Secretary of State John Merrill has returned from Israel, and in a Monday release he reflected on his productive trip. Merrill last week was a part of a bipartisan delegation of American secretaries of state that visited Jerusalem to discuss cybersecurity policies and best practices for business services and election administration. The trip, which was […]

After five years of successful operation, Birmingham’s Zyp bike-share program is winding down as leaders gear up to provide new transportation options for the central city in the coming year. REV Birmingham, an economic development and revitalization nonprofit focused on creating vibrant commercial districts, launched Zyp in 2015 with a five-year commitment from partners and sponsors. The […]

Ascend Performance Materials announced today that it has finalized plans for a $175 million project to expand production capacity at its Decatur manufacturing facility and construct energy cogeneration units at the site. The project will add 10 high-end manufacturing jobs to Houston-based Ascend’s Alabama workforce, which exceeds 400 people. The cogeneration units will reduce emissions […]

Elmer Harris, Alabama businessman, philanthropist and former CEO of Alabama Power, died Dec. 23. Harris joined the Alabama Power in 1958 as an engineering co-op student at Auburn University. Following graduation, he spent 10 years in Alabama Power’s Southern Division in various engineering positions, while continuing his education and serving in the U.S. Air Force […]

USA Today is looking to name its Readers’ Choice Best Small Airport of 2020, and your vote could help put Huntsville International Airport over the top. A panel of experts picked the top 20 small airports in the United States to contend for this honor. Members of the public are currently voting on their favorite out […]

The out-of-state Freedom from Religion Foundation is attacking yet another Alabama school. Last month, 26 football players at Reeltown High School in Notasulga were voluntarily baptized at Nix-Webster-O’Neal Stadium, as reported by The Outlook. Now, head football coach Matt Johnson and the school are under fire from the foundation.

Alabama has helped make space travel history once again. Nearing the end of the 50th year anniversary of the Huntsville-built Saturn V rocket powering the famed Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, the Rocket City added another notch to its belt on Sunday morning when the Boeing CST-100 Starliner touched down safely at the U.S. […]

HUNTSVILLE — During an appearance at the Madison County Republican Men’s Club’s monthly breakfast meeting, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) took part in a candidates’ forum as the incumbent member representing Alabama’s fifth congressional district on Saturday. Brooks offered the crowd of roughly 200-plus examples of his successful legislative efforts, including language in the National […]

To better understand the evolution of mosquito-borne viruses, University of South Alabama College of Medicine researchers are collaborating with members of the Yale School of Public Health and its West Nile 4K Project to reconstruct a picture of how the virus has spread and adapted during the past 20 years in the United States. The […]

New independent polling released on Sunday provides insight into Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) 2020 reelection prospects. John Couvillon of Louisiana’s JMC Analytics conducted a general election survey from December 16-18 using a combination of robocalls to landlines (49%) and texts to cell phones (51%). There were 525 respondents, with the poll having a margin of […]

Parental influence ignited Jessica Gaskin’s appreciation of the wonders of space at an early age. “My parents both had science backgrounds. My father in Geophysics and Astronomy and my mother in Geology,” said Gaskin, an alumna of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). “Their influence and my need to know how things worked led […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A unique radar developed by engineering researchers at The University of Alabama helped find the location to recover some of the oldest ice buried in Antarctica as part of an international effort to better understand the Earth’s climate history. Using information collected by the radar, scientists leading the project confirmed the site where […]

An all-day mini-mass casualty training event is planned for Jackson County school personnel on Jan. 6 at the Earnest Pruett Center of Technology in Hollywood. The event is part of a preparedness program being coordinated by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Systems Management and Production Center (SMAP Center) and the university’s College of […]

Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama on Friday named Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego as the winner of its 2019 Crime Stopper of the Year Award. The honor is awarded annually for exemplary dedication to fighting crime and for support and commitment to Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama, which covers an eight-county area of metropolitan Birmingham. […]

Researchers and scholars at the University of South Alabama received more than $87 million in external and contract funding in 2019, university officials said, a dramatic 43% increase from the year prior. “This year was the tipping point,” said Lynne Chronister, vice president for research and economic development at USA. “We went up $25 million […]

The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce recently held its tenth annual Success Starts Here Tour, highlighting the new and expanding Montgomery industries that have invested in record-breaking numbers this year. The $1,013,568,764 in industrial capital investments marks the second-largest number ever for Montgomery County, surpassed only by the 2002 original Hyundai announcement. In addition, these companies announced the creation […]

A joint effort to redevelop historic portions of downtown Birmingham has been announced. Urban Impact and REV Birmingham held a news conference Dec. 17 to announce their new Northwest Downtown Master Development Plan, a strategy for redeveloping the city’s Civil Rights District and Innovation District. Ivan Holloway, executive director for Urban Impact, says the plan includes specific, actionable steps […]

Two University of Alabama alumni have made Forbes’ annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Capstone “Legends” Marillyn Hewson was ranked No. 10, while Vicki Hollub is No. 47. Hewson currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp., which has a strong presence in the Yellowhammer State. This year marks […]

Raytheon and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charity are joining forces to bring a very Merry Christmas to four Huntsville-area families of people who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Andy Haq, a past district commander for DAV, told Yellowhammer News in an interview that Raytheon had reached out to DAV and said, “Give us some […]

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) on Friday announced that Governor Kay Ivey has awarded over $137,000 to provide high-speed internet to more than 200 citizens across two Alabama communities. The grants were awarded through the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund, which was created by historic legislation spearheaded by State Sen. Clay Scofield […]

At 6:36 a.m. Friday, Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) Starliner took flight atop an Alabama-made rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, a timing glitch occurring after separation is going to prevent it from carrying out one of the mission’s key objectives. The inaugural mission for Starliner was a step toward NASA’s goal of once again […]

RAGLAND, Alabama – The National Cement Co. of Alabama announced plans to invest more than $250 million to construct a new kiln at its Ragland production plant, ensuring the St. Clair County facility’s competitiveness for decades to come. National Cement, which has been producing cement in Ragland since 1910, said construction on the project should […]

Alabama has done it again under the Ivey administration, shattering five jobs-related economic records once more. First, Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday announced — for the seventh month in a row — the Yellowhammer State has reached a new record low unemployment rate. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate was […]

FLORENCE — The U.S. Senate contest in Alabama has taken on a new dynamic since former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ entry into the race last month. However, one thing that has not changed is former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s tack on the campaign trail and a strategy of sticking to the bread-and-butter […]