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[ November 11, 2026 ] Title games and more on tap Sports
[ November 11, 2026 ] Huntsville Hospital breaks ground on Hampton Cove emergency department Health
[ November 11, 2026 ] Don’t miss the window: what to know about 2027 health insurance open enrollment Health
[ November 11, 2026 ] Glow on a budget: Overlooked drugstore products that can help your skin shine Health
[ November 11, 2026 ] Think you have a sore throat or a frog in your throat? Acid reflux could be the culprit Health

Huntsville area adds 3,200 people each year from migration, fueling rapid growth in north Alabama

March 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Ramsey Archibald Madison County – home to Huntsville, now Alabama’s most populous city – continues to pave cotton fields and deer runs, as new homes and subdivisions proliferate across the county, driven by sudden population growth over […]

Alabama educators oppose compromise CRT bill that would ban ‘divisive’ concepts from classrooms

March 4, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach A new bill seeking to prohibit concepts related to race, gender and religion sparked confusion from Black lawmakers and concern from Alabama teachers, education leaders and college faculty at a public hearing Wednesday […]

New Alabama law means federal COVID benefits won’t increase state income taxes

March 2, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Alabama taxpayers won’t have to pay more in state income tax because of the increased federal child tax credits they received last year. Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill to shield […]

MORE ALBAMA SCHOOL DISTRICTS DROP MASK RULES

February 25, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain Nearly all Alabama school districts and some universities have now dropped mask requirements, but none have banned them outright, and proposed state bans have not made progress in the legislature. According to the […]

Alabama baseball legends included in special Negro League bobblehead release

February 25, 2022 Bouldin 0

By John Sharp Satchel Paige grew up in a section of Mobile known as “Down the Bay,” learned to pitch while spending nearly six years in the Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Law-breakers in […]

Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation

February 18, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey on Wednesday told members of […]

Historic Coretta Scott home in Alabama where she wed MLK now forgotten

February 18, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Bullet holes pock a rusted mailbox outside the vacant home where Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott were married in 1953. Part of the old wooden structure has collapsed, […]

Part 2 Story- Ambushed in Eufaula: Alabama’s Forgotten Race Massacre

February 18, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire Come with me. I want to show you what a hole in Alabama history looks like. Downtown Eufaula is postcard pretty. It fits the Hollywood idea of what a small Southern town […]

University of Alabama trustees vote to add Autherine Lucy’s name to Graves Hall

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees voted Thursday to amend the name of Graves Hall on the UA campus to Lucy-Graves Hall. “Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster is a continuing testament to […]

Black Worker At Confederate Site Raises Race Complaint

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama wel- comes visitors at the “First White House of the Confederacy,” a historic home next to the state Capitol where Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived […]