-led effort giving undocumented immigrants legal assistance to a program that provides grants to criminal justice systems across the country. The motion was introduced on Friday during the debate on an appropriations bill in front of the House. […]

A new high-tech training center is coming to Bishop State Community College in Mobile. A groundbreaking was held Wednesday morning for the $17 million Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) to help train a workforce that will meet the needs of businesses and industries in the Mobile community. “It’s an amazing day for Bishop State,” said Reginald Sykes, president […]

Boeing on Friday made a $500,000 contribution to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s “Save Space Camp” campaign. Launched on Tuesday to offset losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign had raised more than $600,000 by the time Boeing announced its donation on Friday afternoon. The campaign in less than four full days has […]

Boeing continues to bolster the nation’s only defense program capable of protecting the entire United States homeland, including Alaska and Hawaii, against long-range ballistic missiles. The company manages this vital national security program, known as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, out of Huntsville as the prime contractor for the Department of Defense. Boeing has […]

Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville have made more progress in their research of the human genome. Researchers working in the Myers and Mendenhall labs have zeroed in on the science of “transcription factor proteins” that bind to DNA and essentially serve as on/off switches for genes. They, along with collaborators from […]

Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens supports local school boards and superintendents deciding if students in their districts will physically return to school for the start of the academic year. In a Thursday letter to Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson, Stephens emphasized that these local education leaders must be given balanced, unbiased information […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced a new $100 million program designed to enhance internet access for low-income students during the coronavirus pandemic. The funding for the program, which is being called Alabama Broadband Connectivity, comes from the $1.9 billion the state received as part of the federal government’s CARES Act that was passed […]

The online fundraising campaign to save the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville from permanently closing has raised 40% of its goal since launching on Tuesday. Support for the iconic Alabama institution has come from all 50 states. The center announced on Monday that it needs $1,500,000 in public support or it will be […]

Reacting to Thursday’s gloomy third quarter economic numbers, Twinkle Cavanaugh fears some of the proposed government overreach, and a return to the days of job-choking regulations, may stifle any hope of a turnaround. “The economic numbers show just how badly the coronavirus pandemic has hurt our economy,” Cavanaugh observed to Yellowhammer News. “We will come […]

The Southeastern Conference is forging ahead with a conference-only college football schedule for the 2020 season, as first reported by Sports Illustrated. The outlet reported that SEC presidents on Thursday adopted a proposal to play a 10-game schedule this fall, featuring only teams from inside the conference. The SEC has now confirmed the news. The plan […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that she is awarding $50 million to help charities and faith-based organizations recover revenue lost during the coronavirus pandemic. The money comes from the $1.9 billion Alabama received as part of the federal government’s CARES Act passed in March with the intent to help the country get through […]