Olivia McMurrey

Work to stabilize the Lake Purdy Dam has been stopped, and CAW could decide early this year whether to continue.

Some water board members asked for an update on the dam stabilization project in a meeting Monday but were rebuffed.

“We're actually treating this like a disaster,” food bank executive said.

Central Alabama Water plans deep foundation to stabilize the dam before continuing rehab project; learns no dye test conducted to test seepage since the 1980s.

The documentary tells the story of Alabama prison conditions through video shot by people incarcerated in state prisons.

The pod offers a quiet, calming space for patrons experiencing sensory overload.

Here’s what to do if your home or business is one of about 40,000 in the Birmingham area served by pipelines made of lead, galvanized or unknown materials. This is the third in a series of stories on water line replacement in the Birmingham area. Tuesday: Legal, Funding Questions Surround Mandat

As part of its water main replacement project, the water works is partially replacing smaller service lines, which can release more lead into the water for a time if the pipes are made of lead or galvanized metal. This is the second in a series of stories on water line replacement in the Birming

Work had been halted on a project to stabilize the Lake Purdy dam while new board members considered the dam’s structural integrity and ways to pay for the rehabilitation project.

Members of the new regional water works board on Monday are to discuss halting a structural repair project on Lake Purdy Dam because of financial concerns, although dam failure could risk property, lives and water service.

The federal budget bill could cut food assistance for nearly 800,000 Alabamians and hike health care costs for tens of thousands, speakers said in a town hall.

The new initiative brings together public, nonprofit and private representatives to analyze the causes and make plans to address them in neighborhoods.

Residents talked about the pros and cons of the project during a public hearing Tuesday.

Residents and business owners express mixed reactions to the East Lake changes ahead of a Tuesday public hearing. Read more.

The Live HealthSmart Alabama initiative, which the University of Alabama at Birmingham launched in 2019, has a goal of pulling Alabama out of the bottom 10 states in terms of negative health…

Pioneering research at the UAB School of Optometry leads to opening of the Myopia Control Clinic and helps fight impending public-health crisis