While still collecting their taxpayer-funded salaries, all but one member of the Alabama House Democratic Caucus refused to show up to work as the...

The University of North Alabama (UNA) will welcome students back to its 130-acre Florence campus for in-person classes this Fall, according to a statement from the school. Employees at UNA will begin a gradual return to campus in May. UNA President Ken Kitts expressed confidence in the work done by the university to ensure the […]

JASPER, Alabama – Warrior Met Coal Inc. plans to invest $50 million to construct a barge load-out facility in Walker County to support its expanding metallurgical coal mining operation near Tuscaloosa, a project that will add 12 new high-paying jobs. Warrior Met Coal is the state’s largest producer of met coal, used as a key component […]

Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) has hired Alex Vanderford to be the manager of his 2020 reelection campaign. Vanderford is a native of the district Aderholt represents, raised in Muscle Shoals. He is a graduate of Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee. After working on now-U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) victorious campaign in 2018, Vanderford was […]

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) on Monday announced the donation of $150,000 to the American Red Cross, enabling the purchase of a new Bloodmobile.

Around lunchtime on Tuesday, military planes will perform flyovers of the hospitals in several of Alabama’s larger cities. The Alabama National Guard, which announced the news on Twitter, is coordinating the flyovers. The initiative is part of a nationwide effort to show support for medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Jets will appear in Birmingham, […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) announced Monday that he has promoted Alabama native Marshall Yates to serve as his new chief of staff. Yates has been working for Brooks since early 2017, most recently as his legislative director. He has previously held numerous roles on Republican campaigns and other conservative institutions. In a statement, Brooks described […]

Protective Life Foundation has made a $1 million commitment to support both immediate and longer-term coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts.

Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon made waves early Sunday with a report he was instructing his deputies not to enforce certain provisions of Gov. Kay Ivey’s so-called “Safer at Home” order that continued to restrict some businesses and church worship activities. Moon’s announcement, first reported by the Cullman Daily News was greeted with accolades statewide, […]

Scott Harris of the Alabama Department of Public Health remains confident that the state is taking the correct steps during the coronavirus pandemic.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) achieved a record $109.7 million in research and development expenditures in fiscal year 2019 (FY19), according to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey. The university’s federal research expenditures have increased by 24 percent over two years. UAH had active contracts and research […]

Alabama is 11 days away from the expiration of Governor Kay Ivey’s “Safer at Home” order. The first full weekend under Ivey’s new public health order was welcomed by many businesses granted the freedom to reopen. Some did, some didn’t. At the Shoppes at Eastchase in Montgomery, it was reported that locally-owned stores began to […]

Lamar County Sheriff Hal Allred on Sunday said his department will not enforce the State of Alabama's current health order.

State Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) does not mince words when describing the importance of expanding access to broadband in Alabama. “It is a significant statewide issue,” he told Yellowhammer News during a recent conversation. “I consider it a top five issue for Alabama’s future.” Calling broadband a “fundamental infrastructure component,” Reed can easily […]

While bookstores in Alabama were considered nonessential and mandated closed to the public for nearly a month, many owners turned to online sales and curbside deliveries to keep revenues streaming amid what had been more than a decade of steady book business nationwide. Publishers Weekly said Americans paid more than $5 billion to buy nearly […]

Jackson closes the show with a “parting shot” at those who imply that Americans that want their country to open are hellbent on making the coronavirus pandemic worse.

State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy) on Sunday called on the Ivey administration to allow in-person church services and close contact businesses to reopen.

Would you try an unproven drug to treat COVID-19? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has understandably not approved any drug for this brand-new illness. A willingness to try suggests seriously rethinking FDA regulation of drug effectiveness. The FDA authority to regulate new drug safety dates to the 1930s, with effectiveness regulation added in 1962. […]

Although many in Alabama are not satisfied with the rate at which the state is resuming its return to normalcy in the wake of the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris indicated he remains certain he is making the proper determinations in plotting that course. Harris took to national TV […]

Orchestra Partners and REV Birmingham have partnered to launch The Parkside Trail, a temporary conversion of First Avenue South into a car-free, multi-use trail modeled after The Open Streets Project. Beginning Saturday, May 2, the First Avenue South corridor between 12th Street and 20th Street will be closed to vehicles and become a multi-use trail […]

The coronavirus may be keeping people at home, but it has not stopped nurses from providing prenatal and postnatal care to first-time mothers in need. The program, which has been in the Birmingham area for almost three years, connects nurses who support pregnant women having their first baby. The nurses provide weekly or biweekly home […]

After an abrupt end to the spring semester, Alabama’s colleges and universities started announcing their plans for reopening in the coming months. Here is a rundown of where things stand for several of the state’s colleges and universities. University of Alabama System Chancellor Finis St. John outlined his system’s intent to return to campuses this […]

Last week, Gov. Kay Ivey announced a loosening of restrictions on businesses and activities initially put in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. However, not included among those were opening of barbershops, hair salons, nail salons and massage parlors, indoor dining at bars and restaurants and worship services at churches and other religious institutions. […]

Add Twinkle Cavanaugh to the growing list of leaders sounding the alarm over China’s role on the world stage. “China has set out to weaken America, and it is has become more apparent that we need to take a more firm stand on protecting ourselves economically,” the president of Alabama’s Public Service Commission recently told […]