Three recently announced investments alone in West Alabama amount to almost $1.4 billion in funds being spent on the area’s coal industry. Last week, Brookwood-based Warrior Met Coal announced a historic expansion of its operations. A “world-class” longwall mine will be built near the company’s existing mines located on the Blue Creek reserves. The company expects […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) on Wednesday led other members of the House and Senate leadership in announcing a major legislative package designed to expand and improve the mental health services available to citizens of the state. Leaders on hand on Wednesday included the majority and minority leaders in both chambers, […]

Manufacture Alabama (MA) this week announced that the organization’s board of directors has elected Carl Gunter as the new board chair. Gunter, the mill manager of International Paper in Prattville, will serve a two-year term effective February 4, 2020. Gunter succeeds David Hendrixson, executive vice president and plant manager of Decatur’s Daikin, America. Hendrixson will […]

Birmingham teenager Levi Watkins’ might be Alabama’s next famous music act to get a big break from a musical competition show. NBC’s “The Voice” singing competition show aired his audition Tuesday night, and the young man was selected to go on to the main competition. The 14-year-old performed a cover of Train’s song “Hey Soul […]

With just six days to go until Alabama’s March 3 primary election, Yellowhammer News has obtained new non-internal polling in the AL-02 Republican contest to succeed U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery). A national polling firm conducted a survey on behalf of the Alabama Forestry Association, which has not endorsed in the race, from February 20-25 of […]

The lower chamber of Alabama’s state legislature passed a bill Tuesday that instructs the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to sell lifetime hunting and fishing licenses to disabled veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces at a reduced price. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Andy Whitt (R-Harvest). The legislation passed with a 102-0 […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday announced the latest television ad in his bid to return to the U.S. Senate. Sessions is running in a competitive March 3 Republican primary field that includes former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville, Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01), former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore […]

On Tuesday, Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, unveiled its latest television spot touting the congressional candidacy of former State Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile). Hightower is running for Congress in Alabama’s First Congressional District, which is currently occupied by U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), […]

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) urged their colleagues on Tuesday to pass more funding to fight the spread of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus. “It could be an existential threat to a lot of people in this country,” Shelby told POLITICO with respect to the spread of the Coronavirus. […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Tuesday voted against advancing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The bill failed to get the 60-votes needed to end debate, with Jones one of 44 senators voting “nay.” Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) voted to support the legislation. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks’ gestation […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a substitute version of a bill by State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) that would enhance the penalty provision of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. The committee vote was 11-1, with State Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison (D-Birmingham) being the lone “nay vote” (and the sole Democrat […]

Birmingham Promise, the scholarship fund pioneered by Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, received three contributions of $1 million on Tuesday. The Alabama Power Foundation, Altec/Styslinger Foundation, and Regions Bank made the three contributions. “Every student deserves the opportunity to succeed,” Woodfin said, before adding that he was grateful to “our business community and academic partners for […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a bill as substituted that would eliminate the Office of the State Auditor. The committee vote was 6-5. The bill, SB 83, now heads to the full Senate for consideration. SB 83 would not affect the current officeholder, State Auditor Jim Zeigler. As a […]

A three-day event is marking the 60th anniversary of the first Alabama sit-in against racial segregation. Five of the surviving demonstrators will be on hand Monday for a remembrance at Alabama State University in Montgomery. Civil rights lawyer Fred Gray also will participate.

The Scottsboro City Council, Scottsboro Police Department Chief Ralph Dawe and Scottsboro Fire Department Chief Gene Necklaus joined to present awards to three men who recently went “above and beyond the call of duty,” according to a Facebook post by the Scottsboro Police Department. The awards stem from actions taken on January 27, 2020, when […]

Former congressional staffer Terri Hasdorff wants the voters of Alabama’s Second Congressional District to know that she will not have a learning curve if elected to Congress because she already knows the ways of Capitol Hill. In a phone interview with Yellowhammer News late Monday afternoon, Hasdorff argued her experience working for former House Speaker […]

DECATUR, Alabama – GE Appliances today officially marked completion of a $125 million investment project at its Decatur refrigerator plant, which boosted production capacity, added new “smart” technology and increased the site’s workforce. The expansion project, announced in June 2018, allowed GE Appliances to increase production to meet growing demand for its top-freezer refrigerators, which are rated […]

The Alabama Nursing Home Association (ANHA) on Monday announced the selection of Brandon Farmer as the association’s new president and CEO. He officially began his new role at the beginning of this month. Farmer succeeds Bill O’Connor, who retired from the role on December 31. Farmer brings two decades of health care and political experience […]

Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, will be running a new television advertisement opposing U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne’s (R-Fairhope) bid for the U.S. Senate. The spot hits Byrne for his decision late in the 2016 presidential campaign calling on then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump […]

The Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons will be performing at KultureBall 2020 in Birmingham, according to a press release obtained by Yellowhammer News on Monday. KultureBall, to be held this year on June 27, is a night of celebration of promoting sensory accessibility and acceptance and inclusion for those with invisible disabilities. The annual gala […]

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl on Monday announced the release of his fourth television ad in his Republican bid in Alabama’s First Congressional District. Entitled “Pelosi,” the ad features Carl speaking directly into the camera about his commitment to work with President Donald Trump to get the wall built on the United States’ border with […]

Congressman Mike Rogers (AL-03) spoke to Yellowhammer Radio Network’s Scott Chambers Monday about the federal government’s decision not to quarantine coronavirus patients at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston. Rogers confirmed that the potential U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to bring patients to the CDP has been canceled following […]

In an ad released Monday, former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) makes his closing pitch to AL-02 voters with eight days to go before the primary election. In the 30-second spot, Moore touts his proven track record with respect to the issues he feels voters in his district care most about. Moore argues that his […]

Saturday night, the Alabama Department of Corrections reported convicted killer Daniel Miner escaped from a Childersburg work release facility. Miner, a 43-year old white male in the middle of serving a 999-year, 99-month, 99-day sentence for murder in Marshall County, as of Monday morning, remains at large. Had Miner been wearing an ankle monitor, his […]