Author Archives: Alabama News Center
Alabama Power Crews Headed to Illinois to Support Storm Recovery
Alabama Power crews, fresh off supporting East Coast restoration efforts from Tropical Storm Isaias, are now moving west to help get the lights on in Illinois. Continue reading →
Alabama: Drop Everything and Get Counted
Census workers began household visits across the country this week to those who have yet to complete the census. Workers are wearing personal protective equipment are are practicing social distancing. Continue reading →
Alabama Power Crews Work Through Weekend to Support New Jersey Storm Recovery
Alabama Power crews in New Jersey worked through the weekend, helping restore power to people affected by Tropical Storm Isaias following its destructive journey up the East Coast. Continue reading →
UAB Students Receive Aid to Offset COVID-19 Expenses
Before the pandemic, UAB graduate student Aubrey Mallory was in Orlando, Florida, for a semester interning at Walt Disney World. She was supposed to stay through May. Continue reading →
This Alabama Company Can Help You Live Out Your Rock and Roll Fantasy
In his 2018 memoir, “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain describes the inspiration for one of the band’s biggest hits. “Somewhere in the hum and steady rocking on a tour bus heading to Saratoga Springs, I heard a tune in my dreams and thought of lyrics that woke me up,” he wrote. Continue reading →
Alabama Youth Dove Hunts Provide Gateway to the Outdoors
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) provides several youth dove hunt opportunities throughout the state each fall. Continue reading →
UAB Launches Second Round of Urgent, High-Impact COVID-19 Research
Urgent high-impact COVID-19 research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is catching a second breath, thanks to the generosity of Alabama business donors and the clinical skills of researchers. Continue reading →
Masks Made From Banana-Tree Species Could Cut COVID-19 Plastic Waste
Fiber from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to fight the coronavirus. Continue reading →
UAB Pathology to Process More Than 200,000 Samples in GuideSafe Entry Testing of College Students
Nearly a quarter-million college students across Alabama can be tested for COVID-19 with a free, rapid, noninvasive nasal-swab-based procedure, to ensure a negative test – or quarantining in the case of a positive result – before returning to campus. Continue reading →
Chalk Up Auburn’s First Virtual Sidewalk Art Contest as a Success
But for the COVID-19 pandemic, residents, and visitors to Auburn would have strolled the sidewalks of the city during the annual July SummerNight Downtown Art Walk. Continue reading →
