Editorials

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (428+ words) U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) believes the U.S. needs to rethink its relationship with its southern neighbor because the country violated international law. The Mexican government, using the military, seized Vulcan Material’s deep-water port in Quintana Roo, Mexico, in 2023. Earlier this week,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (201+ words) U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) agrees with President Donald Trump that some changes need to be made at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first Black secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a historian who previously founded the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (958+ words) Standing in front of rows of tractors and heavy equipment at a longtime North Alabama family business, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) picked up the endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday in his bid for another term representing Alabama’s…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (40+ words) The Decatur Police Department is teaming up with the Food Bank of North Alabama to help feed families in need. The Decatur Police Department is teaming up with the Food Bank of North Alabama to help feed families in need....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) The backlash against data centers is spreading across the country, and angry confrontations at local government meetings are increasingly becoming part of the national story. But anger isn’t evidence. In Alabama, communities should evaluate data center projects based on what…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (580+ words) Charles Whatley, a dairy farmer from Beauregard and builder who served in the Alabama House of Representatives and helped feed hundreds each year at his family’s Whatley Stew, died Monday, Aug. 24. He was 81. He was the father of former state…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (590+ words) This year, we made an important decision. We enrolled our children, Kruz and Paizlee, at Legends Virtual Academy, an online public school. People have asked me why we’d make that choice. It wasn’t one we made lightly. The answer starts…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville vowed to protect the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) and fired back at Doug Jones over a Social Security attack aimed at linking his criticism of the federal program to Alabama’s state retirement system. Tuberville, the Republican…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (378+ words) Press start on the coffee pot or hit the TV remote, and electric devices zoom to life: Alabama Power is on and ready to serve. At its core, the reliable electricity Alabama Power customers daily expect is due to the…...