FORT PAYNE — Local and state officials joined Fort Payne City Schools to break ground on the school system’s new BEAT (Building, Electric, and Aviation Technology) Center. The BEAT Center will offer vocational training for students interested in construction, electric vehicles and aviation technology. The construction of the new BEAT Center is supported by a […]

Yellowhammer Network News has announced the appointment of Scott Chambers to serve as the organization’s news director. Chambers, a 22-year veteran of broadcast news, previously served as anchor and director of network operations. The Alabama-raised news professional is a successful voice actor appearing in national TV commercials for some of the most nationally-recognized brands. He […]

Monday, Talladega Superspeedway announced Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt would serve as the honorary starter for the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race at Talladega Superspeedway. Britt, who will be the guest of title sponsor YellaWood, will wave the green flag to set the race in motion from high above the start-finish line. […]

Huntsville-based Dynetics on Monday announced it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space for the Enduring Indirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) to manufacture its mobile ground-based weapon system. The defense industry giant says the transportable system is produced to deter and eliminate threats posed by adversarial Cruise […]

American family farms are under attack – both from within our very own country and from China. On top of the inherent uncertainty that they already have to deal with, our nation’s family farms are now being undercut by Chinese-owned farms located within our borders. Chinese agricultural investments abroad grew more than tenfold from 2009-2018, […]

7. The former president spent his Saturday in Georgia Former President Donald Trump spent his Saturday in Georgia at a “Save America Rally,” where he claimed he won the 2020 election, slammed Republicans who have been critical of him and declared jokingly that Democrat superstar Stacey Abrams would be a better governor than Georgia’s Republican […]

During an appearance on this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) previewed the special session of the legislature called by Gov. Kay Ivey set to take place this week. Daniels acknowledged the importance of the new prison construction component was a necessity. However, he took aim at […]

Included in the prison special session call released by Gov. Kay Ivey’s office last week were two additional provisions dealing with criminal justice reform. One calls for legislation to make 2013 sentencing standards apply retroactively to those sentenced prior to 2013, and the other would apply a 2015 law on mandatory supervision of inmates retroactively […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Will this special session on prisons be quick and painless? — Does the latest U.S. Senate race poll show us anything new? — Will Alabama’s legislators work to protect Alabama’s workers, or let them get […]

The 2021 Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) rankings from Canada’s Fraser Institute show freedom essentially unchanged in the United States. But some important changes in the rankings will be coming soon. Economic freedom is based on “the concept of self-ownership.” We should have “a right to choose – to decide how to use [our] […]

The freshman class this fall at the University of Alabama is the largest ever to enroll, and includes a record number of National Merit Scholars, one indication of the academic quality of students. There is also a record number of graduate students enrolled this fall as part of the university’s mission to provide a premier undergraduate and graduate […]

When he landed an internship at Alabama Power, Jarvis Prewitt had a two-fold mission – to have his skills and work ethic become assets to the company; and to learn and grow through the experience. He realized both goals under the Power Delivery department’s internship program this summer. “I would definitely say I had a lot […]

Alabama has many small towns that are great places to explore on a weekend trip – and Greensboro is certainly on that list. That’s because Greensboro is a small town with a lot of surprises up its sleeve. From a civil rights museum to a historic opera house to one-of-a-kind eateries, shops and charming inns, […]

Samford University’s Brock School of Business, in partnership with Alfa Insurance, opened the Alfa Risk Management and Insurance Lab Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The lab, paired with expanded risk management and insurance courses and additional experiential opportunities, is a major component of a multipronged initiative to prepare Samford students for careers in the risk management […]

Nick Garrett spent a recent weekend using his scroll saw to craft a wood 3D jersey of All-Pro NFL running back Derrick Henry, one of his favorite football players while Garrett attended the University of Alabama, and his favorite NFL player. Garrett, a distribution engineer at Alabama Power, planned to hang the jersey in his man cave. Garrett’s plans […]

Alabama came into Saturday’s game against the Golden Eagles as huge favorites and won in dominant fashion. Southern Miss was this week’s opponent, but what really matters to the Tide is the looming SEC play in a Western division that is more competitive than usual. Alabama easily skated past Southern Miss with a 63-14 victory […]

Georgia State came to Jordan-Hare stadium unafraid, with a great game plan and should have come away with a win based on the first 58 minutes of the game. A team that would struggle to find a single player that would start at an SEC school absolutely dominated Auburn in the first half. In the […]

Kayaking 650 miles on Alabama’s rambling rivers and rushing white waters isn’t for the fainthearted. But the difficult journey – billed as “one of the toughest endurance events on the planet” – hasn’t fazed Martha Avila-Adame. Ten years after winning her battle against breast cancer, she is bringing that fighting spirit to the Great Alabama 650. […]

Huntsville has rocketed past Birmingham as Alabama’s largest city. It is not named the Rocket City for nothing. The Census Bureau had been predicting this amazing boom in population in the Madison (Huntsville)/Limestone area, but the actual figures recently released reveal a bigger growth than expected. Huntsville grew by 20% or 35,000 people and is […]

Two recently awarded grants will help support habitat protection and restoration along two important Alabama rivers. The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program will provide conservation grants to the South Alabama Land Trust (SALT) and the Little River Waterkeeper to support their efforts to protect and enhance portions of the Fish River in Baldwin County and the Little River watershed […]

Samford University will honor one of its greatest football names on Sept. 25, dedicating the field in F. Page Seibert Stadium for the late Bobby Bowden. Best known for coaching the Florida State University Seminoles to elite status, Bowden played football at Birmingham’s Woodlawn High School and Samford, known then as Howard College, where he began his college coaching career. In […]

Alabama will welcome the Southern Miss Golden Eagles into Tuscaloosa tonight at 6:30 p.m. in a very important game for the Tide. Being ranked first in the nation, Alabama isn’t on any upset alerts this week against their Conference-USA opponent, but their SEC schedule is coming quickly. This game should be used as a tune-up […]

Another one of the Alabama Senate districts that could be a net loser if the legislature passes the prison proposal before it in next week’s special session is the Alabama Senate District 6, currently represented by Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia). The Hamilton Aged and Infirmed Center, operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections, is located […]

Auburn finishes its non-conference schedule and the month of September today at home against the Georgia State Panthers. The Tigers will need to move past a disappointing loss last week at Penn State and build some positive momentum as they get ready to enter SEC play. The visiting Georgia State Panthers come into the game […]