Officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration say more than $1 million in disaster assistance loans have been approved for Alabama residents trying to recover from severe weather in late April and early May. SBA field operations director Frank Skaggs …
A group urged Alabama to create an inspection program for the hundreds of dams across the state, most of which they say go unregulated. Association of State Dam Safety Officials project manager Mark Ogden said at a news conference Tuesday …
The National Weather Service says winds blowing as strong as 110 mph are responsible for storm damage in the southwestern Alabama town of Atmore. Two stores were badly damaged when a storm moved through Sunday morning. Falling trees damaged two …
Alabama fire officials say the state has seen an alarming increase in fire deaths. Al.com reports that 19 people have died in fires across the state so far this year. In 2012, 71 people died in Alabama fires. Only six …
The family of a 101-year-old man who died of pneumonia after being housed in a Montgomery nursing home has been awarded $400,000. AL.com reports that an arbitrator awarded the money to the estate of John A. Garrett on Jan. 10. …
Alabama is getting more than $30 million in additional federal grants to help with the recovery from deadly tornadoes in April 2011, Gov. Robert Bentley announced Tuesday. Bentley said the recovery from the tornados that killed more than 250 people …
Many years ago, when firefighters needed practice, they had to create their own fires in old buildings and put them out themselves. That kind of training offered a high amount of realism – and a high level of danger. A …
This week mark’s Alabama School Bus Safety Week. The state Department of Education is using the week to urge motorists to be especially cautious around buses and school children. The department’s public transportation administrator, Brad Holley, says transportation employees strive …
Alabama is getting a federal grant to help homeowners in the state’s two coastal counties retrofit their homes against wind damage. State officials and officials from Mobile and Baldwin County are scheduled to announce the grant Friday morning in Mobile. …
God is a mighty fortress, the old hymn goes, and the same could be said for Romar Beach Baptist Church. With concrete walls more than a foot thick and pilings driven deep into bedrock, the waterfront church just yards from …