A German firm is opening its new North American headquarters in Alabama. SWJ Technology will build the new 5,000-square-foot facility in a part of Tuscaloosa that was devastated by a tornado in April 2011, The Tuscaloosa News reported.

Monday on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, Rep. Christopher England (D-Tuscaloosa) elaborated on his criticism of Gov. Kay Ivey’s $900 million prison plan proposal she unveiled last week. England sounded off on social media about the proposal, arguing that it failed to address overcrowding given it just replaced old beds with new ones. He also said it […]

In this day and age, it is rare to see proud family businesses stay so through generations — especially when that company is handling billions of dollars in annual revenue and employs thousands across the globe. Count Birmingham-based Drummond Company, Inc. as the exception to the rule. Drummond, the historic juggernaut which has still been […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) says there is no emergency at the nation’s southern border, speaking out against President Donald Trump’s border security declaration in an interview with WVTM 13 Monday. Jones called Trump’s national emergency declaration “a slippery slope.” “I don’t think it’s good policy,” he advised, saying he opposes the declaration. While Jones, like former […]

Birmingham is in the running to host the World Police and Fire Games in 2025, according to a report by the Birmingham Business Journal. The planned event, which will take place between June 27, 2025 and July 6, 2025, features approximately 10,000 athletic competitors, in addition to event attendees. The competition will also reportedly feature more […]

Fred Kelly has lived near U.S. Highway 98 in Mobile County for decades. At least three times a day, he hears the emergency services sirens up the hill from his house heading to yet another wreck on the busy two-lane highway. “People get hurt on that highway every day,” Kelly said. “Many people just don’t […]

Hoda Muthana, who left Hoover in 2014 to join ISIS in Syria, now claims she made “a big mistake.” The 24-year-old is begging American officials to let her return home now that ISIS is on the verge of total annihilation, according to reports. The Guardian reported Sunday that Muthana was 19 years old when she […]

Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for businesses that send lots of letters. But the process he helped develop and built his small Alabama technology company around has resulted in a more than decade long fight with the U.S. Postal Service, which says […]

Birmingham’s airport is experiencing strong growth in passenger traffic, new numbers show. More than 2.9 million passengers passed through the airport in 2018, AL.com reported.

This past weekend, the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame kicked off National Engineers Week by inducting into its membership eight accomplished individuals for their contributions to the state through their profession. The Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame was formed in 1987 to recognize individuals, projects and companies who have made a lasting impact on the […]

As Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and other city leaders push to name the CrossPlex after the late Larry Langford, the people of Jefferson County are still paying for the crimes he committed while in office. ABC 33/40 reported last week on how county officials in the midst of what was then the worst municipal bankruptcy […]

With a little breathing room in state coffers as tax revenues are up over $400 million over the last year, there has been some speculation that Alabama’s public school teachers could see a pay raise this year. According to a report from WDHN’s Courtney Chandler, that raise is likely to be three percent. Speaking to […]

The Alabama Retail Association said final figures from the Alabama Department of Revenue confirm that 2018 holiday sales in Alabama set a record and topped $12 billion for the first time. According to the Revenue Department, shoppers in the state spent nearly $12.07 billion, up 2.66 percent from 2017. The numbers were just shy of the Alabama Retail Association’s […]

As a gun owner myself, I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. The overwhelming majority of gun owners are law-abiding citizens who use firearms for sporting purposes, as historical collector’s items, to go hunting with their children or friends and, if necessary, to protect […]

A Cullman County native was one of the five people shot and killed Friday by a disgruntled coworker at a manufacturing facility in Aurora, Illinois. WBRC confirmed that Josh Pinkard, a 37-year-old originally from Holly Pond, passed away in the shooting. The outlet further reported that Pinkard was a father of three. He had recently been promoted […]

John T. Edge hopes participants in the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) Winter Symposium in Birmingham on Feb. 9 left the Magic City with “new ideas in our heads and new foods in our bellies.” As director of SFA, Edge knows the central role food plays in Southern culture. “We think about food as a narrative. Food is a story […]

The University of Alabama Office for Military Families and Veterans is partnering with AARP Alabama to assess the needs of the state’s older military veterans in order to develop and deliver outreach and educational interventions. The survey will focus on AARP members in Alabama who identify as having prior military service. AARP Alabama has more than 440,000 members, many of whom […]

Last week, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) renewed his call for Medicaid expansion in Alabama, and one state leader says the government run healthcare program already gets more than enough funding. In an interview with Yellowhammer News, Alabama senate leader Del Marsh (R-Anniston) said Jones does not have a realistic view of the costs associated […]

Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have helped identify a genetic change that is causing Alzheimer’s disease, expanding what we know about how the disease can be inherited and giving participants in the study an opportunity to join prevention trials. Researchers looked at 93 members of a family in Colombia that had a history […]

Last week, the Democratic National Committee’s credentials committee responded to a complaint filed against the Alabama Democratic Party by voting to call for new elections for chair and vice chair of that party. Last August, current Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley withstood a challenge to her chairmanship from Montgomery attorney Peck Fox. However, some […]

The Gee’s Bend Ferry will be back operating in the next few weeks. But it’s not your father’s ferry. The boat has been retrofitted to become the first electric-powered passenger ferry in the United States. It left Master Marine shipyard in Bayou La Batre on Feb. 12 and is scheduled to arrive Sunday, Feb. 17, […]

Fresh off his appearance testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill acknowledged he was looking toward the 2019 legislative session to address abuse of the absentee voting process. In an appearance on Huntsville’s WVNN on Thursday, Merrill explained how hundreds of complaints have been closed, some of which had been referred […]

“It’s about building an ecosystem that enables people to thrive,” declared Anthony Hood. “It takes partnerships between universities, the corporate community, nonprofits and elected officials. That means cooperation and, in Birmingham, we’ve never seen the level of cooperation that we’re seeing today.” Hood is director of civic innovation at UAB, and his comments came in the […]

Allen Greene had it all figured out. “My plan was to be a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player,” he said. “I had that plan in high school, which is why, when I got to college, I majored in finance because I wanted to manage my money. And I knew I was gonna have […]