With less than 100 days separating now and Election Day, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) says he feels “very good” about his prospects in a head-to-head match-up against GOP U.S. Senate nominee Tommy Tuberville. In an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Jones argued his opponent did not “have a clue” […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) was lauded by NASA officials for the performance of its Atlas V rocket in launching the Mars 2020 mission. At a post-launch news conference on Thursday morning, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine went out of his way to praise ULA and its leadership for their role in the historic launch. “It was […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Southern Research have discovered a new drug candidate marking a major advance in the treatment for diabetes.

Jesse Goldberg still has not started his first semester as a lecturer at Auburn University. However, the incoming professor continues to ignite...

There are glimmers of good news in Alabama’s coronavirus numbers for the first time in several weeks, and a high profile infectious disease expert at UAB Hospital credits increased wearing of masks as a big factor. According to BamaTracker, the number of people being hospitalized each day due to COVID-19 has leveled off in the […]

NASA’s Mars 2020 launch went off without a hitch early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Catching a lift from United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Alabama-made Atlas V rocket, Mars Perseverance is now setting its trajectory toward the Red Planet. The Perseverance rover will explore Mars while gathering samples and performing groundbreaking tests to see if […]

State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) resigned from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, where he was serving as an Alabama Baptist bivocational pastor.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey wasted no words in responding to Alabama State Board of Education member Wayne Reynolds, who on Wednesday morning posted an insulting comment about the governor’s appearance on Facebook. “She is gaining weight,” wrote Reynold in the comments of an AL.com Facebook live stream that was broadcasting the governor’s coronavirus pandemic press […]

Alabama received high rankings for its workforce development programs and auto manufacturing strength in a new report from Business Facilities magazine, which also picked Birmingham and Huntsville as top cities for business climate. In the 16th installment of its Annual State and Metro Rankings Report, Business Facilities rated Birmingham as the No. 1 mid-size metro area for […]

Atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, NASA's Mars 2020 mission is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday morning.

While many school systems around the state are opting for online schooling-only for the first nine weeks, the debate as to whether or not schools should open in Alabama remains unsettled given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Cherokee) argued for the […]

MacKenzie Scott, who for 25 years was married to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, gave $20 million to Tuskegee University in recent days. The donation is the largest gift in the history of the school. The Tuskegee donation was one in a string of contributions from Scott that totaled $1.7 billion. Scott has pledged […]

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two people previously charged on the state level in the kidnapping death of Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney.

Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell was recently appointed to a national agricultural trade advisory committee by the Trump administration.

The mask order extension specifies that all teachers and students above the first grade must wear face coverings whenever possible at school.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries has created a website where consumers can report if they receive suspicious, unsolicited packages of seeds from China. Yellowhammer News first detailed on Monday the recent surge in consumers receiving the mysterious seed packets, which Ag Commissioner Rick Pate says may be “dangerous to livestock.” “Currently there is […]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted four Alabama corrections officers in connection to an incident where a prisoner was allegedly assaulted by prison guards. The charges stem from a 2018 episode at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama, where Bibb employees Keith Finch, Jordan Thomas and Kevin Blaylock are alleged to have […]

The same day that the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition (ACFC) named a new president, Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that the non-profit organization has partnered with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to create a statewide plan to provide more electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Yellowhammer State. Michael Staley, a longtime chief […]

The National Federation of Independent Business released a national survey on the state of small business amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

National Right to Life, the nation’s largest pro-life group with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide, on Tuesday announced its endorsement of Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate general election. In a release announcing the endorsement, National Right to Life cited Tuberville’s support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act […]

UAB Hospital has been again named the best hospital in Alabama by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, the magazine named eight specialty programs within the top 50 in the nation, seven of those within the top 30, along with two others noted as being “high performing” in the 2020-2021 Best Hospital rankings, released today. […]

One of the first public figures that spoke out about State Rep. Will Dismukes’ (R-Prattville) participation in a celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest on Saturday and subsequent post on Facebook was his colleague, State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville). Garrett expressed his disapproval on social media, tweeting, “I cannot fathom why anyone in 2020 celebrates the […]

Ben Robbins announced his candidacy to seek the Alabama Republican Party's nomination in the special election for District 33 of the Alabama House...

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville announced Tuesday that it needs $1.5 million in public support or it will be forced to permanently close at the end of October. The organization has created a Save Space Camp campaign where members of the public can donate online to keep the iconic Alabama location afloat […]