The board over Central Alabama Water debated cuts to its budget during a meeting March 20, 2026. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey, ...

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The Butterbean Festival was first held in 2006 by the Palmerdale Homestead Community Center. It made headlines in 2010 by ...

There are times when an unfamiliar company comes to the Jefferson County Commission for an economic development package. Thursday was not one of those times. “They’ve been here from its (the company’s ...

Melton gave the council its first look at a draft of an ordinance to regulate encampments in public spaces. She defined ...

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After about two years of discussion and debate, Birmingham City Council members on Thursday decided more talk was needed ...

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and about a dozen local officials are pushing for neighborhood revitalization laws to be ...

With temperatures headed to the mid-20s overnight, the city of Birmingham and Jimmie Hale Mission will open its nightly ...