Alabama’s stay-at-home order is set to expire in nine days, and businesses have begun to prepare themselves for operation in entirely new conditions. Meanwhile, calls for an immediate reopening of Alabama’s economy continue as other Southern states get back to work. The time is now, for some. Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina all announced plans […]

Donald Trump, Jr. recognized Alabama’s YellaWood for displaying the “American Spirit” often cited by his father, President Donald Trump. In a social media post on Monday afternoon, the younger Trump quoted a story from Yellowhammer News outlining YellaWood’s generous act in support of Wiregrass healthcare workers.

National and state officials agree that we have reached the peak of new cases and deaths here in Alabama from the coronavirus called COVID-19. What does that mean? It means that the number of new daily cases and daily deaths have reached their highest projected point and should plateau for a while before coming down. […]

Great Southern Wood Preserving and its flagship YellaWood last week fed all of the employees at Flowers Hospital and Southeast Health, both located in Dothan. According to WDHN, YellaWood owner and founder Jimmy Rane generously bought approximately 2,100 total employees a meal each for five days. Every employee across every department in both hospitals reportedly […]

The point is we are almost home.This state needs to know that we are nearing the end of this and the start of a reopening.

Once upon a time, there were three young brothers in Alabama who wanted to see their hero, Michael Jordan, in person. At the time, this seemed like an impossible task. How in the world would we ever meet “MJ,” the guy dunking the moon backwards on the poster in our room? That’ll never happen. And […]

AUBURN, Ala.— Under the current world climate, it is everyday people who are doing whatever they can to help those who are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic on the front lines. Auburn University Associate Professor Karla Teel is just one person, but with the help of her husband, Donnie, she is trying to help health care […]

Hoover Mayor Mayor Frank Brocato is calling on Gov. Kay Ivey to adopt the “Reopening Alabama Responsibly Phase One” plan and allow Alabamians to...

Despite proclaiming to open regardless of the consequences of defying a state-order mandate that closed all businesses deemed by the state of Alabama to be non-essential, The Male Room barbershop in North Shelby County did not open on Friday. During an interview that aired on Birmingham radio WERC’s “Alabama’s Morning News” with JT Nysewander, The […]

Eagle Forum of Alabama is supporting a car rally on Tuesday calling on Governor Kay Ivey to reopen the state's economy immediately.

Alabama State Officer Dr. Scott Harris has said that it’ll likely be two more weeks before we see any parts of Alabama’s economy reopening

The Harbert Management Corporation (HMC) has committed $1 million to support small businesses in the Birmingham area, and the application process for the funds opens on Monday, April 20. A release from the company says the goal of the program is to “enable qualifying local small businesses to continue their operations and service to the […]

As the calls to reopen Alabama’s economy intensify, businesses have begun to consider the steps they will have to take to operate in what could be an entirely new world of commerce. On Friday, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth and State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) set forth their Reopening Alabama Responsibly Plan which called for an […]

In Montgomery, the Chamber of Commerce is bringing together Air Force innovation specialists, manufacturers and students to produce 3D-printed personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare providers. TechMGM, an economic and workforce development initiative of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, Air University’s MGMWERX innovation center and a group of local makers, Montgomery Fighting COVID, are partnering in a […]

Will Alabama reopen before May 1st?

Despite recommendations from a task force led by Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth and State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) seeking the immediate rollback of economic restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, state officials at the executive level are not giving any indication that they are willing to budge on the end of the month […]

Several lawsuits seek monetary damages from the Chinese government for the COVID-19 pandemic. Politicians seem to like the idea, too. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said, “If it were up to me the whole world would send China a bill for the pandemic.” Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn thinks China should forgive the portion of our […]

The reopening of Alabama’s economy may have to wait two more weeks based on comments from Alabama State Officer Dr. Scott Harris, who has the statutory authority to make judgments about reopening businesses forced to close as part of the response to the coronavirus outbreak. That seems to contradict the recommendations of Lt. Gov. Will […]

As health care providers and patients adjust to new procedures with the appearance of the coronavirus COVID-19, the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy’s Dr. Spencer Durham, who was named to Gov. Kay Ivey’s Coronavirus Task Force, offers some tips and practices. Q: What are some best practices for pharmacists to secure their pharmacy and protect […]

Jefferson State Community College provided much-needed respiratory ventilators to East Alabama Medical Center to help patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ventilators are being provided from Jefferson State’s Respiratory Therapy Program. The program uses these ventilators in simulated health care laboratories, where students learn and train for health care careers. The equipment from these student labs is the same […]

Mobile made it through the Easter storms with minimal damage and the Alabama Power crews there were dispatched to harder-hit areas of the state. That left Alabama Power’s Mobile Division with an excess of meals it had ordered from expecting to feed more people longer. Thankfully, that food was put to excellent use today. Alabama Power officials […]

Serial entrepreneur Drew Honeycutt will serve as chief executive officer for Innovation Depot beginning May 1. Honeycutt has successfully started, operated and sold multiple businesses in various industries, including software, real estate, construction and facilities management. “Drew’s drive to help others succeed in launching their businesses aligns with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Innovation Depot’s partnership to […]

With nurses, doctors and other health care professionals working every day in the thick of the fight against COVID-19, 1818 Farms decided to give them a little pampering. On Tuesday, April 14, this small Mooresville farm will join with the community to recognize these men and women for their commitment and hard work. It will award its […]

The entire planet, more or less, is fixated on the greatest pandemic in modern memory. Claire Elliott is already preparing for the next one. Elliott, a junior from Franklin, Tennessee, is part of UAB’s Undergraduate Immunology Program, one of a handful of such programs at universities in the United States. In high school, where she was […]