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Pandemic Funding Streams Are Down to Their Last Trickle, JeffCo Warns
Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight, finance chairman, discussed federal funding in the July 25, 2024, commission meeting. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) The end is near. Well, the end of...
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Catch It If You Can: New ‘Litter Gitter’ Installed to Capture Trash Before It...
Osprey Initiative founder Don Bates, left, and a crew member go out to install a Litter Gitter in Village Creek on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Don Bates was born to be an...
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Birmingham Council Approves $3.5M Loan, 30-Year Lease for Graymont School...
Meghan Venable Thomas, the city’s director of community development, speaks to the Birmingham City Council Tuesday about plans to redevelop the former Graymont School. (City Council livestream) The...
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Republicans Nominate Brown in House District 52 Race
It appears there will be an election to determine who will fill the District 52 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. The Alabama Republican Party on Wednesday submitted the name of Erskine...
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‘The Road Diet’: Project to Reduce Traffic, Add Room for Bikers and Walkers...
A Birmingham Department of Transportation crew paints a crosswalk on 1st Avenue South as part of Woodlaw’s “Road Diet.” (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Downtown Woodlawn’s 1st Avenue South has been...
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Birmingham Spending $20M in Grant Money on Workforce Development in Northern...
Recompete Eligibility Map (City of Birmingham) Birmingham officials on Monday announced that the city was awarded a $20 million federal grant aimed at making workforce investments in the economically...
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Jefferson, Shelby Counties Discuss Working Together on Transportation Plans
Jefferson County Roads and Transportation Director Chris Nicholson speaks to the County Commission. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) UPDATE — The Jefferson County Commission in its meeting Thursday...
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Council OKs New Zoning for Small Businesses in Residential Neighborhoods
Kim Speorl, the city’s zoning administrator, and Jess Mays, senior planner in Birmingham’s Department of Planning, Engineering and Permits, speak during a City Council hearing. (Source: City Council...
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Birmingham Council Extends Car Wash Moratorium into December
Stockvault The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a 90-day extension of a moratorium on automated car wash businesses. The measure will now be in effect until Dec. 8. “My concern with all of...
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Finally! JeffCo Awards Bid to Build Animal Care and Control Facility
Click on photo for a closer look at the plans for the new Greater Birmingham Humane Society animal care and control complex. (Source: GBHS) Allison Black Cornelius says there are few things that will...
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Birmingham Council Approves Zoning for Car Condo Near Barber
City workers display a rendering of the car condo proposed to be built near Barber Motorsports. (Source: City of Birmingham) The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a zoning change that will...
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This Time, Media Have Actually Done Some Good Work on Trump
Tom Arenberg is an instructor of news media at the University of Alabama. Donald Trump came out of hiding last week for a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago home, and the performance of the press...
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Birmingham Council Sets Hearing on Whether to Revoke Quest Business License
The Birmingham City Council voted unanimously to set a public hearing for Sept. 10 to discuss revoking the business license of The Quest Club, a private 24-hour club on 24th Street South. (Source:...
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Birmingham Council Earmarks $200K in Opioid Funds for Drug Nuisance Abatement...
Graphic by Daniel Gaddy using data from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office 2023 Annual Report. The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to put more than $200,000 of opioid settlement money...
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Commissary Kitchen Planned for Woodlawn to Boost New Food Businesses, Community
Eugene’s Hot Chicken owner Zebbie Carney is hoping to open a commissary kitchen in this building in Woodlawn. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Eugene’s Hot Chicken owner Zebbie Carney said his plan to...
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Hannity Got Bashed so It’s Only Fair to Bash the Liberal Ones, Too
Tom Arenberg is an instructor of news media at the University of Alabama. For several semesters, Fox News talk show host Sean Hannity was a featured PowerPoint slide in my lectures on media ethics and...
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Car Wash Moratorium Doesn’t Apply to Ongoing Crestwood Boulevard Project,...
Stockvault The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday decided that a group building a car wash on Crestwood Boulevard has gotten far enough along in the project that a recent moratorium on such businesses...
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Vasa Announces Run for Birmingham Council’s District 3, Kick-Starts Municipal...
Josh Vasa greets supporters before his Birmingham City Council District 3 campaign announcement. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) One day short of a year before the municipal election, Josh Vasa on...
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Jefferson County Considering Big Picture in Zoning Review
Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens speaks during an Aug. 29, 2024, meeting. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Developers looking to add garden homes to the Jefferson County real estate...
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BW’s Natta Named to Leadership Birmingham
André Natta, Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism executive director. André Natta, executive director of the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism, which publishes BirminghamWatch, has...
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