Tommy Tuberville was trending on Twitter during the nationally-televised football game between the University of Alabama and Texas A&M. I noticed this as I watched the game at Tims Ford Lake in Tennessee, where the people at the convenience store treated me like a leper because I wore a mask while picking up a few […]

Global Resources International (GRI), a company that makes medical and industrial products, is investing $9.5 million to open a new manufacturing plant in Dothan that will employ 70 workers. GRI has long had a presence in Houston County. Eastern Technologies Inc. (ETI), a GRI subsidiary that warehouses and facilitates distribution of GRI products, is based […]

Auburn University at Montgomery’s (AUM) Department of Political Science and Public Administration on Monday released a poll showing Republican U.S. Senate nominee Tommy Tuberville leading incumbent U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) by 12 percentage points with only four weeks to go until the November 3 general election. The AUM poll was conducted between September 30 […]

There is less than a month until Alabama voters head to the polls to vote for either former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, or incumbent U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) to represent the state for the next six years. Among many things, Second Amendment issues are a […]

President Donald Trump announced that he will depart Walter Reed hospital and return to the White House at 5:30 p.m. CT on Monday.

The U.S. Census Bureau has moved the deadline for individuals to respond to the Census; it will now occur on the last day in October. The end date for collecting Census responses has changed multiple times in 2020, with the Trump administration and federal courts going back and forth over the proper day to stop […]

Federal research funding to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from the NIH topped $325 million in 2019, according to the Blue Ridge...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama announced that health and dental premiums for most fully insured plans will be discounted...

There is a lot of work to be done on The Plains. Auburn was handed a brutal beatdown by the Georgia Bulldogs in the second week of the 2020 SEC football season. Some thought that playing the Bulldogs early in the season because of this year’s schedule shakeup might give Auburn and advantage because of […]

President Donald Trump was hospitalized at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center after being diagnosed with the coronavirus and experiencing mild symptoms

Jackson and Handback are joined by the Alabama Secretary of State John Merril to discuss recent changes to Alabama's voting process by a federal judge and the reaction of other Secretary of States.

H. Neely Henry Hydro Plant Superintendent Jeff Harris calls Katie Glenn the “Mama Hen” of the facility, adding that her caring support of her co-workers and community shines through everything she does. “Katie takes care of everybody here at the plant,” said Harris. “She is the one who makes sure we are comfortable and have […]

Staying at an elite level in any field for 14 years is a difficult task. Human nature gets in the way. Focus drifts. Energy wanes. Complacency sets in. Not for Nick Saban. Merely two games into his 14th season as Crimson Tide head coach, it appears Saban has assembled as good a team as any […]

The United States has witnessed unprecedented economic disruption due to COVID-19. State and local governments closed thousands of “nonessential” businesses. Now, businesses have filed over 1,000 lawsuits against their insurance companies to collect for COVID losses. What should we make of this litigation? The businesses suing insurers include the NBA’s Houston Rockets, Minor League Baseball, […]

Helen is a food memory made real. The contemporary Southern grill, led by the husband-and-wife team of chef Rob McDaniel and Emily McDaniel, is a fresh, new take on classic dining, but the idea for this place has deep roots. It’s based on Rob’s fond memories of his maternal grandmother, Helen Frutiger, and the welcoming home […]

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber today announced that new economic development projects will bring 510 new jobs and more than $71 million in investment to the community. These eight companies under taking the projects have expanded or located in Huntsville metro area during 2020 but have not previously announced their growth plans. “We […]

There was a game between Auburn and Georgia in week 2, but it was not much of a competition. The Bulldogs established that they were the more physical team in the first quarter and never looked back, eventually winning 27-6. Athens continued to be a house of horrors for the Tigers as they have now […]

Sept. 11 will always be etched in Gloria Buie’s mind. The date not only marks the destruction of New York’s Twin Towers but, for Buie, a personal day of infamy: she received a diagnosis of breast cancer. Buie recalls going to her doctor for her usual yearly checkup. “It was found on a mammogram when […]

Alabama routed Texas A&M 52-24 in a game that showed why they may be the best team in the country. Fans got to see Crimson Tide quarterback Mac Jones have an exceptional game versus a quality opponent. Alabama head coach Nick Saban was asked after the game about how he thought his starting quarterback performed. […]

BIO Alabama’s virtual conference, “Connecting the Alabama Bioscience Community,” taking place Oct. 5-9, features keynote speakers former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Newmark Knight Frank Vice Chairman Bob Hess, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones and BIO President and CEO Michelle McMurry-Heath. “A global pandemic made science, specifically bioscience, an overnight media sensation and the #ALBioTech community has […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide have been at the top of the SEC for the better part of the last decade, and they seem to be on track to spend the 20’s on top of the SEC again. This afternoon, Texas A&M will travel to Tuscaloosa in a top-15 matchup. Let’s look at three keys in […]

It is hard to believe autumn has arrived and the holiday season is right around the corner. As you know, with colder weather comes peak flu activity, and the world is still dealing with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Health officials are warning Americans to take certain precautions as these two viruses collide in hopes that […]

Earlier this week, Gov. Kay Ivey extended her “Safer at Home” order in the name of mitigating the spread of COVID-19, which includes a mandate that individuals under some circumstances wear a mask. Not everyone agrees with Ivey’s use of authority under the tenets of an emergency order, even as the coronavirus is dominating headlines […]

As events are canceled and field trips are rare, we know you are looking for safe ways to get out of the house and enjoy a fall Alabama day with your family. Visiting an Alabama agritourism farm allows you to enjoy open-air and socially distanced activities. Kids of all ages will enjoy picking pumpkins, apples […]