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The Alabama Department of Transportation has awarded a $167 million contract to replace Tuscaloosa's Woolsey Finnell Bridge and make improvements along U.S. Highway 82, Gov. Kay Ivey announced. Scott Bridge Co. submitted the lowest of three bids for the project and was awarded…
Alabama awarded Scott Bridge Company a $167 million contract to replace Tuscaloosa’s Woolsey Finnell and Campus Drive bridges and widen McFarland Boulevard. The project includes a shared-use path across the Black Warrior River; construction is expected to begin in early 2027 and…
A popular dessert chain abruptly closed its doors in Montgomery this week. Early in the week of Oct. 13, the Crumbl Cookies bakery on Zelda Road featured handwritten signage noting that the location was permanently closed, prompting customers to go to…
For more than 1.2 million Alabamians, the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is more than a number. It’s help at the grocery store. It’s help keeping the lights on. It’s help with the costs for everyday essentials that can stretch…
Passengers flying through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport will find new and improved facilities on their next trip, following Thursday’s opening of renovated restrooms near Gate C1. The opening marked the first completed phase of a nearly $5 million project to make the airport’s…
Maurer first moved to Madison in 2010 to help her father open Fresh Madison Market on University Avenue. Since then, Kristie has helped manage grocery stores throughout Wisconsin, but this Park Street project felt different to her. “Had it been just…
The county's child tax credit does not stand alone — it functions as a local supplemental grant layered on top of Maryland's statewide child tax credit, which was established under state law HB363, according to the Maryland Department of Legislative Services. That…
Back in 1999, Radiance Technologies started in a modest Huntsville office equipped with little more than folding tables, a handful of visionary founders, and a single Army subcontract. In an industry where defense contractors typically measure success by quarterly profit margins…
The American Conference Board of Directors voted unanimously today to admit James Madison University (JMU) as a full member of the conference. James Madison will begin competition in the American no later than July 1, 2028. Oops, something went wrong U.S. markets close…
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