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Alabamas economic development report card shows $4.8 billion in 2020 investment By Jerry Underwood April 6, 2021 A $40 million FedEx Ground logistics center was one of several major distribution and logistics projects announced in Alabama during 2020, amounting to more than a combined $500 million in capital investment. (contributed) Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, economic development across Alabama in 2020 generated close to $5 billion in capital investment and almost 10,000 job com...

UAB Health System CEO Will Ferniany to retire at year’s end Updated 11:32 AM; Facebook Share UAB Health System CEO Will Ferniany has announced he will retire at year’s end. Selwyn Vickers, senior vice president and dean of the UAB School of Medicine, will succeed Ferniany as CEO of system and CEO of the new UAB/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance, while continuing in his role of dean of the medical school. Ferniany has headed the system since 2008, watching it grow from five hospitals to 11...

Update: Life-Threatening Severe Outbreak Later Today and Tonight Updated: SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY/TONIGHT: Concern continues to grow over the possibility of a severe weather outbreak across the Deep South later today and specifically for Alabama this afternoon, evening, and tonight. THE SET-UP: A very dynamic storm system associated with a negatively tilted upper trough with strong wind fields will be established to the west of Alabama and head east, accompanied by a deep surfa...

NWS The text of the warning is as follows: The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Tornado Warning for... North central Marengo County in southwestern Alabama... Southeastern Greene County in west central Alabama... Southern Hale County in west central Alabama... Southeastern Sumter County in west central Alabama... * Until 300 PM CDT. * At 152 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Jefferson, or near Demopolis, moving northeast...

Scott Martin | March 16, 2021 @ 3:10 am Nearly all of North/Central Alabama has now been placed under a Level 4 Moderate Risk for severe storms throughout the day on Wednesday and into the pre-dawn hours on Thursday. This includes locations along and west of a line from Athens (Limestone Co.) to just north of Guntersville (Marshall Co.) to Weaver (Calhoun Co.) to Wadley (Randolph Co.) to just west of Tuskegee (Macon Co.). This includes the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Decatur, Hamilt...

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for… Marengo County in southwestern Alabama… * Until 1245 PM CDT. advisory area due to thunderstorms. This is causing some roadways to be covered with water, and minor flooding has been reported. Some locations that will experience flooding include… Demopolis, Linden, Uniontown, Jefferson, Thomaston, Sweet Water, Myrtlewood, Faunsdale, Dayton, Freddie Jones Field, Miller, Chickasaw State ...

There is the possibility for severe storms on Monday and Tuesday for portions of Alabama. We have the details on the counties and timeline.

Could one road project change the future of Alabama’s black belt? Updated on Mar 15, 2021; Published on Mar 14, 2021 Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said during her 2021 "State of the State" address that the state will "turn the shovel" on a four-lane U.S. 43 through Alabamas Black Belt region including Linden. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com). Twitter Share The nearest grocery store to Janice Dunning is in Thomasville, about a 10-mile drive along a narrow and winding and sometimes dangerous two-lane U.S. ...

James Spann | March 12, 2021 @ 3:08 pm WARM MARCH AFTERNOON: Temperatures are generally in the 77-81 degree range across Alabama this afternoon with a partly to mostly sunny sky. Tonight will be mostly fair with a low between 55 and 60 degrees. The weather won’t change much this weekend; warm and mostly dry with partly sunny days. An isolated shower can’t be totally ruled out over the northern quarter of the state tomorrow, but odds of any one spot getting wet are low. Temperatures wil...

In West Alabama, ‘skepticism’ turns into ‘optimism’ for a new U.S. 43 Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 13, 2021 Heavy truck traffic along U.S. 43. The highway from Thomasville to Tuscaloosa is scheduled to be widened to four lanes. The project has been discussed for decades, and was recently mentioned in Alabama Gov. Kay Iveys "State of the State" address. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com). Facebook Share Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s announcement last month that U.S. 43 would be widened from T...