Zero. Zip. Zilch. That’s how much rain Terry Wyatt’s 500-acre cotton crop received in September. “Cotton likes hot weather, but you have to have some rain,” said Wyatt, whose non-irrigated cropland in Harpersville was in the heart of Alabama’s most persistent drought based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. “We got in a pattern early. The […]

Yellowhammer News on Wednesday released the 2019 “Power & Influence: Who’s Next?” list. Our team has spent weeks talking with key operatives and analyzing recent developments in public policy and politics, and today, we’re taking a look at a new group of Alabama leaders poised to be part of the next generation of power and […]

CULLMAN — Immigration continues to be a top issue for Republican voters interested in the early stages of the 2020 U.S. Senate GOP primary in Alabama, which was on display Tuesday night at a gathering of the Cullman County Republican Women. Republican U.S. Senate hopeful U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) was in attendance to speak […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Tuesday lashed out at the Alabama Republican Party after ALGOP Chairman Terry Lathan called on him to represent the majority of his constituents in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. In a statement responding to Lathan’s remarks, Jones stressed his “obligation to weigh all the facts fairly before making […]

Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed will be the next mayor of Alabama’s capital city. Reed on Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated WCOV Fox 20 owner David Woods in the Montgomery mayoral runoff election. With all but one precinct reporting, Reed had 67% of the vote. Reed garnered 32,918 votes compared to Woods’ 16,010. Reed will be sworn […]

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) on Tuesday announced that Tombigbee Electric Cooperative’s efforts to bring high-speed internet access to much of rural northwestern Alabama will benefit from a new federal grant award. Tombigbee, based in Hamilton, AL, will receive a $774,912 ARC grant for the Northwest Alabama Revitalization project. This project will implement a fiber-optic network providing […]

Secretary of State John Merrill announced Monday that he will observe National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by hosting a cybersecurity seminar. The seminar, which is set to take place on October 18, will feature Mr. Bill Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. According to an online press release, the program “will educate […]

Books-A-Million and Children’s of Alabama are once again coming together to show that not every hero wears a cape. Through the fifth-annual Superhero Month in October, the partnership this year will honor the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with “The Power of Children’s” initiative. This endeavor aims to bring encouragement to and foster further […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan on Tuesday hosted a press conference with the Republican National Committee (RNC) to mark the start of qualifying for the state’s 2020 Republican primary, calling on U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) to side with his constituents on the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump. In her remarks, Lathan slammed […]

Voters in Montgomery, Alabama, are about to elect a new mayor. Probate Judge Steven Reed and businessman David Woods face each other in the Tuesday runoff.

Huntsville-based Dynetics on Tuesday morning will hold the grand opening for its new Aerospace Structures Complex in Decatur. The new, cutting-edge complex brings a capability to North Alabama to support the development, integration and structural testing of large aerospace structures. Initially, Dynetics will use this complex to support two major space endeavors rooted in the Yellowhammer […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) has now weighed in on President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw all American troops from northern Syria, saying the move “leaves a vacuum for a resurgence of [the Islamic State] in the region.” The Trump administration is allowing Turkey to move forward with an operation against Kurdish forces in the region […]

U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL-01) has announced the launch of his U.S. Senate campaign’s grassroots leadership team, which covers all 67 counties and includes “200 key community leaders,” according to a Monday press release. “It is an honor to have so many people from every corner of the state joining us in the fight to bring our […]

With Alabama employers continuing to grapple with the workforce shortages that come with a booming economy, Birmingham-based Hoar Program Management (HPM) announced it had made a series of new hires with that challenge specifically in mind. HPM announced in a recent release it has made a series of new hires in its Program Development Group […]

Finally, a night game in Bryant-Denny Stadium this year. It might be too late to beat the summer heat, but Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide have gotten their wish at long last. The SEC on Monday announced an 8:00 p.m. CT kickoff for Alabama’s game against Tennessee on Saturday, October 19 — which is […]

Effective Saturday, October 12, local calls will not be completed within the 205 area code’s geographic region unless both the area code and the subsequent seven-digit telephone number are dialed. This comes after the Alabama Public Service Commission on August 7, 2018 approved a proposal by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator to add an […]

When Shawn Goyal learned two years ago of the desperate need for drinkable water in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, he knew he had to help. “We were studying Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in Spanish class the fall that Hurricane Maria hit,” said Goyal, now a senior at Altamont School in Birmingham. “As I […]

The recent string of rural hospital closures has been at the forefront of the debate on whether or not to expand Medicaid rolls in Alabama as some citizens find themselves without nearby access to health care. However, State Rep. Tim Wadsworth (R-Arley), a member of the legislature that represents portions of rural Winston, Walker and […]

On Monday, State Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) formally announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for the Place 1 associate justice post on the Alabama Supreme Court. Ward presently serves as the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman and president of the Alabama Law Institute. He represents a district that includes parts of Shelby, Bibb and […]

It has now been six months since the Department of Justice (DoJ) issued an edict alleging Alabama’s prisons violated the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. According to lawmakers, the State of Alabama and the DoJ have been working toward a solution, with the ultimate plan being decided upon in a likely special session of the […]

Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) on Thursday was elected chairman of the Alabama legislature’s important Oil and Gas Study Committee. Created by the legislature in 1983, this committee is responsible for keeping track of trends in the state’s oil and gas industry. According to a study conducted in 2017 by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Alabama’s oil and […]

As a teenager, Donnelly Howard never thought she would grow up to become one of the best triathletes in the world. “I was a ballerina through college and was a bookworm, so I never really thought of myself as a competitive athlete.” The Mobile doctor’s love of running, though, is what encouraged her to start […]

The Associated Press released their weekly Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, with the Crimson Tide holding on to their top spot after a bye-week and Auburn falling to number 12 following a 13-24 loss to Florida. Clemson was again ranked second and Georgia and Ohio State, in extremely rare fashion, actually tied for […]

The weather was a frightful 99 degrees outside Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United’s Birmingham headquarters Tuesday but inside it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The fourth-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the U.S. is among the first to roll out two new flavors for the Christmas holiday season: Coca-Cola Cinnamon and Sprite Winter […]