This morning I stopped at a local McDonald’s for breakfast. As usual I take a table near the back of the dining room to have breakfast and read. In front of my table was an exit and two trash receptacles logically located. As I read, I noticed a young man, no older than early 20s […]

Alabama has never had a more colorful governor than Big Jim Folsom. He also was a brilliant politician who understood the importance of name identification. My ninth-grade civics teacher was Miss Mary Lamb. She had taught school for many years and in fact had taught both my mama and daddy in high school. Besides our […]

The Alabama STEM Ecosystem is joining the STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice (SLECoP) as one of nine new ecosystems devoted to advancing STEM learning opportunities for all. Through the program, a Montgomery Chamber initiative is in the design process of the I-85 STEM Learning Ecosystem to become part of the statewide STEM Ecosystem and […]

A student-led team from the University of Alabama has received a federal award for its research and efforts to help private well owners in Alabama predict and identify the risk of water contamination after flooding. The UA team is one of just 21 student teams funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for research and innovative solutions […]

Auburn University’s Southeastern Center of Robotics Education (SCORE), Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) and Autauga County Schools (ACS) Board of Education are collaborating to increase robotics in schools. “After the success with Montgomery Public Schools, I am excited to see this program expand into Autauga County,” said Mary Lou Ewald, director of Outreach in the […]

The evolution of technology has been responsible for solving a myriad of problems across industries. One of these recent developments comes out of Foley, Alabama through the company SoilKit. According to the SoilKit site, SoilKit truly began over 100 years ago through the Woerner Family. The family had an honest interest in becoming successful in […]

How conservation and outdoors recreation are funded throughout the nation is somewhat of a mystery for most people. In an effort to inform the public about where state wildlife and fisheries agencies get the money to conserve habitat and provide quality outdoors recreation, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he knows the look on former President Donald Trump’s face in Thursday’s mugshot.  In fact, he’s been on the receiving end of something similar, he said.  “I’ve seen President Trump with that look a couple times, playing golf with him, when he’s missed a putt, or I’ve beat him in a […]

The Alabama Supreme Court has given the green light for the continuation of the intracoastal bridge construction in Baldwin County. The ruling, handed down today, permits the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to carry on with the project. In May, a Montgomery Circuit Judge imposed a halt on the construction. Today, the state’s highest court […]

The Yellowhammer State's red snapper season is coming to a close. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has announced today that the season will be ending on September 4.

Bayou La Batre, known as Alabama's Seafood Capital, is experiencing some major economic adversity causing the city's mayor, Henry Barnes, to issue a declaration of disaster. The issue that led to the declaration was a flood of foreign seafood being dumped into the area which is effecting the local fishing community.

In a first, Airbus has officially delivered an A320neo manufactured at it's Mobile facility to JetSMART, a South American ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) with operations in Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

The University of Alabama has progressed in many ways over the years and it is no secret that a lot of that progress came courtesy of former Senator Richard Shelby and is now coming from Alabama's current congressional delegation. In fact, Shelby alone won the university millions in funding over a decades long political career and Alabama's congressman and senators today are continuing that effort.

Former President Donald Trump took an iconic mugshot that will be viewed for years as a symbol of division for some and justice for others

The safest city in Alabama is tucked away in the southeast corner of the Yellowhammer State. According to uphomes.com, “Headland earns its spot as the safest city in Alabama due to its low natural disaster risk, population density, and cost of living (which is 19.6% below the national average). “Unlike other cities, it has relatively […]

A UAB Assistant Professor was recently awarded a $2.6 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a unified, full-stack foundation for expressive rules-based programming to be used for various AI languages.

Forbes released its annual “Best Employers By State” list, ranking its 44 best places to work in Alabama for 2023.  The magazine partnered with market research firm Statista to survey 70,000 workers at companies (minimum of 500 employees) in all 50 states, evaluating their employer based on working conditions, compensation packages, potential for development, company […]

Huntsville City Councilman Devyn Keith has been convicted of shoplifting and is now banned from Walmart, yet he still refuses to accept responsibility. Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Young Boozer, Alabama's state treasurer, has been working diligently to bring aid to some of the state's most "distressed" colleges and universities in the form of a loan program worth $30 million.

Congressman Mike Rogers is asking that the Government Accountability Office(GAO) review and investigate President Joe Biden's recent and controversial decision to go against the GAO's report recommending Redstone Arsenal as the headquarters of SPACECOMM and instead keeping the agency based in Colorado Springs.

With Labor Day fast approaching and a large increase of visitors along with it, five of Alabama's state parks have announced that they have put in place additional fire precautions for the holiday. The parks that have issued the new fire precautions are Gulf State Park, Meaher State Park, Bladon Springs State Park, Roland Cooper State Park, and Frank Jackson State Park

Recently, I joined Reps. Mike Rogers, Dale Strong, and Gary Palmer to address many of Alabama’s business leaders about what we are working on in Washington to help Alabama and this nation succeed. One of the biggest concerns we all share is countering the economic threat China poses to the United States. The Chinese Communist […]

A USA Health urologist recently worked with a visiting surgeon to perform USA Health University Hospital’s second-ever renal auto-transplant. This is a rare surgery where a patient’s kidney is removed and implanted elsewhere in the body to restore function. Dr. Christopher Keel, a urologist with USA Health University Urology and interim chair of urology at the […]

To many Tua Tagovailoa is known as a quiet and introspective quarterback. However, Tagovailoa was anything but quiet at a press conference on Wednesday when addressing recent comments made by ESPN analyst Ryan Clark about his weight gain in the off season.