The largest church in Alabama will be resuming in-person worship this weekend. The Church of the Highlands, led by Pastor Chris Hodges, announced this week that in-person worship will resume on Sunday, August 2, at the more than 20 locations it occupies across Alabama. Socially distanced seating and masks will be offered to each individual […]

On Monday, State Rep. Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) unveiled an effort that bars Confucius Institutes from operating on publicly funded college campuses in Alabama. According to a release, Hanes has teamed up with the College Republican Federation of Alabama. The group passed a resolution urging colleges to reconsider their relationships with Confucius Institutes back in May. […]

AUBURN, Ala. – Planned August celebrations to recognize Auburn University spring and summer 2020 graduates have been indefinitely postponed due to recent interstate travel restrictions and large in-person event concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the university’s efforts to coordinate ceremonies that promoted numerous safety protocols and aligned with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket built in Alabama is in final preparations to launch NASA’s Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover. On Monday, NASA tweeted that the Launch Readiness Review has been completed for the launch, which is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, at 6:50 a.m. CT. This begins a two-hour […]

The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board has banned every business with a liquor license from serving alcohol after 11:00 p.m. in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Enforcement of the new rule will begin Saturday, August 1. The serving of alcohol must cease at 11:00 p.m. and the consumption of alcohol […]

Two North Alabama cities have been named in a list of the best metropolitan areas in which to live after the COVID-19 pandemic. Business Insider recently took a look at the top U.S. cities to move to after the pandemic ends, and the publication on Sunday spun that nationwide list off into a separate ranking […]

A number of groups that aim to improve the business climate in Alabama are requesting responses to a survey on workplace health. Any employed person in the state of Alabama can take the survey here. “Our state’s labor force is the cornerstone of workforce development efforts, and this survey will help promote a healthier workplace […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan on Monday afternoon strongly criticized State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville), stopping short of calling for his resignation. Dismukes on Sunday posted a picture of himself at a birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was a Confederate general and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. As […]

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) on Monday announced that it has received multiple reports of seeds being delivered unsolicited to residents across the state, with China as the origin. A release advised that the shipments are coming through the United States Postal Service (USPS). The packing is often mislabeled as some type […]

Marion Military Institute (MMI) has been named as the seventh-best community college in the United States. Niche recently released its 2020 “Best Colleges” rankings, which featured separate rankings for two- and four-year colleges and universities. MMI is a public military junior college in Marion, Alabama. Founded in 1842, it is the official state military college of […]

State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) is once again drawing bipartisan criticism for posting pictures of himself with the Confederate flag. Dismukes in recent months voiced support for the Confederate Memorial Park in his district, after which the Alabama Democratic Party released a picture of him wearing a “Prattville Dragoons: Sons of Confederate Veterans” shirt and called […]

All seven members of Alabama’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation wrote Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday asking her to rename the portion of U.S. Highway 80 that runs between Selma and Montgomery after civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who recently passed away. Members of Alabama’s congressional delegation want to name the highway […]

MONTGOMERY — An estimated 3,000 individuals made a trip to the State Capitol building on Sunday to pay their respects to Alabama native, civil rights icon and U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA). Lewis, who was born and spent the early years of his life in Troy, was honored over the weekend by the people of […]

Kelly Dunning, an assistant professor in Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, was part of a team that created and implemented a volunteer-driven citizen science project called “Nurdle Patrol,” which measured microplastic pollution across the Gulf of Mexico. The project’s open-access findings, “Measuring plastic pellet (nurdle) abundance on shorelines throughout the Gulf of Mexico […]

Earlier this month, Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl managed to earn a hard-fought four-and-a-half percent, 3,853-vote win over former State Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile), to win the Republican nomination for Alabama’s first congressional district election in November. In his victory, Carl only won two of the six counties in AL-1, Mobile and Washington. However, his […]

Former State Rep. Barry Moore’s (R-Enterprise) margin of victory in the Republican primary runoff for Alabama’s second congressional district caught a lot of political watchers off guard. Moore, who was outspent by a significant margin in his contest against Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman, won by 20 points and carried 12 of the 15 counties in […]

During an appearance on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” on Friday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized the Justice Department for the timing and nature of a report released last week highlighting deficiencies throughout the Alabama Department of Corrections’ prison system. According to a report released last week, “systemic unconstitutional conditions” exist throughout Alabama’s prison […]

Modeled on its successful trauma response system, the Alabama Department of Public Health will partner with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to improve a similar system for improved response to stroke across the state. This pioneering effort is a five-year statewide quality improvement initiative that aims to transform the acute stroke care system by coordinating prehospital and inter-facility […]

Incoa Performance Minerals is investing $110.85 million in a new calcium carbonate facility in Theodore that will employ 74 workers over the next five years. The company will sell to U.S. markets high-quality calcium carbonate, a product used as a filler in a variety of products from antacids to paint.

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Friday expressed his desire to extend the extra $600 the U.S. government is currently adding to the compensation received by Americans on unemployment. “Unemployment benefits need to be extended. I would favor the 600 but what I really would favor is something that can pass Congress,” said Jones in […]

President Donald Trump is far outpacing his presumed 2020 election opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, in fundraising from Alabamians. Since the beginning of 2019, Trump has received 43,607 contributions from the people of Alabama for a total of $2,554,586.42. In that same timespan, 7,137 contributions from Alabamians have been sent to Biden, totaling $669,471.02. […]

Birmingham-based Southern Research recently announced a significant expansion to its ongoing support of COVID-19 vaccine development. The Alabama non-profit organization in February announced a collaboration with New York-based Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. to develop and conduct testing of the pharmaceutical company’s TNX-1800, a potential vaccine designed to protect against COVID-19. The new expansion will include […]

Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey on Friday gave an update about the reopening plans for public schools across the state. Mackey was speaking remotely during a virtual event hosted by Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). All public school systems across the state have been required to offer a virtual option for the upcoming school year to […]

MONTGOMERY — U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) will lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday, as part of a publicly announced “Celebration of Life” for the civil rights icon. Lewis, who was born and raised in Pike County, passed away last Friday after a bout with stage IV pancreatic cancer. RELATED: Alabama […]