Birmingham AL

You can smell the hickory before you see the smoke, and that is when you know you are close. Alabama’s rib shacks turn patience into flavor, letting low heat and humble pits work magic on every bone. These spots deliver bark that snaps, meat that sighs, and sauce you will barely need. Ready to chase the smoke and...

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch in Birmingham on Thursday, Dec. 18, from 5:07 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.. This warning applies to Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston counties. West Alabama weather radar .oembed-asset-photo-image { width: 100%; } What are...

Encouraging and enabling innovation. Building the workforce of the future. Creating and enhancing opportunities that keep talented young people in Alabama — and attract them from across the nation and around the world. Continuing to invest in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as an integral...

The Alabama Department of Human Resources has begun distributing new chip-enabled EBT cards to enhance security for SNAP and TANF benefits. The pilot program is currently underway in 11 counties, including Chilton, Coosa, Autauga and Shelby, and will last 30 to 45 days. Commissioner Nancy Buckner expressed...

The Birmingham skyline will look a little different from the south very soon. Those used to seeing the Landing logo on the south façade of the John Hand Building will see the sign change to one for CommerceOne Bank, a new bank where Landing and Shipt founder Bill Smith serves as a founding board member. Smith was...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The City of Birmingham is moving forward with plans to temporarily pause the development of data centers as leaders work to better understand the potential impact of such facilities. The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday set a public hearing to consider a temporary moratorium on data...

The Birmingham City Council approved a pair of agreements on Tuesday with the Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity for the construction of new homes and also repairs on existing, occupied homes. Combined, these agreements would provide 8 new single-family affordable homes and providing roof repair/fortification...

In Ensley, a historic Birmingham neighborhood shaped by industry, culture, and resilience, community leaders are working to build a Black Arts District that honors the past while creating new opportunities for the future. Organizers say the effort is about more than art. It is about reclaiming Ensley’s legacy,...

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. (WBMA) — As investigators in Rhode Island continue their search for the gunman who opened fire inside a Brown University building last week, killing two students and injuring nine others, loved ones in Alabama are remembering one of the victims — 19-year-old Ella Cobbs Cook of Mountain Brook — as...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - As Hanukkah celebrations unfold across the Birmingham metro area this week, many in the Jewish community are marking the holiday with both joy and resolve, even as violence and antisemitism against Jews continue to make headlines around the world. Recent attacks targeting Jewish communities...