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Airbus announced today that it has begun manufacturing A220 aircraft at its Alabama production facility, a key milestone in growth plans that will see...

Bluestone Resources Inc. in recent days announced the purchase of the ERP Compliant Coke, LLC plant in Birmingham, saving over 200 jobs in the area.

Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center and the UAB Integrative Medicine Clinic recently partnered to host a free "Lunch & Learn" to discuss self-care...

Sen. Doug Jones seemed to point the finger at President Trump after two deadly mass shootings occurred in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH over the weekend.

Governor Kay Ivey has ordered flags in the state of Alabama to be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

During World War II, the battles raging overseas must have seemed a world away for most Americans. But the conflict was closer to home than they realized, with thousands of German prisoners of war housed at an internment camp in a small rural community in west central Alabama. In Aliceville, 36 miles west of Tuscaloosa, the […]

As the state of Alabama grows its automotive industry, people in Hamilton, Sulligent, Fayette and other towns in Marion, Lamar and Fayette counties believe they are the “Crossroads of the Automotive South,” and they have plenty of facts to back up that claim. “We’re within 230 miles of 11 automotive manufacturers, we are surrounded by […]

FLORENCE — Make no mistake about it: Former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville does not hold back when something is on his mind, and Saturday morning he backed up that reputation that has followed him from his coaching career and into politics. During an appearance before a meeting of the Shoals Republican Club, Tuberville, […]

Fitzgerald Dodds was in restart mode in fall 2017. It was his first full semester back at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Dodds was determined to correct the mistakes he made before and “put everything” into earning his degree. Dodds’ first attempt as a UAH student stalled because of financial problems and other personal matters, […]

Entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Birmingham area have a new place to find resources they need to grow and succeed.

Governor Kay Ivey Friday sent a letter to the members of the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority to call a public meeting for Sept. 17...

Jim Zeigler should run for Congress

This is all not to say that I think Zeigler would/should/could win

High-speed broadband access is on the way to Central Alabama Electric Cooperative's primarily rural 5,000 square-mile service territory.

Aug. 2, 1819 The U.S. Congress selected Huntsville to host the first Constitutional Convention of Alabama. Delegates to the convention drafted the document in Walker Allen’s cabinet shop from July 5 through Aug. 2, 1819. The building became a historic landmark, having served as the inauguration site of the state’s first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, […]

"When I get elected to the Senate I will immediately put forth an amendment to protect prayer in schools. God and prayer are the cornerstone...

Yellowhammer Multimedia announced today that the company has promoted Sean Ross to the position of Editor for the company's flagship site.

Their combined 158 years of service to the U.S. military make them brothers in arms as well as brothers raised on a family farm in rural Alabama.

Longtime Tuscaloosa mayor, Al DuPont, dies at 94

Tuscaloosa’s former mayor, Al DuPont, has died at a nursing home in Texas. He was 94. DuPont was first elected mayor in 1980 and served six terms...

On Thursday, State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) announced his candidacy for Alabama’s second congressional district, a seat which is currently occupied by Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery), who announced she would not seek reelection in 2020. Dismukes is a native Alabamian and became a two-time All-American pitcher at Faulkner University. On Thursday’s broadcast of Montgomery NewsTalk […]

Key stakeholders from industry, government and academia came together at UAH to discuss Alabama's soaring aerospace and defense industry.

After the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Tuesday sent out a press release claiming “voter fraud” has “consistently proven to be non-existent,” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill in an interview with Yellowhammer News pointed to specific, confirmed cases of recent voter fraud in the state, rebutting the SPLC’s assertion. The SPLC release […]

Former State Sen. Bill Hightower has been endorsed by the D.C.-based Club for Growth's political arm in the Alabama First Congressional District race...

UAB, UnitedHealthCare reach deal to continue service

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System has reached a deal with UnitedHealthCare to continue accepting the company’s medical insurance. The agreement means almost 25,000 policyholders can continue getting care at one of Alabama’s leading hospitals.

Watch out for these summer bugs, Alabama

Alabama is one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, and bugs play a tremendous part in the circle of life here. That’s according to Dr. John Abbott, chief curator and director of museum research and collections for the University of Alabama Museums.