About one in five workers who live in Alabama’s poorest and most rural region have to commute long distances to work outside ...

A new effort to tackle food access in Alabama’s Black Belt is taking a different approach—bringing groceries directly to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An empty hospital corridor A vacant hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Alabama on Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024 in Selma ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WRBL) — The second annual Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA) photo competition launched on Monday and will run through the summer months. The contest is aimed to ...

When the first thunderous gobble echoes through the hardwood bottoms and longleaf pines, hunters across the state know ...

Several poor rural Alabama counties have encountered tens of thousands - to even more than $1 million - in deficits in recent years trying to keep up with what they owe for services to residents, ...

TaDarius Dukes has already seen his twin daughters grow more confident just a few days into their workshop with Broadway performers in rural Alabama. “My daughters like to sing and dance but they’re ...

Photographer Jackson Knight shares project documenting churches, landmarks and stories of Alabama's Black Belt with ...

Researchers and advocates warned last week that proposed Medicaid cuts in the massive tax-and-spending package that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday would devastate a region that relies heavily on ...