Federal and state leaders converged Friday in Cherokee, Alabama to mark the opening of a massive new defense manufacturing facility, a project expected to transform Northwest Alabama into a key hub for U.S. naval production. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, held at the Barton Riverfront Industrial Park on the site of a former railcar manufacturing facility, drew The post U.S. Navy Secretary, Alabama delegation cut ribbon on $2.4 billion submarine factory in Cherokee appeared first on Yellowhammer News.

Iran conflict is not at a stalemate; Alabama could close primaries; the AHSAA is not doing a good job, and more on Alabama Politics This Week… After weeks of conflict, many are asking why it still feels unresolved and whether anything has actually changed. Some reports even push back on the idea that things are The post Iran conflict is not at a stalemate, Alabama could close primaries, the AHSAA is not doing a good job, and more on Alabama Politics This Week… appeared first on Yellowhammer News.

Ben Raines, the award-winning environmental journalist, filmmaker, and charter captain whose documentary and book “Saving America’s Amazon” gave the Mobile-Tensaw Delta its internationally recognized name, weighed in Wednesday on the Stockton solar controversy during an appearance on FM Talk 106.5’s “Midday Mobile with Sean Sullivan.” His verdict on the land itself was blunt. “This property The post The man who coined ‘America’s Amazon’ says the Stockton solar site is not worth the fight appeared first on Yellowhammer News.

The mayors of Alabama’s ten largest cities have thrown their collective weight behind legislation to extend and expand the state’s historic rehabilitation tax credit program, which is currently set to expire at the end of 2027. The group, known as the Alabama Big 10 Mayors and representing a nonpartisan coalition of the state’s ten largest The post Alabama’s biggest cities are pushing to save a tax credit that turns vacant buildings into economic engines appeared first on Yellowhammer News.