The Wall Street Journal has named the Huntsville area housing market among the top 10 in the nation. The Rocket City and its surrounding area came in at No. 10 on the outlet’s Emerging Housing Markets Index. The Journal compiled the list in collaboration with Realtor.com. “The index identifies the top metro areas for home […]

The American Academy of Pediatrics has suggested that children 3 years and older be masked while in school, but Governor Kay Ivey has rejected this suggestion quickly, not viewing it as necessary for schools in Alabama to go back to the classroom.

Ford Taylor has gained a lot of wisdom in life from struggles he has overcome. In this episode, he shares some of those insights and how you can do the same thing. Most people don’t like to share their mess. Ford isn’t one of those people. He shares the raw truth behind some of the […]

The back and forth between General Mark Milley and former President Donald Trump over the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, including the events before and after, is far more telling than the media would have you believe. The prevailing narrative appears to be that Trump was attempting a coup and that Milley […]

The most basic responsibility of any elected lawmaker is to show up and vote, even when it’s tough. I’ve been in Congress for a little more than six months now, and I have lost count of the times I’ve had to vote against legislation that is bad for my district and bad for this country. […]

The University of North Alabama is celebrating 150 years of admitting women on their campus with the Year of the UNA Woman, which kicked off on June 1 with a website and the launch of UNA Magazine, produced entirely by women. Over the course of the next 14 months, the UNA Magazine will feature a […]

Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris is at a loss for what to do moving forward to encourage more people in the state to get vaccinated against the coronavirus

Beef has been on the dinner table throughout our history in modern society. When humankind transitioned from being hunters and gathers to farmers and ranchers, efficiency of our food supply chain increased. The efficiency of producing food has continued to increase throughout our recent past generations. Statistics show that in the 1930s one farmer fed […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and fellow talk show host Yaffee take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

Travelers returning to the air means job opportunities at one Alabama airport. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport’s traffic increased 260% in June compared to the same month last year, according to a report from WBRC. As a result, the airport will host a job fair in August. Airport official Candace O’Neil noted that many job opportunities are […]

Navy Cove oyster farm in Fort Morgan is one of the pioneers of aquaculture along the Gulf of Mexico. Chuck Wilson founded the farm in 2011, when the idea of growing single oysters in off-bottom cages or baskets was still a new concept in the area. As mouths around the South – and the country – […]

On Friday’s broadcast of APTV’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris reacted to the state’s low vaccination rate, one of the lowest rates in the country according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. An exasperated Harris told host Don Dailey that he was not sure what else he could […]

A Vestavia Hills school had a payload it provided fly more than 4,000 feet in the air as part of the Student Rocket Launch in Pueblo, Colorado. The Student Rocket Launch is a program created by Alabama rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Ball Aerospace. It is designed to give students exposure to STEM […]

“This was a massive system,” James Lowery declared. “It provided an efficient, accessible, reliable means of linking the mines and quarries around Birmingham to the furnaces and the furnaces to the factories.” Lowery was speaking of the Birmingham Mineral Railroad (BMRR), by far the largest of the internal network of rail lines that transported the […]

Airbnb has announced Rachel from Fairhope as their number one most hospitable host in all of Alabama. Rachel hosts three listings on Airbnb: “Silver Sail Airstream,” “Glamping Silver Bullet” and “Sanitized Fairfield Farm Cottage.” Airbnb highlighted the number one most hospitable hosts in all 50 states in a recently publicized report. The criteria for such […]

On Friday, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth announced he had earned the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) for his 2022 reelection bid. Moore joins U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), the Alabama Forestry Association, Manufacture Alabama, the Professional Fire Fighters Association of Alabama, the Petroleum and […]

Few people get to see their portrait painted 26 feet tall on the hometown square. Wilbur Jackson could, but he hasn’t. Fifty years after he became the first Black football player for the Alabama Crimson Tide, the former college and Super Bowl champion is being celebrated in Ozark. An 86-foot-long mural is nearing completion, but the modest hometown […]

Trenholm State Community College joined with representatives from Alabama Power, Alabama Rural Electric Association, Central Alabama Electric Co-Op and Dixie Electric Co-op on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding launching a program to train students as electric utility lineworkers. Through the nine-week course, students learn fundamentals of electricity as well as math and science needed […]

Seemingly out of the blue last Saturday, former President Donald Trump took a shot at former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt, the opponent of the candidate he endorsed in next year’s U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville). Trump’s remarks led many to immediately speculate what might have inspired them, including the […]

Seemingly every other day, there is a story revealing how Big Tech companies have worked to censor individuals who voice a different point of view than what is held by those in charge of that platform, or as has recently been reported, who have views that are counter to the current administration to Washington, D.C. […]

Boeing’s Starliner space capsule met up early Saturday morning with the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will carry it into space later this month. The unmanned Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to launch on July 30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. ULA’s […]

Hyundai’s first pickup, which the automaker is calling a Sport Adventure Vehicle, will go on sale later this month with a starting price of $23,990. The 2022 Santa Cruz is built by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery. The Santa Cruz will be sold in eight models with the high-end selling for $39,720.

BAY MINETTE, Alabama — The Growing Alabama Commission approved the South Alabama Mega Site for an investment of $5.5 million for rail improvements at the shovel-ready 3,000-acre tract in Baldwin County. The improvements include the construction of an on-site rail spur on the existing rail bed and construction of the wye, connecting the on-site rail […]

Learning to hunt can seem out of reach for those who didn’t grow up with hunting as part of their family experience. Fortunately, Alabama’s Adult Mentored Hunt (AMH) Program teaches all the skills needed to put wild game on the dinner table and help start new traditions. Jessie Barcala grew up in a military family […]