The World Games 2022 (TWG2022) and UAB have partnered to add competition venues and other support for the international event coming to the metro area next year. The Birmingham Organizing Committee for TWG2022 and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced Monday that UAB will host several competitions across its campus, including at BBVA Field (lacrosse), UAB […]

The Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in north Jefferson County attracts thousands of people from neighboring localities annually and from as far away as Europe and South America. The preserve in Pinson is home to three endangered species of fish: vermilion, watercress and rush darters. It is the only place on Earth where you will find […]

ABC announced its primetime fall television schedule, releasing its first look at the remake of “The Wonder Years” sitcom following the life of a Black family set in Alabama in the 1960s. The 30-minute episodes will air on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. Debut dates haven’t been announced.

Even though nearly a week has passed since the Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die without getting a vote on a gambling bill in the House of Representatives, there are still some disappointed legislators questioning the lower chamber’s inability. Among those is State Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston), who early on took the lead on a so-called […]

In 1988, researchers discovered that a mutation in a tiny worm’s genes could extend its lifespan by 50 percent. In the 33 years since, the study of healthy aging has become one of the most dynamic fields in the scientific world, as researchers translate discoveries from the intensive study of animal biology to the development […]

The 2021 Alabama Legislative Session has now officially come to an end, and I couldn’t be prouder of the way the Senate has operated since the session started in early February. Due to the coronavirus outbreak cutting the 2020 session short last year, we had a backlog of important priorities that needed to be addressed, […]

A Drive Electric Earth Day EVent was held Saturday at The Market at Pepper Place in Birmingham’s Lakeview neighborhood, where attendees got to hear about the varied benefits of owning an electric vehicle. Drive Electric Earth Day is a national campaign designed to share first-hand information about electric vehicles. At the Birmingham event coordinated by the […]

Two Birmingham natives who participated 60 years ago in the historic Freedom Rides told their stories to an inquisitive and admiring crowd Wednesday evening at the Birmingham Public Library. Catherine Burks-Brooks and the Rev. Clyde L. Carter weren’t on the first two buses that left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, that were attacked by pro-segregation mobs in […]

Governor Kay E. Ivey on Friday afternoon signed Senate Joint Resolution 138, which expresses “solidarity with Israel in its defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip.” Ivey signed the measure — passed by the Alabama Legislature on Monday — alongside the Consul General of Israel to the Southeast, Anat Sultan-Dadon. “The state of Alabama and Israel […]

The federal government has issued three rounds of COVID “stimulus” checks and boosted unemployment benefits, first by $600 and now $300 per month. Is this the piecemeal start of a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? Under a UBI (also called a basic income guarantee), the government pays all Americans every month, say $1,000. Many would more […]

After more than 40 years of speaking to elementary school kids about weather, James Spann knows what they want to know about. “I’m in 1-2 schools a day so I know their questions,” Spann said. “After doing this for so many years, I noticed more of two things: kids that have a fear of weather because maybe […]

ANDALUSIA, Alabama – Covington County’s South Alabama Regional Airport has become a busy hub for aviators traveling throughout the Southeastern U.S. The airport has a heliport that provides hot and cold refueling services to civilian and military helicopters, as well as an airfield café that brings in hundreds of pilots daily. In addition, the airport’s […]

Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) on Friday announced a federal grant totaling $2.5 million to the Healthcare Authority of Winfield to upgrade the ICU and ER at Northwest Medical Center. The award came from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration via an Economic Adjustment Assistance grant. This was funded by the CARES Act, which was […]

Restrictions from the COVID pandemic provided a new learning opportunity this spring for a group of students enrolled in the University of Montevallo’s President’s Outdoors Scholars Program. Because of restrictions on large gatherings, Outdoors Scholars Director William Crawford and Assistant Director Chris “Scooter” Stano had to get creative with the curriculum for the program that […]

Alabama’s seaport modernization program began construction on Friday to deliver, by the year 2025, a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower harbor turning basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has executed two construction contracts in a multi-phase, $365.7 million construction program engineered and designed to deepen the existing Bar, Bay […]

The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) on Friday announced that the state’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate was 3.6%, down from March’s rate of 3.8%, and well below April 2020’s rate of 13.2%. Alabama has now had the Southeast’s lowest unemployment rate for three consecutive months, as well as one of the lowest in […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Friday joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) in introducing the Children Have Opportunities in Classrooms Everywhere (CHOICE) Act — a bill to allow low-income families with children in grades K-12 to use federal education funds for educational options that best fit their needs. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), […]

Huntsville-headquartered Torch Technologies over the past two weeks announced that it has been awarded three separate contracts from the federal government worth a total of $2.887 billion. In the two days following the $722 million award previously reported by Yellowhammer News last Friday, Torch won two additional contracts. The first was a $1.065 billion task order […]

7. Ivey signed the yoga bill; Literacy Act delay still out there It’s now legal for schools to allow yoga after Governor Kay Ivey has signed the bill that ends the ban that was adopted by the State Board of Education in 1993. Schools can start offering yoga in the 2021-2022 school year. Interestingly, Governor […]

Late Monday, just moments before the Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die for the 2021 regular session, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will institute a two-year delay of the accountability component of the Alabama Literacy Act. The legislation, SB94, was introduced and shepherded through the Senate by State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham). It […]

Troy City Council President Marcus Paramore on Thursday announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for the House District 89 seat in the Alabama Legislature. The seat is currently held by Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), who has announced that he will run in 2022 for the Office of Alabama Secretary of State. HD 89 […]

Birmingham-based Peritus Public Relations (Peritus PR) has been selected as Alabama’s exclusive member of the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN), the firm announced this week. PRGN represents over 50 leading public relations firms around the world. Through collaborating with peers across the globe and raising awareness of Alabama’s impact, Peritus PR advised that this unique […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) and former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard are currently the only two candidates in Alabama’s 2022 U.S. Senate race, however prominent conservative activist CJ Pearson hopes that field will soon grow to include a fresh face. Pearson is president of the Free Thinker Project and a student at the University […]

State Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) on Thursday announced that he will not be seeking reelection in the 2022 election cycle. After serving three terms in the Alabama House of Representatives, McClendon was first elected to the Senate in 2014 before being reelected in 2018. He currently serves as chairman of the Senate Healthcare Committee and […]