In a world that has been turned upside down by a global pandemic, a pair of Alabama cities have been ranked in 2020 among the 100 best places to live in the United States: Huntsville and Auburn. For the past seven years, Livability.com has released a data-driven list of the “Top 100 Best Places to […]

University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban experienced a "false positive" test for COVID-19 earlier this week and will be able to coach...

The steady stream of customers who walked into Pannie-George’s Kitchen in Montgomery for a late lunch were all greeted with a friendly smile and an immediate offer to help. Noticeable was the youthfulness of those working. There’s a 17-year-old prepping food, a 16-year-old washing tables and sweeping, another 16-year-old frying chicken, and a college sophomore and high […]

The power of consistency is real. “Habit stacking” is a mantra we preach at Iron Tribe. Every time you do something good (like attend a workout or meal prep), you must do it again. And then another time. Until it’s engrained in your mind and routine. The more we practice our good habits, the easier […]

Daniel Tompkins. George Dallas. Schuler Colfax. Garret Hobart. John Garner. Do any of these names ring a bell? If they don’t, it’s OK, you are not alone. All of these men at some point in time served in America’s second-highest office as Vice President of the United States. They, like most vice presidents, were mostly […]

Serving as an assistant for Nick Saban has proven to be a lucrative move for a lot of coaches. Five of his former assistants now hold head coaching positions in the SEC. Their average salary this season is $5.33 million. Add in Louisiana head coach Billy Napier, who makes a little over $1 million this […]

A new program is helping oyster farmers hurt financially by the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously improving oyster reefs on the Gulf Coast. The Concerned Oystermen Restoring Estuaries (CORE) program buys surplus, oversized oysters from farmers and redeploys them in wild reef habitats in need of restoration. LaDon Swann, director of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC), said […]

Auburn travels to Columbia, South Carolina, today looking for its third win of the season. The Tigers will face off against the Gamecocks, who are coached by two-time Auburn assistant coach Will Muschamp. South Carolina lost to Top 25 teams in each of its first two contests, before blasting Vanderbilt 41-7 in Week 3 to […]

In the waterfowl world, Alabama’s most abundant species, the wood duck, is not known for migrating long distances. It turns out, the wood duck migration patterns follow a “boy meets girl” scenario. Boy meets girl; girl flies home; boy follows. When the Minnesota waterfowl season opened, four wood ducks that were banded in Alabama were […]

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban received a negative result on a coronavirus test he took Thursday, according to an announcement from the University of Alabama on Friday. Saban would require three negative tests 24 hours apart to meet the SEC protocols and take his place on the sidelines for Saturday’s much-anticipated game against the […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign has filed its financial disclosure covering the third quarter of 2020, and the latest report reinforced that Jones is receiving an overwhelming majority of his funding from outside of Alabama. Yellowhammer News, as in past quarters, analyzed the report that was filed with the FEC on Thursday and […]

Town clearly knows that if Biden were to become President of the United States the Department of Justice will not pursue this case

A Japanese company is seeking a trade exception that would allow it to import its foreign-made fiber product — one that competes directly with an identical product made in Decatur, Alabama — without the normal duties levied on a product of its type. U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) sent a letter this week to Andrew […]

Fitness icon Jake Steinfeld joined Alabama Governor Kay Ivey this week at a virtual ribbon-cutting for three new $100,000 fitness centers that will serve students of Alabama’s public schools. L.M. Smith Middle School in Birmingham, Saraland Middle School in Saraland and Highland Home School in Highland are the recipients of the new fitness centers. Each […]

Sen. Doug Jones campaigned virtually on behalf of the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Steubenville, Ohio.

State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris spoke about what Alabama can expect in terms of a coronavirus vaccine, and said that the first doses of the vaccine should be distributed “by the end of the year.”

It is a high likelihood when the Alabama legislature reconvenes in 2021, there will be efforts to limit the executive authority granted to the governor during health emergencies, as has been experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia), a practicing obstetrician in his district that includes the southern half of the Shoals […]

News of college football’s top coach testing positive for COVID-19 shook the sport on Wednesday. One day later, University of Alabama Athletics Department officials provided an update on his health. “Coach Saban was evaluated by our team physician Dr. Jimmy Robinson today,” said Jeff Allen, associate athletics director for Sports Medicine, in a statement. “Coach […]

Alabama’s largest and most active investment banking firm has added two new bankers to its team. The Frazer Lanier Company, Incorporated announced that David Langham and Lance Hyche have joined the firm. “David and Lance have established themselves as very effective and successful investment bankers,” noted John Mazyck, a partner at Frazer Lanier, in a […]

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions joined his former Republican primary opponent former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville on the campaign trail in recent days, and the pair released a video Thursday where Sessions urged voters to reject incumbent Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). According to the Tuberville campaign, Sessions joined the former coach at meetings with […]

Cullman received a visit this week from two French journalists, who seemed to be quite impressed by Alabama's people.

The mission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is to ensure for all Alabamians “a safe, healthful and productive environment.” It’s a mission that ADEM and its nearly 600 employees take very seriously. Ensuring a safe, healthful and productive environment means more than simply being the environmental cop, though that certainly is part of […]

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MONTGOMERY — Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris held a media briefing on Thursday, where he detailed what citizens can expect from the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine distribution process. Harris, who serves as the head of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), said that the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine are likely to […]