Alabama’s economy is humming on all cylinders as a new decade begins, with job rolls swelling to record numbers and an ultra-low unemployment rate as major industries expand their operations in the state.While the foundations are firmly in place for more growth, there are some trends unfolding across Alabama that are poised to add an […]

Appearing like a miniature version of a mockingbird, the loggerhead shrike looks like any other songbird until you find evidence of the shrike’s lethal side. “Some people call them butcher birds or French mockingbirds,” said Eric Soehren, biologist and manager of the Alabama State Lands’ Wehle Land Conservation Center in southeast Alabama. “They may look […]

The Fourth Annual END HEROIN BHAM Walk will be held on February 29, 2020, at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama. The 2020 “Champion for the Cause” is famed Alabama weatherman James Spann. The event will be emceed by Magic 96.5’s Rob Conrad. The Walk is hosted by the Addiction Prevention Coalition. It began in 2017 […]

MOULTON, Alabama – An automotive supplier and a pipe fabricator will open new industrial facilities in Lawrence County, creating a combined 78 new jobs, according to the Lawrence County Industrial Development Board. CCI Manufacturing USA Corp., a Tier 1 auto supplier, will invest $21.5 million to construct an advanced production facility that will include a rail […]

Iconic Collegiate Classics painter Daniel Moore has released a preliminary pencil drawing of his special tribute artwork to departing University of Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Moore, well-known for capturing famed Bama moments, players and coaches throughout the ages, has also opened preordering for the limited edition painting to be entitled ”Mahalo Tua.” Mahalo […]

Wiregrass businessman Jeff Coleman on Friday released the fourth television ad in his Republican bid to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02). Coleman, a former chairman of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA), was endorsed on Monday by the Alabama Farmers Federation’s FarmPAC, which is especially influential in the Second Congressional District. Entitled “Farmers,” […]

Republican congressional candidate Jessica Taylor this week spoke with Yellowhammer News about the major pro-life endorsement she received last week. Taylor garnered the coveted endorsement of the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List, one of the country’s most important pro-life organizations.

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) introduced an act to Congress on Friday that, if enacted, would go further towards preventing illegal immigrants from receiving social security payments, a practice already illegal under federal law. Brooks has termed the bill as the “No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2020.” “The prospect of ‘free’ government […]

As seen in a video tweeted out Thursday by University of Alabama Athletics head strength coach Scott Cochran, early Crimson Tide football enrollees are already getting attuned to the Bama culture of excellence. The group seen in the video, including incoming freshman quarterback Bryce Young, listened as Cochran explained to them his acronym, “P.R.I.D.E.”

The Huntsville-based HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology’s Tech Challenge (HATCH) will take place March 6-8, 2020. The institute announced Friday via a press release that they would be teaming with Acclinate Genetics and Urban Engine to expand the event in its now third year. “The Tech Challenge highlights HudsonAlpha’s collaborative environment that has proven successful over […]

Thursday during an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) said he would not be influenced by political forces on either the right or the left regarding his vote on impeachment. Media reports in recent days had raised questions about the possibility Jones would “defect” and vote to acquit President Donald […]

In a Thursday tweet, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) advised that he believes intelligence professionals withheld certain information in a congressional briefing this week about Iran due to concerns that certain members cannot be trusted. Following the U.S. military strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force – a […]

7. UAB on board for free tuition Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin had previously introduced a program called Birmingham Promise, which promises that Birmingham City School graduates will be given free tuition to an in-state college. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has now become the first university to partner in the program. UAB President […]

President Donald Trump credited a space-based early warning system with helping save the lives of American and coalition forces during this week’s Iranian missile attacks on U.S. installations in Iraq. The American military’s early warning defense system runs through a constellation of satellites orbiting Earth, and Alabamians built the rockets which powered those satellites into […]

Twenty-six Republican U.S. Senators, including Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), signed onto a resolution condemning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for withholding from the Senate the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump passed by the House in December. The resolution, authored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC), formally expresses “the sense of […]

Thursday marks three years to the date that the Clemson University Tigers beat the University of Alabama Crimson Tide to win the College Football Playoff National Championship, Dabo Swinney’s first as a head coach. The game to conclude the 2016-2017 bowl season was played January 9, 2017, with Clemson coming out out top 35-31 following […]

A powerful Atlas V rocket built at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) world-class Decatur facility is assembled and set for yet another Alabama-powered historic launch. The Atlas V rocket has now been stacked to launch Solar Orbiter, an international spacecraft bound for the inner solar system to gain unparalleled insights into the lifestyle of the sun, […]

The Crimson Standard, Alabama Athletics’ 10-year capital initiative which launched less than two years ago, announced Thursday that it had surpassed the halfway point of its fundraising goal of $600 million. The announcement was made by Athletics Director Greg Byrne, who said in a statement that more than $309 million in gifts and pledges has been received.

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks’ (R-Huntsville) bill to increase America’s level of understanding of space weather passed unanimously through the House Science Committee on Thursday. The bill is officially named the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow Act (PROSWIFT Act). Brooks co-sponsored the bipartisan PROSWIFT Act with Rep. Ed […]

State Representative Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) announced Thursday that he will be pre-filing a bill that would require Alabama public schools to make sure every entrant in an athletic competition is sorted by the gender on their birth certificate. The bill, which has been reviewed by Yellowhammer News, also forbids any state, county or municipal government/agency […]

United States Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) announced Thursday that he has introduced a resolution to censure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Byrne said Pelosi deserves censure, because to him, the way Pelosi has withheld the articles of impeachment amounts to an abuse of power. Pelosi and the Democratic majority have control over what bills and […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on Thursday became the first academic partner to formally support the Birmingham Promise scholarship, providing Birmingham City School graduates a historic opportunity to attend the highly-rated university with a one-to-one tuition scholarship match. Birmingham Promise is Mayor Randall Woodfin’s signature workforce development program — split between apprenticeship and […]

Airbus on Thursday announced that the aerospace company will again increase production rates in Mobile, resulting in 275 new jobs in South Alabama. The company plans to begin hiring the additional workers this year in order to reach a production rate of seven A320 family aircraft per month by the beginning of 2021. This growth […]

The Birmingham-based Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association on Wednesday announced that famed musical artist Kanye West and the Sunday Service Choir — along with West’s pastor, Adam Tyson– will be present for two separate sessions at the organization’s annual “Strength to Stand Conference” in Pigeon Forge, TN, on Sunday, January 19. The first session, scheduled for […]