1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (460+ words) Fort Rucker has experienced decades of change in how day-to-day operations are conducted, and longtime employee Barbara Harper witnessed many of those changes firsthand over the course of her 50-year career. Harper retired this month after spending more than five…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (224+ words) Summer is coming, schools are closing, and the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge is about to begin. Governor Kay Ivey is encouraging Alabama students entering kindergarten through eighth grade to take part in the annual challenge while learning more about the nation's…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (431+ words) The University of Alabama has officially named Dr. Lesley Reid as its next provost after she spent the past several months serving in the role on an interim basis since November 2025. As the university's chief academic officer, Reid will oversee…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (686+ words) There's an old saying: "When someone tells you who they are, believe them." And after years of watching Rep. Ernie Yarbrough talk about public education, talk around public education, and attack public education, it's getting harder to ignore the obvious…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (560+ words) Alabama parents know their children's needs better than any school administrator, district program manager, or state-level bureaucrat ever could. That is not a political statement. It is a sentiment that many families across this state are expressing more vocally. For…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (710+ words) Governor Kay Ivey on Friday introduced the Bells, an Alabama family utilizing the CHOOSE Act, the governor's education savings account (ESA) program. Parents Cameron and Tara Bell have four children: Mary Whit, age 11, in 5th grade, Shep, age 10, in 4th grade, Kyng,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (684+ words) The'University of Alabama in Huntsville'has selected aerospace engineer and veteran higher education administrator Donald J. Leo as its next president, according to an announcement Tuesday from the University of Alabama System. Leo will become UAH's 11th president on June 1. Leo brings more…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (429+ words) A new national analysis has named Birmingham the top metro area in the country for college graduates seeking career-track jobs, highlighting the city's growing economy and competitive cost of living. The ranking, published by The Wall Street Journal and based…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (256+ words) Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter has formally appointed outgoing State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) to the Alabama Charter Public School Commission. Ledbetter announced the appointment Friday, which will continue the public service of the longtime longtime education policymaker....

3+ week, 8+ hour ago  (516+ words) James W. "Jimmy" Rane, who transformed a floundering timber business into the world's largest treated lumber company, received an honorary Doctor of Commerce from Samford University's Brock School of Business during spring commencement Friday. "From time to time, universities run into,…...