West Alabama executives spent a recent fine, fall day volunteering for Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa’s annual CEO Build, an initiative that brings together business leaders to build a Habitat home for a deserving family. Business leaders from more than 25 area companies participated in this year’s build, which was led by Mercedes-Benz U.S. International CEO and President Michael Göbel. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Tennessee in Bryant-Denny convincingly. Tennessee thought they had the manpower to compete, but the Tide were simply better than the Vols in this one. Alabama was far and away better than the Volunteers in this 52-24 contest. Tennessee came out hot against the Tide going up 14-7 in the first […]

This summer, folks from across the region flew to Greensboro for the 2021 Black Belt Birding Festival – a sold-out event that has organizers with Alabama Audubon already working to expand the festival in 2022. Indeed, the bigger event planned for next year follows what turned out to be an immensely successful 2021 festival for […]

The Third Saturday in October is one of the most historic and traditional rivalries in the SEC. The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers once faced off on this same Saturday nearly every year and formed this great rivalry. This will be the fourth Saturday in October, but that doesn’t change a whole lot […]

During the Great Depression and coming out of World War II, the Deep South had immense power in Washington. We were fortunate to have a cadre of southern senators, who were seniority laden and knew how to bring home the bacon. This group of Deep South Southern Democrats controlled most of the prominent and consequential […]

University students from across the United States competed in the 14th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium (VBS) student poster competition hosted by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, on Oct. 12-14. “This is the third year that the VBS poster competition was open to academic […]

Alabama State University‘s mustard greens are soon to be out of this world. For real. Mustard greens are widely grown and consumed in the Deep South, but a grant from NASA will soon have ASU’s greens growing and being eaten beyond the bounds of Earth – specifically in the International Space Station – thanks to a grant […]

The nation’s economy is already seeing the effects of inflation. The increase in prices is detrimentally affecting consumers and the cost to manufacture goods. And Alabama is being hit tremendously hard on both counts due to the high inflation. The supply chain crisis is a major problem in the country and the port of Los […]

MOBILE, Alabama – Baltimore, Maryland-based MTC Logistics this week formally opened a sprawling refrigerated cargo facility in Mobile, a $61 million project that will add 75 new jobs and has growth potential for the future. MTC broke ground in 2019 on what is now one of the largest distribution centers of its kind in the Southeast, […]

An important bat habitat in north Alabama has recently been protected in what Nick Sharp of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division considers possibly the highlight of his career as the Division’s bat expert. Steel gates have been installed on Weaver Cave in Anniston to protect the extensive underground caverns as important bat […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) in late September announced legislation which would block a Biden administration proposal to increase the federal government’s ability to monitor Americans’ banking activity. If implemented, the administration’s proposal would have forced financial institutions to remit all consumer transactions in excess of $600 to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes […]

On Friday, Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl spoke out for the legislature, which is set to convene a special session on reapportionment next week, to use that session to address a vaccine mandate imposed by President Joe Biden earlier this month. “Vaccine mandates are fundamentally flawed,” Wahl said in a press release. “No entity […]

NASA has reached a significant milestone in the agency’s mission to launch the next generation of human space exploration in the 21st century. Stacking of the Huntsville-managed, mega-moon rocket and spacecraft has been fully completed. This sets the stage for the United States to return to the moon and eventually explore unchartered domain in the […]

The culture-rich city of Selma will play host to tourism industry professionals across the state for next week’s Alabama Tourism Department’s Welcome Center Retreat. The annual retreat serves as an educational experience for front-line visitor center employees who work at the eight state-owned welcome centers. Welcome center staff are exposed to Alabama’s tourism destinations and […]

Famous chefs, food writers, cookbook authors and others from across the country are gathering with some of Birmingham’s own nationally known, yet homegrown, culinary talent for a lively, informative and delicious weekend. And you’re invited, too. The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) is holding its annual conference Oct. 22-24 at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Pepper Place Entertainment […]

U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) has sounded the alarm over some Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) employees’ intentions to resign or retire rather than conform to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate. Should the administration’s COVID-19 vaccine decree cause TVA employees to prematurely leave the quasi-governmental electric utility, Alabama nuclear facilities including Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant and […]

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) on Thursday announced that it had formed a leadership team implement and execute outreach strategies in an effort to communicate the party’s message to minority communities. Over 20 conservative minority leaders gathered at the steps of ALGOP’s headquarters in Hoover in a display of support for the party’s new initiative. […]

7. Bannon has been held in contempt The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress as he’s failed to follow his subpoena that was handed down by the committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot. The final vote was 229-202. The debate included the incredibly reckless U.S. Representative Liz […]

Last month, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell visited Secretary of State John Merrill to raise his concerns about the integrity of Alabama’s election system. Previously, Lindell had maintained 100,000 votes in Alabama were “flipped.” Merrill later publicly disputed Lindell’s claims and insisted the scenario presented by Lindell was not possible. This week, Lindell was back in […]

Mobile operator and technology company C Spire has announced its acquisition of Troy Cablevision, Inc., paving the way for the company to expand broadband access to consumers and businesses of Alabama’s Wiregrass region. The definitive agreement to acquire the South Alabama services provider includes Union Springs Telephone Company, Inc. The transaction is pending regulatory approval. […]

During an interview that aired during Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Jeff Poor Show” on FM Talk 106.5 in Mobile, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt talked about how the GOP has seemingly been unable to deliver on campaign promises in the past, notably when it comes repealing Obamacare and rolling back other expansions of the […]

Alabama could see holiday sales grow by double digits for the second straight year, according to recent trends. The months of November and December last year saw Alabamians spend 11.6% more than they did during the same period in 2019, which recorded the highest holiday growth rate in state history. In 2021 thus far, the […]

There’s no part of the economy that is immune to the supply-chain disruptions around the U.S. economy, especially here in Alabama. The impact has been high prices for consumers on commodities that are affecting every sector, including agriculture. During an appearance on Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” State Sen. David Sessions […]

Frances Taylor, former chair of the Alabama Federation of Republican Women, on Thursday announced her intentions to seek the GOP nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, serving District 20. Taylor is presently the third vice president of the National Federation of Republican Women, a group which consists of over 63,000 party activists across the […]