Top Headlines: BCBSA offering COVID-19 discount; Evergreen’s new air medical service base
BCBSA offering COVID-19 discount
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama will provide $80 million in discounts to customers in November. November health premiums will...
Top Headlines: Deadline looming for schools to spend relief funding; Cinemas closing
Deadline looming for schools to spend $170 million
Alabama’s K-12 schools have until Dec. 30 to spend $170 million of coronavirus-relief funding from the federal...
Top Headlines: Alabama mine closing; Ensley building to be demolished, rebuilt
Alabama mine closure will leave 350 jobless
The Shoal Creek Mine, which runs through parts of Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Walker counties. will close for six...
Top Headlines: Amtrak cuts schedule, Seven charged in pain clinic scam
Amtrak cuts schedule because of COVID-19
Amtrak has cut its long-distance schedules back, including the Crescent train, a New York-to-New Orleans route that runs through...
Top Headlines: Mask ordinance extended, Unemployment payments issued quickly
Mask rules extended, while hospital, nursing home restrictions eased
Gov. Kay Ivey extended a statewide mask ordinance through Nov. 8 and also eased visitor restrictions...
Top Headlines: Milo’s opens Oklahoma plant, Birmingham passes budget with cuts
New board members at Manufacture Alabama
Four people have been named to Manufacture Alabama’s board of directors: Wesley Helton, sales and marketing manager, Specification Rubber...
Top Headlines: Ag secretary tours Sally-damaged region, Haynes Ambulance buys competitor
Church of the Highlands buys Shelby County land
Church of the Highlands bought two parcels of land along Alabama 119 in Shelby County for $2.25...
Top Headlines: UAH lands DOD grant, Discover helps Black-owned restaurants
UAH lands $3.7 million DOD grant
The University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the Department of Defense. The...
Top Headlines: Alabama’s sought-after employees, Alcohol sales cutoff will end
Huntsville Company will make bomb-clearing vehicle
Parsons Government Services Inc., of Huntsville, has won a nearly $40 million contract to build 13 vehicles that can...
Top Headlines: AT&T donates to Birmingham Promise, Music venues seek federal aid
AT&T gives $300,000 to Birmingham Promise
AT&T has given $300,000 to Birmingham Promise, a program that provides tuition and work experience for students going to...