The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation on Tuesday announced that it is giving a total of $100,000 to two food banks in Alabama.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, the joint-venture automotive plant between Mazda Motor Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., plans to resume the hiring of production positions at its Huntsville assembly facility on Monday. The company will make its public announcement during a Facebook event on at 3:30pm Thursday. “When you join the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing […]

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) infectious disease expert Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo held a virtual briefing on Tuesday during which she provided context for Alabama’s troublingly high rate of coronavirus spread and concerning number of hospitalized patients. As Yellowhammer News reported on Monday, Alabama is experiencing a record number of COVID-19 patients in its hospitals, […]

Employees at Alabama Power raised more than $49,000 in November to support nonprofit agencies and community partners who are helping people in need this holiday season. The virtual fundraiser was organized by the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) as an alternative to traditional supporting activities. APSO State Board President Kodi Belford said the pandemic changed […]

The roughly 300-acre swath of land to be purchased is known as “Brookley by the Bay,” sitting along the western shore of Mobile Bay...

Soon it could only take an hour to find out what pathogen is making you ill following the successful demonstration of the world’s first multi-pathogen identification using non-amplified RNA detection by GeneCapture, a company cofounded by researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). GeneCapture has licensed a molecular binding technology from UAH, and […]

Operation Warp Speed director of supply, production, and distribution Lt. Gen Paul Ostrowski said on MSNBC that by June, “100% of Americans that want the vaccine will have had the vaccine by that point in time.”

Add another prominent Alabama elected official to the list of those that oppose another shutdown in the name of COVID-19. Although State Sen. Steve Livingston (R-Scottsboro) sees the mask mandate and other measures done in the name of mitigating the spread of coronavirus as something that should be “optional,” he also said he recognizes that […]

On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling which is a very positive signal for the rights of people of faith to freely exercise that faith. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had issued a “Cluster Initiative” which used color coded restrictions on large gatherings in certain parts of New York […]

State Health Officer is a difficult role to fill, especially this year. While partisanship and conspiracies continue to divide us, it is the job of the State Health Officer to make decisions for the good of all people throughout Alabama. This is exactly what Dr. Scott Harris has done for Alabamians during (and before) the […]

Governor Kay Ivey announced that Lynn Beshear will retire as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health effective December 16.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is investigating voter registration groups for potential wrongdoing ahead of the state's...

Alabama recorded its largest yet number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital on Monday as the state’s coronavirus statistics continue to reach alarming levels. There were 1,717 individuals in the hospital with COVID in Alabama on Monday, eclipsing the previous record of 1,613 set on August 6. UAB Hospital, the state’s biggest and most prominent […]

Alabama’s official Christmas tree will be delivered to the State Capitol on Tuesday, the governor's office said.

This holiday season, we have a suggestion: Check on your parents. Or grandparents. And make sure everything is OK. Holidays are about family time, but 2020 is decidedly different. Social distancing will be the norm. Unfortunately, scammers don’t follow the rules. And that puts seniors at even more risk. Cold, hard numbers bear that out. […]

Congressman-elect Jerry Carl announced three key staff hires, as he prepares to take office upon the start of the 117th Congress on Jan. 3.

When it was all said and done, the final score of the 85th Iron Bowl showed a 42-13 victory for the Alabama Crimson Tide. However, if you watched the game, you know that it wasn’t actually “that close”. The Auburn offense labored in vain all day, only able to put together a touchdown drive when […]

With temperatures projected to drop below freezing as far south as Mobile on Monday and Tuesday, many cities in Alabama are preparing to protect their neediest citizens from the cold. Birmingham and Montgomery both announced warming centers will be open on Monday and Tuesday nights. Charities across the state have put out a call for […]

sed on reports from the Alabama Department of Revenue, the state is on track to meet or slightly surpass holiday spending seen in 2019. In September alone, spending was up 8%. 

The Alabama Crimson Tide proved once again that it is the best team in the country with a dominant win over Auburn. A rescheduled game against LSU is up next. The trip to Baton Rouge presents the Tide with another opportunity to build its case that it is in the midst of putting together the […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Party Executive Committee Member Lisa Handback take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Is overwhelming straight-ticket voting really a surprise in Alabama with all of the polarization we have seen? — Was Attorney General Steve Marshall right to sue Madison County for moving their […]

Joe Biden has won the presidential election, although President Trump alleges fraud. Mr. Trump, however, has not yet offered credible evidence of fraud. The current controversy involves “vote harvesting” and raises questions about the effect of selling votes. Vote harvesting involves individuals collecting mail-in ballots from voters. Clearly, persons with limited mobility should receive assistance […]

Birmingham’s pioneering Zyp bikeshare program, which ended its successful five-year run in December 2019, has left some local folks in the city going through micromobility withdrawal. But in a matter of weeks, new players are expected to pick up where Zyp left off and take transportation-sharing in the city to a whole new level. Earlier […]

A global pandemic didn’t stop the Homewood Police Department from fulfilling its annual trip to the Exceptional Foundation to join...