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 […]

After publicly professing his staunch support for keeping secret the whistleblower who initiated the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) raised the stakes by claiming the individual’s life could be at risk “in this day and age.” In an interview with WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Jones advised that the Senate […]

Grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are being used to restore Alabama’s longleaf pine forests and grasslands. One site is near Selma overlooking the Alabama River. Alabama Power and its parent, Southern Company, are among the supporters of NFWF. Claude Jenkins, a wildlife biologist with the Alabama Wildlife Federation, gave a tour […]

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. The latest milestone occurred Thursday, when Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Secretary Hal Taylor administered the oath of office and officially welcomed the 55 members of Trooper Class 2019-C during a graduation ceremony at the […]

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 (AL-02) was recently recognized for her leadership and support of private colleges and universities by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Roby, co-chair of the Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus (CICC), was presented with a framed replica of her CICC Member Spotlight by association president Barbara K. Mistick, D.M., during a reception […]

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 […]

This week saw the unification of two marvels of American space ingenuity, both made possible by Alabamians. Boeing celebrated its last major milestone ahead of next month’s unmanned Orbital Flight Test, which is currently targeted for December 17. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is the only American-built capsule certified to land on land through a unique […]

The Alabama Small Business Commission, a state panel led by Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) that recommends policies and legislation benefiting small businesses operating across the Yellowhammer State, will hold a public listening session in Guntersville on Monday, December 2. The event will take place at the Guntersville Senior Center at 10:00 a.m., and members […]

Republican Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) last week said that Hoyt Hutchinson, the man who popped the “Baby Trump” balloon in Tuscaloosa the day of the Alabama-LSU game, deserves a “patriotism medal” for his action — after facing the legal ramifications for it. However, in an interview with Yellowhammer News on Thursday, Hutchinson said that he […]

Anniston Regional Airport and Weedon Field in Eufaula are receiving significant grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In a release on Thursday, Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced that Anniston Regional Airport is receiving $4,000,000 in FAA funding for the rehabilitation of a runway and Weedon Field in Eufaula is receiving $650,000 for the rehabilitation and expansion of […]

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 and Sanders Flight Training Center have partnered with the Red Tail Scholarship Foundation to empower the next generation of Alabama-trained pilots. The partnership, which encourages all who are interested in aviation to strive for their goals, was celebrated at a ceremony this past Saturday at the Walker County Airport. Alabama Senate Majority […]

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 Washington, D.C. television interview on Wednesday, Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) emphasized his support for the whistleblower who initiated the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Gray’s D.C. bureau asked Jones about impeachment twice in the interview, which lasted almost three and a half minutes in total. While Alabama’s junior senator outlined that it […]