The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will be the first in the state to offer the Hacking for Defense (H4D) cybersecurity class beginning in spring semester 2020. The H4D initiative at UAH is led by the Invention to Innovation Center (I2C) and Department of Computer Science. “The I2C presents opportunities for out of the box thinking and H4D allows […]

"I’ve seen so many things. People’s lives could be in jeopardy in this day and age. It has gotten so ugly out there with some things. I worry about that.”

Grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are being used to restore Alabama’s longleaf pine forests and grasslands. One site is near Selma...

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD), city of Birmingham, Alabama Power and local builders have formed a partnership to bring state-of-the-art, “smart” homes to Birmingham’s 99 neighborhoods. The new Smart Neighborhood builds will incorporate energy efficiency and home automation upgrades during the construction phase of housing units to help make energy use more […]

The Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Southeastern United States says his country wants to expand job opportunities and investments in Alabama. Ard van der Vorst visited Montgomery and Birmingham this week, meeting with government and business leaders from across Alabama. Tuesday’s visits included a lunch meeting at Alabama Power‘s Innovation Center in Birmingham […]

Governor Kay Ivey's administration continues to work hard to correct a longtime shortage in the number of state troopers patrolling Alabama.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who filed papers Thursday to run for president in 2020 as a Democrat, will spend at least $490,582 on TV advertising in Alabama next week, according to NBC’s Gary Grumbach. The Alabama purchase is part of a nationwide push that includes over $31 million worth of ad time […]

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby was recently recognized for her leadership and support of private colleges and universities by the National Association of...

The Auburn board of trustees voted Friday to retire the beloved 20-year-old golden eagle Nova, the university announced in a press release. Nova had been serving since 2006 as the university’s seventh official War Eagle. In games following his flights, the Auburn football team went 44-14.

Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) appeared on Fox Business Network’s “Trish Regan Primetime” Thursday evening to discuss the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. To Brooks’ mind, the Democrats’ impeachment effort is “about using taxpayer dollars to help fund an opposition research effort that in turn the Democrats believe will help them in the […]

CHICKASAW — On Thursday night, Coastal Alabama voters got their first glimpse of all five qualified Republican congressional candidates on stage together at the same time. In direct contrast to the Democratic presidential debates that many have been watching on television, Thursday’s event at the J.C. Davis Municipal Auditorium was cordial. As it turned out, […]

As the 100-day mark nears until Republicans go to the polls to select their preference on who will represent their party on the ticket in the 2020 U.S. Senate race in Alabama, Democrats already have their nominee with incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). Earlier this month, the state’s qualifying deadline passed without Jones […]

Upon a successful flight test, ULA's Alabama-made rocket and Boeing's Huntsville designed Starliner will be set for a historic mission: taking American...

The Alabama Small Business Commission, led by Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, will hold a public listening session in Guntersville on Monday, December 2.

"The real heroes of this country are the men and women in law enforcement and armed forces. They're underpaid, putting their lives on the line every day."

Anniston Regional Airport and Weedon Field in Eufaula are receiving significant grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Auburn University’s Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, under its final phase of construction until 2020, intends to make the Auburn Poultry Science program the nation’s preeminent in poultry education and research. Graduates with poultry science degrees are trained in food safety and quality, product development, production methods and other aspects of […]

The Alabama Association for Justice (ALAJ) this week held four events across the southern half of the state as part of its series celebrating the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution. ALAJ, one of the state’s largest legal organizations, marked the occasion of the 230th anniversary of the introduction of the Bill of Rights with events […]

Jasper-based Sanders Aviation has partnered with the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation to empower the next generation of African-American pilots.

Former State Rep. Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) was unanimously elected chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party on Wednesday night, the ALGOP announced in a press release. “I am excited to get to work with our outstanding members and affiliated organizations as we enter the 2020 election cycle. We are committed to campaigning on behalf of […]

JASPER — The Alabama Rural Broadband Coalition (ARBC) announced Thursday morning that a fiber-based high-speed internet network will be installed in 2020 to serve the town of Jasper and the surrounding community. The internet services on the network will be provided by Mississippi-based technology company C Spire. In a first of its kind of partnership, […]

The nonstop diet of impeachment hearings conducted by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee is expected to go all the way to Thanksgiving. But the question is, what will happen after that? According to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), an actual vote on articles of impeachment will probably come before Christmas. During an appearance on Huntsville […]

The Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination met in Atlanta on Wednesday night for a debate. Yellowhammer News reached out to the Alabama Senate candidates to find out what they thought of the debate, which mostly focused on ideas that Alabama’s Senate candidates agreed was a threat to conservatism.

In a D.C. television interview on Wednesday, Senator Doug Jones emphasized his support for the whistleblower who initiated the impeachment inquiry...