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11.6.24 LEGAL NOTICE: INVITATION FOR BID # 9-2025-55; Resurfacing of Residential Streets – FY2025 – Phase 1

November 5, 2024 Portia Orr 0

The City of Huntsville will receive sealed bids, priced on a firm fixed price basis (stipulated sum), to provide all necessary equipment, materials, labor and supervision necessary, as outlined in the Plans, Specifications, and Bid […]

HUNTSVILLE METRO BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE READIES FOR LARGEST ANNUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY & EXPO

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Huntsville Metro Black Chamber of Commerce (HMBCC) will host their upcoming expo themed “Power Up: Connections. Commerce. Community” on 8 November from 9 AM to 4:30 PM at the newly remodeled […]

Alabama trails nation in women’s employment as U.S. rates hit historic high

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Bill Britt While women’s employment surges nationwide, Alabama faces persistent gaps in workforce participation and wage equity. As women’s employment rates across the United States reach record highs, Alabama lags with one of the […]

Opinion | The Women Are Angry

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Josh Moon A poll from Iowa sent shockwaves through the political world on Saturday. What it revealed shouldn’t have been a surprise. There was a poll released late Saturday evening – the famously reliable, […]

Alabama lawmaker moves to make national anthem mandatory in public schools

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Heather Gann Under a recently proposed constitutional amendment, Alabama public schools would be required to broadcast The Star-Spangled Banner at least once a week during schools hours. Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa prefiled the bill proposing the […]

St. Vincent’s 5 hospitals, 5,200 employees join UAB Health. What will change?

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton UAB Health System Friday celebrated its $450 million acquisition of Ascension St. Vincent’s hospitals, culminating a mammoth deal involving two major Birmingham institutions. The deal, announced in late June, finalized less than a year […]

Alabama lawmaker moves ahead with push to ban bump stocks in Birmingham

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Heather Gann Alabama Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D- Birmingham, has pre-filed her bill to ban devices in Birmingham that increase a weapon’s rate of fire. The bill, HB62, would ban bump stocks in Birmingham. Poll: Majority of Floridians […]

‘We are not trying to criminalize the homeless’: Mobile considers new revisions to solicitation, loitering ordinances

November 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Patrick Darrington During a pre-council meeting Tuesday, the Mobile City Council discussed proposed ordinances that would affect the city’s unhoused population. The three ordinances, all proposed by Mayor Sandy Stimpson, pertain to solicitation, loitering in […]

OBITUARIES 11/6 -11/12/2024

November 4, 2024 Bouldin 0

CELEBRITY DEATH Alabama TV news legend Mel Showers leaves legacy of ‘humility and fairness and love’ Quincy Jones dies at age 91: What he shared about his health struggles ROYAL FUNERAL Mr. Rubin Bendolph, Jr. […]

Rural Alabama county down to just one ambulance

November 2, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes A rural county in west Alabama will have only one ambulance starting Friday. The single ambulance will have to serve all of Pickens County, which is home to nearly 20,000 people and covers […]