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Austal USA on Friday broke ground in Mobile on its steel manufacturing line, positioning the company to start steel production in April 2022. The addition of steel capability ensures Austal will remain a major contributor to the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base for many years to come. The company is headquartered in Mobile, where Austal USA […]
The citizens of Alabama are assessing the damage and banding together to care for one another a day after deadly tornadoes battered the state. The death toll from the storms stands at five people, all of whom lived in the vicinity of Ohatchee, a small town in northwest Calhoun County. Damage assessments from the National […]
The Regions Foundation on Friday announced a series of grants totaling $100,000 for organizations coordinating disaster relief in portions of Alabama and Georgia that were impacted in the past two days by severe weather, including deadly tornadoes. The foundation is a nonprofit initiative of Birmingham-headquartered Regions Bank and supports community investments. “Many of our communities […]
MONTGOMERY — If current trends hold, the one-millionth Alabamian to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose will be reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health in the next two days, and all adults in the state will soon be eligible, according to the Yellowhammer State’s top doctor. Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris briefed […]
Alabama’s unemployment rate has now fallen for both of the first two months of 2021, with February’s rate decreasing to 4.0%. The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) announced the news in a release on Friday morning. In January, Alabama’s unemployment rate was 4.3%. The 4% unemployment rate reported Friday is still above the 2.6% rate […]
First lady Jill Biden, Ph.D., will no longer visit Alabama on Friday, according to her office. Biden was originally set to visit the Jasper Area Family Service Center and the YMCA of Central Alabama in Birmingham. Actress Jennifer Garner was slated to accompany the first lady. “Due to the severe weather across the South and […]
A severe weather system spawned tornados, heavy rains and floods from the Black Belt, across the Birmingham metro and into North Alabama dealing out property damage, power outages, and death.
State Rep. Lee: Consideration of changes to ADPH, State Health Officer won't come until 2022 session
Last month, State Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville) introduced legislation that would reconstitute the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and remake the agency’s leadership. McClendon, the chairman of the State Senate Health Committee, proposed abolishing the State Board of Health and the State Health Officer. Also included in his proposal would be creating a Secretary […]
DOTHAN — Fresh off his announcement of a run for U.S. Senate days earlier, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) made a stop in the southeastern corner of the state on Thursday to woo GOP voters more than a year ahead of the 2022 Republican primary. In his 2017 bid for U.S. Senate, Brooks struggled in […]
HomeTown Lenders announced a partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital that will strive to generate $1 million this year.
Five people are confirmed dead in the Calhoun County town of Ohatchee as Alabama undergoes an enormous bout of severe weather, including tornadoes that have touched down in various locations from the Black Belt across the Birmingham area and into Northern Alabama. The Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency published a release at 4:26 p.m. confirming […]
Senator Bernie Sanders is being called out for not walking the walk ahead of his visit to speak with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama.
The World Games 2022 is looking for talented young singers from the Birmingham metropolitan area.
Former Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Montgomery on October 7 to speak at Faulkner University’s annual benefit dinner. Mike Williams, president of Faulkner University, announced the news Pence was the 2021 speaker at a press conference on Thursday morning. “Mike Pence is a man of deep Christian faith,” said Williams at the unveiling. […]
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) has come out in firm opposition to S.1, which is Senate Democrats' version of H.R. 1.
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be the keynote speaker at Southern Preparatory Academy’s first-ever Board of Trustees Scholarship Banquet. Southern Prep was known for years as Lyman Ward Military Academy before rebranding in 2019. A boarding school, it bills itself as “Alabama’s premier military academy for boys” and takes young men in grades […]
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Thursday introduced a bill that would prohibit detained illegal aliens from being freely released into the United States without at least receiving a court date. Due to the surge of migrants at the southwest border and overcrowding at detention facilities, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has started to release […]
Governor Kay Ivey has issued a state of emergency for 28 counties in Alabama ahead of severe weather anticipated for Thursday. The counties range from the Black Belt through the northeast corner of the state, including the highly populated Jefferson and Madison Counties. The National Weather Service (NWS) stations in Birmingham and Huntsville have issued […]
In Alabama, there are 58% of fourth-graders back in the classroom full time, 17% are on a hybrid schedule, and 22% are learning remotely. But the racial disparity is really shocking
Next week could be another make-or-break week for State Sen. Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) comprehensive gaming proposal as far as the 2021 regular session goes. After a week away from the State House in Montgomery, lawmakers in the upper chamber are set to debate a revised proposal that will reportedly include the so-called enabling legislation sought […]
The final results of a high-profile study revealed on Wednesday that the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico contains more than 110 million red snapper, roughly three times as many as previously estimated. Referred to as The Great Red Snapper Count, the years-long study was funded to the tune of $10 million by the […]
A bill expanding coronavirus vaccine access for military veterans and those who care for them, of which U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was an original cosponsor, was signed into law on Wednesday. The bill makes expanded categories of individuals eligible to get COVID-19 vaccines at medical facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). […]
Honda is donating 10 EG2800i portable generators to be used by the Alabama Department of Public Health in the state's COVID vaccination plan.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined with his counterparts in 12 other states in filing a lawsuit asking a federal judge to end President Joe Biden’s ban on new federal oil and gas drilling. Biden on January 27 signed an executive order placing a halt on all new permits to drill for oil and […]