While Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) officials continue to do all they can to keep chronic wasting disease (CWD) out of Alabama, unfortunately the latest news from our neighbors in Mississippi is not good. Another deer in the lower Mississippi Delta in Issaquena County, a 2½-year-old doe, tested positive for CWD last week. The […]

The state’s seasonally adjusted rate remained at 4.1 percent, while its non-adjusted rate stayed at 3.8 percent for October, identical to September, according to data released by the Alabama Department of Labor on Friday. Those levels are slightly higher than those from October 2017, at 3.8 percent and 3.6 percent respectively. However, Alabama’s workforce, the number […]

Auburn was recently named one of the nation’s top ten “booming” college towns, according to rankings released by CardRates.com. By analyzing population growth over seven years, the education level of the locals, economic growth, cost of living and job opportunities, the website ranked Auburn sixth in the United States. Being included in the list especially […]

The ground for a new auto assembly plant has officially been broken in Huntsville, Alabama, as Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA begins building a new $1.6 billion facility. The facility, set to begin manufacturing in 2021 on the 2,000-acre site, will produce 300,000 vehicles annually and create 4,000 jobs, increasing growth in Alabama’s already strong auto […]

The Trump administration’s top environmental official for the Southeast was arrested Thursday on criminal ethics charges in Alabama reported to be related to a scheme to help a coal company avoid paying for a costly toxic waste cleanup. Trey Glenn, 47, was briefly booked into a county jail in Birmingham before being released on a […]

Following a historic landslide election that resulted in the largest Republican supermajority ever in the Alabama House of Representatives, Yellowhammer News sat down with Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) and Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) to discuss this “red wave,” the major issues expected to be the focus of the 2019 legislative session and their respective […]

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BIRMINGHAM — A sizable crowd braved some icy road conditions and worse-than-usual morning traffic headaches on Friday morning to attend the grand opening of two new HOPE Inside locations in metro Birmingham Regions Bank branches. HOPE Inside offices foster “financial empowerment” and provide free financial advice, guidance and education through your own expert “personal coach.” […]

Yellowhammer News founder Cliff Sims has authored a book chronicaling his time in the Trump White House, according to a report from Politico. The Politico article indicates that Sims’ book will be different from others previously released by former administration officials. While offering unique accounts of his interactions with prominent officials such as chief of […]

With the conclusion of the 2018 midterm elections, I have one question, specifically for the faith-based community: Where is your theology? If you conduct a quick Google search you will find out the word “theology” means “the study of the nature of God and religious belief.” If theology is the study of God, then how does an […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday officially launched her Inaugural Committee and named Dr. Cathy Randall and Jimmy Rane as its co-chairs who will oversee the festivities surrounding the January 14 inauguration. “I am excited to officially launch the Inaugural Committee, which will be led by Dr. Cathy Randall and Jimmy Rane,” Ivey said in a […]

Two Birmingham startups were named as winners in Wednesday night’s Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale held at the historic DeKalb Theatre in Fort Payne. In the finale, six startups competed in one of two tracks – a concept stage for entrepreneurs launching businesses and a seed stage for entrepreneurs accelerating growth. Winning the concept track, […]

7. Disgraced former Governor Robert Bentley and his mistress are running around Las Vegas — Bentley and his former political advisor Rebekah Mason were seen in Las Vegas this week, the site of dermatology conference this weekend. Mason works for Bentley’s dermatology practice in Tuscaloosa. — Bentley hilariously claimed that he an Mason never had […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) had a “productive meeting” with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, in which Alabama’s senior senator brought up the need for further disaster relief for the Wiregrass area affected by Hurricane Michael. Trump agreed to help, according to a tweet by Shelby and confirmation from the senator’s office. […]

GULF SHORES — It was a typical off-season November night on Alabama’s coast on Thursday night. The temperature was a brisk 47 degrees. Traffic coming into South Baldwin County from the north on Alabama Highway 59 and the Foley Beach Express was light. Many businesses along those routes and coastline in Gulf Shores and Orange […]

TALLADEGA — The Alabama economy got another shot in the arm on Thursday with the official launch of a $100‐million, 300,000‐square‐foot Georgia-Pacific lumber production facility. Georgia-Pacific announced its intentions to open the Talladega facility late last year. From groundbreaking earlier this year through today’s ceremony, it took less than a year to complete. The plant […]

Greg Griggers, the district attorney for Alabama’s 17th Judicial Circuit, is reportedly in stable condition at a local hospital after being shot in the face by a former state trooper, who was then shot and killed by law enforcement officers, on Thursday afternoon. According to WVUA 23’s Chelsea Barton, “An SBI Investigator on the scene […]

Alabama’s infant death rate has fallen to an all-time low, just a year after it was among the worst in the nation, health officials said Thursday. The Alabama Department of Public Health said new figures show the state’s infant mortality rate declined to 7.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017.

According to a report by CBS 42, “Christmas arrived a little early for one Hueytown woman.” When 71-year-old Jo Ann Stone’s neighbors took notice that she did not have working heat inside her home, they showed the true spirit of the season right here in Alabama. This week, their neighborly compassion was matched by the […]

Across the United States of America, ballots are still being counted. Election results are being finalized, recounted and in some instances, changed. Politicians of both major political parties have called into question results in different states. President Donald Trump has called for the results in Florida to be certified from Election Day so Florida Governor […]

Rep. Martha Roby (AL-2) took to the floor of the United States House of Representatives on Thursday to discuss the counties in southeast Alabama that were devastated by Hurricane Michael last month, especially recognizing the area’s agriculture community and encouraging those who still need recovery assistance to contact her offices. Roby outlined how “Alabama’s Second […]

On what was generally a bleak Wednesday across Alabama, the swearing in of Alabama’s youngest elected official served as a beacon for the leaders of today and tomorrow. In an interview with Yellowhammer News, newly-sworn, 18-year-old Geneva County Commissioner Weston Spivey spoke about his historic election, assuming office, the role that his faith in God […]

A convicted rapist and murderer has been denied parole in a decades-old kidnapping case. WSFA-TV reports the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied parole to Jerry Lee Jones on Wednesday.

After Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) voted to re-elect Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as Senate minority leader on Wednesday, Alabama’s junior senator was criticized for doubling down “on Support of Chuck Schumer’s Liberal Agenda.” In an email sent out by the Senate Leadership Fund, which is Alabama native and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) leadership […]