Students of all ages from kindergarten to college are starting back to school, whether with in-person instruction or virtual learning. Every school across the state continues to adapt to accommodate students’ return, all while keeping them as safe as possible during this pandemic. Although the start to this school year looks quite different than most, […]

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) on Saturday announced the addition of three days to the state’s 2020 private angler recreational season for red snapper. The decision came after the department’s Marine Resources Division completed a review of data from the red snapper season that ended July 3. The division determined the additional days […]

After spending much of August assisting power companies in New Jersey and Illinois following violent storms, more than 200 Alabama Power linemen and support personnel are back safely in Alabama. The crews left on Aug. 5 for New Jersey after Tropical Storm Isaias left thousands without power. Alabama Power worked with Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) to restore power to more than […]

The United States House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill that would prohibit the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing any operational changes until next year. The 257-150 vote came in a special session called last Sunday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) supported the legislation, while the six Republicans […]

A professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a one-year, $98,930 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for plasma research that could advance pulsed fusion propulsion for spacecraft. The grant funds work by a team led by Dr. Gabe Xu, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. […]

One of the problems all of Alabama’s 67 counties have encountered with the COVID-19 outbreak is the housing of inmates at county jails that under normal circumstances would be in an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facility. However, the pandemic has prevented the routine transfer of inmates to state facilities, leaving county governments with the […]

After an unusual spring and summer, football players at Auburn and Alabama are on the familiar ground of the practice field this week as they prepare for a delayed, SEC-only football schedule. Sure, there are masks being worn, social distancing taking place and regular temperature taking and virus testing. But it’s clear that players are excited to have the […]

Alabama Power is urging customers to prepare for the possibility of severe tropical weather early next week as the company’s crews prepare to quickly and safely respond following the storm. Forecasters are predicting the possibility of a tropical storm or hurricane making landfall next week somewhere in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Meteorologists at the Alabama Power-USA Coastal […]

Hitting the bull’s-eye is never so satisfying as when the arrow’s aim is to defeat breast cancer. So said Beth Bradner of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA). On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23, about 200 archers will compete in the Bow-Up Against Breast Cancer Tournament at Cullman Community Archery Park.

North America’s waterfowl breeding population annual survey is another aspect of the outdoors that has been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. Seth Maddox, the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries’ Migratory Bird Coordinator, said virus-related travel restrictions would not allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to conduct the aerial survey of the prairie potholes regions […]

The Huntsville Police Department continues to go above and beyond in serving its local community in North Alabama. WAAY this week reported that Huntsville PD officers collected donated school supplies from members of the community over the course of a month or so, including “backpacks, colored pencils, notebooks and much more.” On Tuesday, Huntsville City […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Friday announced he will vote “no” on House Democrats’ postal bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) earlier this week called the House in for a special session on Saturday to consider legislation that prohibits the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing any operational changes. A release from Brooks’ office denounced […]

RADAR CHECK: Large areas of light to moderate rain are moving across parts of north Alabama early this morning, and as an upper trough persists over the region we expect a number of showers and thunderstorms across the state today with a mostly cloudy sky. The Storm Prediction Center has defined a marginal risk (level 1 out […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Tuesday morning interviewed with Washington, D.C. radio station WAMU’s “1A Across America.” The interview followed Jones’ virtual address to the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Monday night. The convention, which concluded on Thursday, featured presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, along with prominent Democrats of […]

Huntsville-based Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, this week announced it has been awarded a $29 million contract from Raytheon to produce and sustain the Cooling Equipment Units (CEU) for the world’s most powerful ground mobile radar system. Known as Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2), the system requires one CEU per […]

The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) announced this week that three iconic sites in the Yellowhammer State have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bricklayers Hall in Montgomery, The Alabama Book Store in Tuscaloosa and Vanity Fair Park in Monroeville are now nationally enshrined for their historical significance. “The National Register properties in […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday issued a supplement to her emergency proclamation that will allow municipalities greater freedom to recruit and train election workers. Almost every midsize and small city in Alabama heads to the polls next Tuesday, August 25, to vote on their mayor and city councils. Should no candidate get 50% in […]

A beloved fall event in the Wiregrass region of Alabama has reportedly canceled its 2020 edition. WTVY in Dothan is reporting that the 2020 National Peanut Festival has been canceled. The event had been scheduled for November 6-15. The TV station says news of the cancellation was confirmed by “several people with knowledge of the […]

Once a year, and especially in presidential election cycle years, politicians flock to Selma to mark the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. However, Selma faces struggles, including high crime and high unemployment. Thursday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson pointed to Selma as a place where Democratic leadership has failed […]

7. CDC: Get your flu shot This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is stressing how important it is to get the flu vaccine, saying “this fall will be more important than ever, not only to reduce your risk from flu but also to help conserve potentially scarce health care resources.” The […]

A pretty reliable predictor of success for a college football team is a combination of talent and experience. Really, any organization, business or team would love to have “talented and experienced” be an accurate description of their personnel. The linebacker room that the Auburn coaching staff has put together in 2020 fits that profile. Linebackers’ […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on Thursday organized a teleconference with three of the experts who have helped in the effort to allow Alabama college and university students to return to campus this fall semester. GuideSafe was developed by a team of experts at UAB, with support from the University of Alabama System […]

ESPN analyst Todd McShay is proposing a mini-season for draft-eligible college football players, and he wants it to be played in Mobile. McShay’s proposal is in response to what he sees as a lack of opportunity for players facing canceled college football seasons, as well as his opinion that a spring football season is unreasonable. […]

One of the hot-button issues thus far in the presidential election cycle has been the U.S. Postal Service and how it might be used to implement a so-called vote-by-mail system. However, Dr. Alec Yasinsac, dean of the University of South Alabama’s School of Computing, who has studied vote-by-mail voting systems, argues you cannot guarantee the […]