Alabama's 2020 red snapper season begins Friday, and Yellowhammer News has compiled everything an Alabama angler needs to know.

The Mercedes-Benz auto manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa County is suspending production due to a delay in receiving component parts from plants in Mexico.

A report revealed that the Southeast is home to the top-five of America's major cities receiving the most precipitation, with one Alabama municipality...

Vice President Mike Pence recently announced the updated membership of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group (UAG).

Southern Company on Wednesday announced an expanded focus for the National Carbon Capture Center located in Wilsonville, Alabama.

The City of Fairfield, a small suburb west of Birmingham and east of Bessemer, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, citing millions in debt liabilities. The City will begin Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy proceedings at the federal bankruptcy court in Birmingham, per Bloomberg News. Fairfield Mayor Eddie Penny told the public that the City had been […]

Governor Kay Ivey highlighted Wednesday that Alabama will receive $11,946,730 in federal funds intended to relieve recent financial strains on the state’s fisheries and other seafood industry businesses. Part of the money, $3,299,821, is federal CARES Act funding that is designated to provide relief for seafood companies hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. Ivey also said […]

One of Alabama’s natural gas utilities is seeking to help small business customers get back on their feet. Spire has created a fund to provide relief on bills for small businesses adversely affected by the COVID-19 closures. Under the program, eligible businesses may receive up to $200 in grant money through the program. Customers can […]

Like countless other businesses, Iron Tribe Fitness, a Birmingham-based gym, closed its doors in mid-March to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to its members and coaches. With five gyms in Birmingham and more than 30 others throughout the country, Iron Tribe Fitness Founder and CEO Forrest Walden said the decision to temporarily close was met […]

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump now feels “very differently” about the trade deal made with China

The coronavirus pandemic has seemingly had an impact on every aspect of Alabama’s economy, and the state’s seafood industry is not immune. Much like the disparity in cattle and beef prices, which is due in part to measures implemented to mitigate COVID-19’s spread, including the closures of restaurant dining areas, a similar phenomenon is underway […]

A family in Montgomery that has seen nine of their 10 kids enter college by age 12 is set to produce a 19-year-old lawyer. Parents Kip and Mona Lisa Harding, a couple who live in Alabama’s capital city, have 10 kids. So far, nine of them have entered college by age 12. Their youngest is […]

The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education announced that the First Class Pre-K program will add 55 new classrooms to 25 counties this coming fall.

University of Alabama System Chancellor Finis "Fess" St. John IV on Wednesday joined a national group for a discussion with Vice President Mike Pence...

MOBILE, Alabama — Airbus said today that it has officially launched production of A220 aircraft at its newly constructed Final Assembly Line hangar at its Alabama manufacturing facility. Airbus also said its workforce in Mobile has begun production of the first U.S.-built A220 for U.S. airline company JetBlue. “The team is excited to start working in […]

Alabama’s historic DeSoto Caverns will reopen to visitors on Thursday, May 21. “[T]his closure for the Caverns was its first time in thousands of years not to be experienced by people,” said Desoto Caverns president Joy Sorensen about the recent COVID-19-induced shutdown. The family business that owns and runs DeSoto Caverns says their team coordinated […]

Three years ago this week, one of the biggest hoaxes in American history began as Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the Democrats’ Russia witch hunt, and the man most responsible for birthing that national nightmare was U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is now running to reclaim his former Senate seat. Throughout this campaign, […]

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced a $500,000 donation to the Alabama Department of Public Health to assist with testing and equipment in the...

When the legislature convened its 2020 regular session in February, Alabama enjoyed record low unemployment and record-high revenues in our state budgets. Pay raises for educators and state employees were foregone conclusions, unprecedented improvements in mental health services offered to Alabamians were being passed, and new and expanded education programs were on the table. But […]

A recent poll conducted independently of either campaign showed that Tommy Tuberville has a major lead over Jeff Sessions in Alabama's U.S. Senate GOP...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall this week joined a group of 15 state attorneys general in urging the federal district court in Washington, D.C. to grant the Department of Justice’s motion to drop the case against Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Flynn. The Department of Justice’s attempt to drop the criminal charges against Flynn is currently […]

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Ivey thanked the legislature for “supporting this amendment and for ensuring this money helps the people of Alabama who have been harmed by this disease.”

Alabama rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the secretive Boeing X-37B space plane back to orbit on Sunday. The mission, conducted on behalf of the U.S. Space Force, marked X-37B’s sixth trip to space and the fifth time it was delivered by ULA. For this mission, ULA employed its Atlas V 501 rocket built […]