MONTGOMERY — The day after Yellowhammer News published an exclusive interview with Governor Kay Ivey in which she explained that workforce development is key to the Alabama aerospace industry’s continued growth, the governor’s office released an impressive update on the state’s overall workforce development efforts. Ivey also recognized that when the economy is strong and […]

The White House on Monday announced that President Donald Trump intends to nominate Montgomery’s Austin Huffaker as a U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Alabama. Huffaker is a shareholder at the prominent law firm of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A, where his practice focuses on complex commercial, product and lender liability, along […]

The debate over the proposed toll for the new Interstate 10 Mobile Bay bridge has enough political fodder to go around, which could play an integral role in the 2020 election cycle. That is especially true in southwestern Alabama, where Republican primary voters are not only considering a candidate for the U.S. Senate general election […]

According to a release from a U.S. Navy public affairs office, the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) on Saturday arrived in Davao City in the Philippines, the ship’s initial port visit abroad on her first deployment. The USS Montgomery is named for Alabama’s capital city and sponsored by Montgomery-native Mary Sessions, wife of […]

In a statement provided Monday, Governor Kay Ivey gave an update on the preparations taking place to organize the 2020 Census. According to the update, “the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is seeking public input for a grant program to assist with local outreach efforts.” ADECA issued the Request for Information (RFI) […]

The Alabama District Attorneys Association and the state’s Office of Prosecution Services (OPS) on Monday announced the expansion of a program in which specially trained dogs assist victims of crime when they testify in court or to investigators, making the Yellowhammer State the first in the United States to have a statewide facility dog program. […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey on Monday spoke exclusively with Yellowhammer News about her recent trip to the Paris Air Show, discussing the state’s soaring aerospace industry, site selection, workforce development, supply chains and more. Fresh off of the whirlwind trip to Europe, where she had nine scheduled appointments with aerospace companies and several more […]

As part of its commitment to growing its business in national markets, a Birmingham program management company has hired an industry veteran to a newly-created position. Hoar Program Management (HPM) has hired Derek McSween as the company’s first senior program development manager, according to a release from the company. Founded in 1997, HPM provides comprehensive […]

A 16-year-old on Monday was charged with two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Rod and Paula Bramblett, who were killed in an automobile accident in late May. WRBL reported that Johnston Edward Taylor from Auburn was arrested Monday and is being held on a $50,000 bond. Police say that he was traveling well […]

Mobile-based Austal USA celebrated two major milestones last week, with the company’s leader expressing optimism for continued success. First, Austal USA on Tuesday delivered its 10th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy. This LCS, which will be the USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), will be the 18th LCS to enter the American fleet. […]

Cotton crops in parts of Alabama were destroyed by hail on Thursday, however one Cherokee County farmer says faith will help local farmers move forward undeterred. ABC 33/40 reported that “golf ball sized hail” devastated some cotton crops in the northeast portion of the Yellowhammer State, and the totality of the damage is still being […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an Alabama-backed bid by the Trump administration to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which started during President Barack Obama’s tenure in office. DACA protects undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States illegally as children. Applicants are shielded from deportation and […]

A north Alabama judge says a current sheriff should get disputed jail food funds, not his predecessor. WHNT-TV reports Marshall County Circuit Judge Chris Abel ruled that current Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims should get the nearly $24,000.

The Mobile City Council is delaying a proposal that endorsed the return of passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast through Mobile. City officials recently delayed a resolution that would have asked Gov. Kay Ivey to commit state funds necessary to return Amtrak service to the region, AL.com reported.

Since announcing his candidacy his last week for U.S. Senate, there has been questioning whether or not Secretary of State John Merrill is capable of maintaining his role as Alabama’s chief election officer as a candidate given a potential conflict of interest. Merrill has dismissed those claims and noted that there was no concern about […]

A grant from the Alabama Power Foundation will assist in ongoing restoration efforts at Bayou La Batre’s Lightning Point. Alabama Power Mobile Division Vice President Nick Sellers recently presented the grant to The Nature Conservancy at the organization’s board of trustees meeting in Gulf Shores. The grant will support work being done by the conservancy to restore and stabilize shoreline at […]

Back in 2016, then-Attorney General Luther Strange sent cease-and-desist letters to fantasy sports operators, including DraftKings and FanDuel, proclaiming their daily fantasy sports gaming was illegal gambling. Since then, there have been attempts by the legislature to clarify fantasy sports as a game of skill and not a game of chance but they failed until […]

God bless America! Fireworks at Vulcan Park and Museum Fireworks will ignite the sky atop Red Mountain in honor of the state’s bicentennial and the nation’s birthday Thursday, July 4, at 9 p.m. The show will honor those who fought for the country’s independence. The show will live stream on WBRC Fox 6. Spectators can […]

Last week after Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced he would be seeking the 2020 Republican U.S. Senatorial nomination, some questioned whether or not Merrill as the state’s chief election officer could continue to serve in that capacity as a U.S. Senate candidate. Merrill has maintained that he could and pointed to his 2018 […]

You could feel it in the atmosphere. Excitement. Enthusiasm. Curiosity. And maybe a little nervousness? No, not nervousness. More like anticipation. “I knew what to expect. I researched the company,” said Brian Thomas. “And I went in confident. I wasn’t nervous at all – just ready to start working.”

Cole Stephens left Anniston, Ala., to enroll in the physician assistant program at the University of South Alabama. This spring he found himself in Peru, with his classmates, treating patients at risk for cervical cancer. “We serviced 237 women patient by doing Pap smears for about three hours,” Stephens said. “We were worn out by the end […]

A grant from the BrightFocus Foundation will bring $200,000 to the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology with the goal of better understanding one of the key genes implicated in causing Alzheimer’s disease. Nick Cochran, Ph.D., was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program to study the MAPT gene with the ultimate hope of learning how the gene is […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up Alabama’s appeal to reinstate a state law banning dismemberment abortion, which is the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The “Alabama Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Act” was enacted in 2016 by the state legislature. Since then, a ruling by U.S. District Judge Myron […]

A Connecticut-based electrical and electronic product manufacturer is closing two plants resulting in the loss of nearly 200 jobs. The Hartford Courant reports that Hubbell Inc. will shut down plants in Newtown and Bethel by the end of the year as it shifts work to factories in other parts of the country.