Tag: COVID-19
Otelco Reflects COVID Internet Surge in Rural Alabama
A small internet service provider in North Alabama gives a good insight into how the virus crisis is affecting internet usage in more rural...
Alabama Food Banks Stretch to Serve Growing Demand
Alabama food banks have seen an overwhelming need for emergency food going to Alabamians since the mid-March layoffs began along with business shutdowns.
"We've never...
Selloffs and Shocks: How Investors are Reacting
Beyond health, a big concern related to the virus crisis is the effect it has had on long-term individual savings and investments. To monitor...
Accountants Create Rapid Response Unit
In response to our call for stories from the front lines of the ongoing virus crisis, Kari Wolfe, with Avizo Group, an accounting firm...
Alabama COVID-19 Deaths to Jump After Change in Counting
Alabama should be prepared to see a sudden rise in the number of COVID-19 deaths reported by state health officials, said Jefferson County Health...
Alabama Banks Help Customers, Businesses Navigate COVID-19 Economy
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has taken the small business sector by storm, causing many to temporarily shut their doors, lay off employees and think...
Panoply Arts Festival Goes Virtual
Businesses and organizations, large and small, across the state have all been impacted by the coronavirus, but they aren’t alone. Events, festivals, tourism attractions...
Preparing for Re-opening your Business
Governor Kay Ivey says she plans to review, before April 28, her orders for the closing of nonessential businesses in the state owing to...
Alabama Unemployment Claims Steady vs. Florida Logjam
Comparisons of Alabama to its neighbors, particularly Florida, usually do not invite good will for Alabama. But Alabamians out of work because of the...
Robins & Morton Makes Deadline on Miami Project
Alabama’s own Robins & Morton finished its two-week odyssey April 20 in Miami, turning the Miami Beach Convention Center into a 450-bed field hospital...