Alabama Moving to Covid Contact Tracing
Contact tracing of individuals in Alabama infected with SARS-CoV-2 is coming soon, by way of a smart phone application now being developed by the...
Top Headlines: Woodfin orders removal of Confederate statue, Food prices see historic jump
Birmingham mayor orders removal of Confederate statue
As the sun set on an extraordinary day of civil unrest across America, the mayor of Birmingham ordered...
Two Auburn Profs Win LAUNCH $ for Great Notions
Novel developments for agricultural feed and 3D printed batteries top this year’s list of innovations in the LAUNCH competition.
Jones Valley Teaching Farm Takes its Lessons Home
Since 2007, Jones Valley Teaching Farm has grown produce on Birmingham-area school campuses, teaching student apprentices all about the growing process — intermingled with...
New Study: 42% of Covid Deaths in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities
According to a new analysis of data collected state-by-state from long-term care facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities account for 42 percent of...
Top Headlines: Development on Lakeshore Parkway, Welcome to hurricane season
Birmingham’s Lakeshore Parkway seeing more development
There’s more action happening along Birmingham’s Lakeshore Parkway, which has seen continued development over the last year. Dunkin’ will...
China’s Drivers Like Mercedes
Though it comes with an asterisk, Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield shared the news this week that Alabama’s first quarter auto exports to China...
PS Logistics Acquires CT Transportation, Southeast Logistics
Birmingham-based PS Holdco LLC, parent of PS Logistics, recently acquired the assets of Savannah-based CT Transportation, when the Georgia firm’s parents filed for Chapter...
$4.9 Million Eases Housing Burden in B’ham
Birmingham-based Housing Affordability Trust recently awarded a total of $4.9 million in annual grants to 20 nonprofits in metropolitan Birmingham for initiatives that make...
Top Headlines: Lowndes County hit hard, Rodney Scott talks barbecue
Virus spreads out to Alabama’s least populated areas
Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama's old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both...