The National Weather Service says a cold snap has set new records in the Deep South. The overnight temperature dropped to 18 degrees (-8 Celsius) in Birmingham, Alabama, early Wednesday, breaking the previous low record of 22 degrees (-6 Celsius) set in 1911.

Is it time to expand gaming in Alabama and allow a state lottery? Billions in new revenue could be at stake...

President Donald Trump’s visit to Tuscaloosa for last week’s Alabama-LSU football game is still reverberating around the state of Alabama. Despite the outcome of the game, Saturday was seen as a positive sign for Trump and his supporters, given his reception at Bryant-Denny Stadium. U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) was in attendance and in the […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne on Tuesday introduced the Full Choice for Veterans Act. This legislation would allow every veteran the option of receiving...

Conservative Republican congressional candidate Jessica Taylor was endorsed by State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) in the race to succeed retiring...

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the top Schumer deputy, is now publicly raising money for endangered Senator Doug Jones (D-AL).

The Business Council of Alabama has named Kellie Hope director of regional affairs. Her focus will be the organization's membership in south Alabama.

Steven L. Reed on Tuesday morning was sworn in as the City of Montgomery's 57th mayor. Reed is now the first black mayor of Alabama's capital city.

The small business economic engine continues to run strong, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) October Optimism Index. The nationwide small business organization released the findings of its monthly index on Tuesday, with the index once again showing gains in that sector of the economy. The leader of NFIB’s Alabama association expressed […]

Wiregrass businessman Jeff Coleman on Tuesday announced that his campaign will be going up on television with an ad in the Dothan and Montgomery...

Now that former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is officially a candidate for U.S. Senate, many political prognosticators say he is a lock to regain the Senate seat he held for two decades, which is currently occupied by Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook). Not so fast, says former Democrat Gov. Don Siegelman. During an appearance […]

A social media post about an Alabama veteran wearing an oxygen mask while walking down a road may help connect the man to his estranged son.

Auburn University’s widely known golden eagle Nova, War Eagle VII, could potentially be in the early stages of heart failure, according to university veterinarians and a press release issued last week. “The 20-year-old male eagle received a biannual checkup in early October at the College of Veterinary Medicine followed by another echocardiogram Oct. 31.,” the […]

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville last week hosted its 11th annual Tie the Ribbons event where over 1,300 members of the community convened at the Von Braun Center to hear about the institute’s world-class breast and ovarian cancer programs. Tie the Ribbons is an annual luncheon that supports breast and ovarian cancer research […]

"Parker Solar Probe is fulfilling its promise of being one of the great defining missions of this generation. It’s shedding light on numerous questions...

Stephanie McCulloch, assistant director of North AlabamaWorks!, said this was the first time Worlds of Work had been presented in Marion County.

University of Alabama School of Social Work researchers will soon expand a statewide drug and mental health screening program to address infant mortality in Alabama. The School of Social Work’s Vital team, which oversees an $8 million AL-SBIRT contract, recently received $750,000 from the state to begin “Reducing Infant Mortality Through Improved Wellness,” an initiative to address substance […]

U.S. Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama and Joe Manchin of West Virginia were in Wilsonville Friday for a firsthand look at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) primary carbon capture research facility. While touring the National Carbon Capture Center, they praised the efforts of its Alabama-based team to advance emerging technologies to reduce carbon dioxide […]

Representatives from several Alabama universities discussed their roles in economic development during a panel discussion Oct. 25 at the Alabama Economic Growth Summit in Hoover. Anthony Hood, director of civic innovation in the Office of the President at UAB, moderated the discussion. He said Alabama’s universities have several ideas — some already implemented, in helping the state resolve […]

Alabama’s Port City will play host to this year’s installment of the Alabama Global Supply Chain & Logistic Summit, which explores key supply chain topics such as the changing international trade environment, workforce training and cybersecurity. The 8th annual summit will take place Tuesday, Nov. 12, and Wednesday, Nov. 13, at The Battle House Hotel in Mobile. […]

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville is expanding its partnership with the University of Alabama to collaborate on advanced and in-space...

The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa in Baldwin County has beaten out five other finalists to be named America’s “best historic hotel.”

With Jeff Sessions’ entry into the U.S. Senate race on Thursday, there has been widespread speculation that the field for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2020 could lose a contestant or two given Sessions perceived strength as a candidate. However, when the qualifying deadline passed Friday afternoon, none of the original candidates formally withdrew, […]

Alabama’s ability to grow its economy depends in large part on the ability of rural Alabama to give new businesses what they want and need to succeed. The state’s growing efforts to drive growth and opportunity in Alabama’s rural communities was the focus of a panel discussion Oct. 25 during the Alabama Economic Growth Summit in […]