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COVID-19 exposure notification app now available to the public

Public health officials are hoping as many people as possible download a phone app that can notify them if they’ve been exposed to someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19. The more people who do so, the better the app can help slow the spread of the deadly disease, said Curtis Carver, UAB’s chief information officer, … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

August 17, 2020

Executive director at Alabama Possible leaving for new role in Ohio

Kristina Scott, executive director of the statewide poverty nonprofit Alabama Possible, is leaving her position on Sept. 4, the organization announced Friday. Scott is headed to Dayton, Ohio to take on the role of chief executive officer of Learn to Earn Dayton, an education advocacy organization. Scott had been at Alabama Possible since August 2008. … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

August 17, 2020

An interview with Rick Neighbors, who is challenging Congressman Robert Aderholt

Last week, the Alabama Political Reporter sat down with Rick Neighbors, the Democratic nominee in Alabama’s 4th Congressional District, where he is challenging twelve-term incumbent Congressman Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, in the Nov. 3 general election. Neighbors said that he wants to bring a better quality of life for the people of Alabama’s 4th Congressional District. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 17, 2020

Nearly 300 Alabamians have died of COVID-19 in the first weeks of August

The Alabama Department of Public Health over the weekend confirmed five additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the state’s death toll to 1,830. At least 299 of the deaths have been reported in the first half of August. The state of Alabama averaged 21 COVID-19 deaths per day through the first two weeks of August. In … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 14, 2020

Jefferson County health officer, UAB head say COVID-19 numbers are improving but flu season is near

Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson said Friday that the county’s COVID-19 numbers are improving, but with schools reopening and flu season approaching, it’s critical for the public to continue wearing face masks and practicing social distancing. Wilson and Will Ferniany, the CEO of the UAB Health System, held a press briefing on Friday … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

August 14, 2020

Seventeenth Alabama inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

William Edward King, 65, is the 17th Alabama inmate to die after testing positive for COVID-19. King tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1 at a local hospital, where he was being treated for an end-stage preexisting medical condition, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced on Thursday. King’s condition improved, and he was released, but … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

August 14, 2020

Governor’s chief of staff self-quarantining after wife tests positive for COVID-19

Gov. Kay Ivey’s chief of staff is self-quarantining after his wife tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, but the governor was not exposed this week to either her chief of staff, Jo Bonner, or his wife, Ivey’s office said Friday. “After attending a visitation with some friends in Mobile last Friday, Jo Bonner’s wife, … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

August 14, 2020

Tuberville: “There is no doubt. We have got to play football”

Former Auburn head football coach and GOP Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville said “we have got to play football” in an interview on Fox News when host Dana Perino asked Tuberville if college football should be played this year. “Oh, there is no doubt, Dana, we have got to play football,” Tuberville said. “I know this … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 14, 2020

Alabama weekly unemployment claims dip below 10,000 for first time since March

It is the lowest number of initial claims filed in a week since the number first spiked in the third week of March, when it jumped from 1,824 to 10,982 — though still much higher than before the pandemic began.

Micah Danney

August 13, 2020

Mazda, Toyota invest additional $830 million in joint Huntsville plant

The additional investment into the plant, which is to produce new SUV’s for both car companies, is for new manufacturing technologies to the production line and additional training for the 4,000 or so expected workers.

Eddie Burkhalter

August 13, 2020