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It is an overstatement to say the election was a referendum on Trump, considering these other factors.

  Yellowhammer News announced today that it will begin running conservative stalwart Pat Buchanan’s column, bringing its readers a national conservative voice they can trust. “Pat has been at the forefront of the conservative movement for decades, and his wit and wisdom will serve our readers well,” said the site’s editor, J. Pepper Bryars, who […]

Yellowhammer Films has released its latest project, a touching look at one Alabama couple’s two-year journey to adopt their daughter from Ethiopia. Ryan and Casey Bly of McCalla, a suburb of Birmingham, adopted their daughter last summer and our team documented their heartwarming story. “Ryan had been placed in a foster home when he was […]

Birmingham city schools has adopted a federal provision, offered through the USDA, which allows them to offer free meals to all students.

With high tensions between North Korea and U.S., Boeing in Huntsville plays a critical part in meeting amped up defense goals.

The three heroes from Leeds who earned the Medal of Honor.

Washington Week in Review

  The following is a collection of the past week’s news and views from Alabama’s congressional delegation: — Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) made use of his role as a member of the House Armed Services conference committee, which has been in negotiations with the Senate to authorize defense spending for fiscal year 2018. Byrne helped […]

  Alabama’s concentration of residents who have served in uniform exceeds most other states, but the Heart of Dixie’s veteran population is shrinking faster than the national average, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.The Census Bureau estimates that Alabama had 331,076 veterans in 2016. That is 8.8 percent of the total […]

Yellowhammer News will begin carrying award-winning outdoor writer David Rainer.

Quin Hillyer: The best Moore replacement is ...

  So…. Who comes next? Without prejudging the fall-out from the sex-related allegations against Senate candidate Roy Moore, it still is obvious that a chance exists he may withdraw from the race. While state law seems clear that it’s too late to replace Moore on the ballot, some highly informed sources say precedent exists to […]

Joel Blankenship joins The Ford Faction to dig a little bit deeper into the Roy Moore sexual assault allegations made against him earlier this week and what the outcome could be.  The guys also review Rocky IV and talk about the “Man Movie of The Week” and how horrible Ford’s knowledge of movies are. Subscribe to […]

  American music legend Charlie Daniels said in an interview with CNSNews.com that he learned lessons playing high school football that have served him his entire life—“not just as a professional musician, but as a person.” In his newly published memoir—“Never Look at the Empty Seats”—Daniels writes about spending his high school years in Gulf, […]

Trae Elston and JJ Nelson join The Ford Faction for their weekly picks for The Yellowhammer Pick ‘Em in college football. So far Trae leads the pack with an 11-3 record. The overall winner gets to donate $1000 to a charity of their choice. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on […]

An AI religion seems like a silly topic, but here's why it's worth discussing: We were made to worship...and we'll find ways to fill that gap in our lives.

  If we know one thing about Judge Roy Moore it’s this: he’s not going to willingly step aside and allow the political establishment to place someone else’s name on the ballot. https://twitter.com/MooreSenate/status/928771064406167552   If he goes, it’ll be the same way Moore was removed from the bench – by force of law. That’s why […]

    One of the qualities that we hope to have at Yellowhammer News is a sense of thoughtfulness, the ability to gather information, consider the various aspects of an issue, deliberate upon the consequences and then chart a path ahead for Alabama’s conservatives. We will not be anyone’s attack dog. Nor will we be […]

  Many doctors treat patients under the belief “You are your genes,” meaning that every person is a product of his or her own unique heredity. The statement is true to some degree, said Dr. Anna Hurst, a medical geneticist and pediatrician in the Department of Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). […]

American Family Care honors veterans with free flu shots

American Family Care (AFC), the nation’s leading provider of urgent care, accessible primary care, and occupational medicine, announced today it will offer military veterans free flu shots on Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11. The announcement is an extension of AFC’s ongoing effort to promote flu prevention in the United States and comes on the heels […]

Harry Reeder III: "We've got a culture that is at a full-on tilt against religion, in general. but Christianity, in particular."

  Brendan Kirby, a 23-year journalism veteran, has signed on as a regular contributor to the new Yellowhammer News.Kirby, who covers national politics for LifeZette, spent 15 years covering the courts, local government and politics for the Press-Register and Al.com in Mobile. During his time there, he won numerous statewide journalism awards, was finalist for […]

  Many little girls dream of being a ballerina, a princess or perhaps a high-fashion model. Not Denise Richardson. At the tender age of 4, Richardson wanted to grow up and become a soldier. For a young girl whose family was immersed in a world “of all things Army,” her aspirations weren’t unusual. Her father […]

Alain Burrese joins The Ford Faction to talk about the tragic Texas Church shooting, what to do if a situation like this comes up, and he talks about his website. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/What_To_Do_During_A_Shooting_with_Alain_Burrese_.mp3 Click here to listen in a new window. www.surviveashooting.com

  Extreme vetting of gun buyers would not have stopped the situation in Sutherland Springs, Texas, President Trump told a news conference in South Korea on Tuesday. The gunman who killed 26 people passed a background check to purchase four guns in a four-year period because information about his domestic violence convictions did not make […]

Alabama's government needs more money

    Unless and until shown otherwise with actual facts and details, this column will make the case that much of Alabama government is underfunded. Even to type that sentence above is to subject myself to an extreme fingernails-across-chalkboard sensation, because I’m a hardline fiscal conservative and, personally, a proud skinflint in many situations. Still, […]