7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (250+ words) The backlash against data centers is spreading across the country, and angry confrontations at local government meetings are increasingly becoming part of the national story. But anger isn’t evidence. In Alabama, communities should evaluate data center projects based on what…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (493+ words) The Alabama Crimson Tide made an announcement this week that has all of college football buzzing. For the second year in a row, head coach Kalen DeBoer had a major decision to make at the most important position on the…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (377+ words) The Vestavia Hills High School volleyball program is hosting a very special event this weekend on Saturday, August 29 at Wald Park as the indoor sport prepares to take things into the elements. Having games during the day and at night…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago   (405+ words) Services for the Citizen of the Century in Cullman, Alabama have been set. Visitation for Roy Drinkard will be Thursday, August 27 in Drinkard’s famous home, the Borkenau, 405 9th SW in Cullman. Everyone is invited for a 2 to 6 p.m. receiving line. The…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago   (893+ words) Jackson Boyd Rumsey never thought she’d spend nearly two decades at The University of Alabama — one opportunity simply followed another, again and again. Rumsey, now Assistant Vice President for Presidential Operations at UA, started in the Office of Special Events…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (398+ words) TVA’s new data center rate is designed to protect North Alabama households and businesses from absorbing the costs of rapidly growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence and large-scale computing facilities. The Tennessee Valley Authority Board approved changes to its wholesale…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (711+ words) Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Wednesday that Meta Platforms Inc. will pay Alabama $117,345,409 and rebuild how Instagram and Facebook work for every user under 18. Because his office tried the case in house, the attorney general said, 100% of the money…...

12+ hour, 19+ min ago   (378+ words) Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced that wage and salary employment increased by 20,400 over the year to 2,209,500, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+10,600), the private education and health services sector (+6,400), and the government sector (+5,400), among others....

13+ hour, 48+ min ago   (350+ words) The University of Alabama at Birmingham has named UAB Department of Neurology Chair David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D., as its next vice president for Research following a national search. In his new role, Standaert will serve as a senior UAB leader on…...

14+ hour, 34+ min ago   (372+ words) 7. Country music icon Dolly Parton died Tuesday in Nashville at age 80, with nephew Bryan Seaver announcing, “Dolly has lived in the light, and is in the arms of Jesus,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ordered flags lowered through Sept. 1 and praised…...