It would appear that the Alabama Democratic Party has a lot of vocal critics, from the national level down to the local level. And now you can add former Gov. Don Siegelman to that list. During an appearance on Birmingham radio’s Talk 99.5 on Tuesday, Siegelman, Alabama’s last Democrat governor, called his party “pathetic” and […]

Autauga County Commissioner Van Smith has been endorsed by the Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) in the House District 42 special Republican primary election to fill the seat of the late State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton). The endorsement was announced in a statement on Tuesday. “We believe that Van Smith is the best candidate to represent District […]

Chilton County Commissioner Allen Caton has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the House District 42 special Republican primary election to fill the seat of the late State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton). The endorsement was made in a letter to Caton written on Friday and announced on Monday. Caton was the only […]

Nearly everyone was caught off guard by U.S. Rep. Martha Roby’s (R-Montgomery) announcement last week she would not be seeking reelection in the 2020 election to the seat she had held since the 2010 midterm elections. Among those was her Alabama Republican House colleague, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville). Brooks warned Roby’s departure, as well […]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Alabama announced Monday that Ted Hosp will serve as vice president of Governmental Affairs. Hosp’s promotion comes upon the retirement of Robin Stone, longtime BCBS vice president of Governmental Affairs and a widely respected member of Alabama’s governmental affairs community. Clay Loftin, one of the state’s rising stars […]

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A grand jury will review evidence in the case of an Alabama soldier charged with killing a police officer and wounding two others. The Opelika-Auburn News reports court records show 29-year-old Grady Wayne Wilkes did not request a preliminary hearing, sending the case to the grand jury. Wilkes is charged with […]

North Alabama will soon be “the U.S. leader in advanced electron beam welding for aerospace, defense and commercial sectors,” thanks to Huntsville-based Dynetics. Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynetics, Inc., last week signed an agreement with Pro-Beam, a global leader in the electron beam and laser technology sector, to acquire the largest electron […]

Thanks to a $25,000 donation from Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH), Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center (FORGE) and its clients are not fighting alone. FORGE was established in 2016 as a unique partnership between the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Brookwood Baptist Health, Grandview Medical Center, UAB Medicine and St. Vincent’s Health System. The FORGE mission […]

After U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02) on Friday announced that she will not seek reelection in 2020, a field of potential candidates is already shaping up in the southeast Alabama district. While some former and current elected officials are among the crowd still weighing bids, two popular state legislators strongly rumored to be in the […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — After the Mueller hearings bust, what now for Democrats? — Is the FAIR Tax fair, and does it have a chance in Alabama? — Is Tommy Tuberville’s pledge to forgo a salary just a smart […]

Dr. Matthew Niemiller, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), is part of a team that has – for the first time ever – successfully bred the imperiled Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei) in effort to stem the fragile species’ extinction. The secretive salamander inhabits the Floridian […]

Ionic liquid researchers at the University of South Alabama are reaching for the stars with a NASA grant of $1.1 million, while keeping their focus earthbound with a $2.7 million grant from the Department of Energy. The two grants total almost $4 million, the largest funding awards for ionic liquid research in the University’s history. […]

CULLMAN — On Saturday afternoon, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) offered a briefing of the happenings in Washington, D.C., specifically the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, to a meeting of the Alabama Republican Party’s 4th Congressional District members. On the heels of former Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary […]

The numbers – and the heartbreaking stories contained within them – are staggering. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two out of three drug overdose deaths involve an opioid. Overdose deaths from opioids, including prescription opioids, heroin and synthetic opioids like fentanyl, have increased almost sixfold since 1999. Opioid-involved overdoses killed more […]

A long-awaited Cahaba River access site in Leeds should be open to the public by the end of the year, according to the nonprofit Freshwater Land Trust. Called Moon River, the kayak and canoe launch will be on Land Trust property on U.S. 78. The name comes from a river camp/gas station/dance hall that existed nearby […]

Every few weeks, the media and their Democrats declare that they are about to get President Donald Trump for collusion with the Russians, and every few weeks, they come up empty. This time it was former special counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance on Capitol Hill that was going to seal the deal — it didn’t. So […]

Representative Martha Roby (AL-02) on Friday announced that she will not seek reelection to a sixth congressional term in 2020. Roby, first elected in 2010, currently serves as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommitee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. She is also a member of the influential House Appropriations Committee, serving […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey this week held a bill signing ceremony for four major pieces of education legislation that were passed during the Alabama legislature’s 2019 regular session, with Friday marking two years since the governor unveiled her signature ‘Strong Start, Strong Finish’ education initiative. The governor’s office in a statement emphasized that these […]

Outdated facilities are being blamed after pit bulls killed 29 cats at the Dothan Animal Shelter this week. WTVY reported that shelter workers were shocked to make the discovery when they came into work on Thursday morning.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The police chief of an Alabama city is stepping down to take a job with the University of Alabama System. The retirement of 48-year-old Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson was announced at a news conference Wednesday. Anderson’s resignation takes effect Aug. 30.

For many of the critics of the proposed $2.1 billion new Mobile Bay Bridge for Interstate 10, the federal component of the funding has been underwhelming, even as the feds have pledged a $125 million through an Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. During a conference call with reporters […]

The issue of tolling for the new Mobile Bay Bridge continues to be a dominant political topic in the state of Alabama, and it is not going unnoticed in this early going of Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate contest. Even though the decision-making is up to state officials, U.S. Senate candidates are sounding off on the […]

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 on Thursday passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 284-149 margin, with Alabama’s members split on the bipartisan deal that moves to increase discretionary spending caps by $320 billion and suspends the national debt limit for two years. Approximately one-third of the House Republican conference, 65 GOP members, voted […]

A skyward glance on a clear night for most people means a glimpse toward a place with actual peace and quiet, a place free from the type of conflict and demonstrations of force arising frequently around the globe. Looks can be deceiving, though, according to two experts who spoke at last week’s Aspen Security Forum […]