Tag: birmingham
Updates from City of Birmingham, Miles College, BCRI on coronavirus
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Friday instructed the city’s Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity to identify ways to support...
List of Birmingham events cancelled or delayed due to coronavirus
The Birmingham Times
Due to a growing concern over the spread of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, several events with an expected large attendance...
Minority Firms Seek Part of Birmingham’s $1B Construction Boom
By Roy S. Johnson
AL.com/The Birmingham News
Rico Washington was sad. Oh, he was ecstatic, too. His company, Construction Works, won the bid to construct a...
Roy Wood Jr. Makes Comedy Central to His Hometown
By Michael Tomberlin
Alabama NewsCenter
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. came home to Birmingham to produce a television show but ended up playing the part of Nick...
Condoleezza Rice Inspires, Challenges Birmingham Students
By Jeremy King
doingmoretoday.com
There are three ways to deal with barriers.
Go around them. Go over them. Or, if you have to, just go right through...
Mayor Woodfin Announces Plan to Pardon Misdemeanor Marijuana Possession
birminghamal.gov
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin on Monday announced an initiative that will allow individuals previously convicted of unlawful possession of marijuana to apply for a...
State’s first Envision Center comes to HABD’s Marks Village
The Birmingham Times
The Campus of Hope, a one-stop shop for residents to achieve goals of self-sufficiency, in Marks Village has been designated a HUD...
With Freeze On the Way, City to Open Warming Station At...
The City of Birmingham will open a Warming Station at the Boutwell Auditorium on the nights of Tuesday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 13.
The Boutwell...
Birmingham selected as site of 2023 NABJ Convention
Times staff report
Birmingham will host the 2023 National Association of Black Journalists Convention & Career Fair, the NABJ announced Thursday.
This is the first time...
Birmingham residents vote overwhelmingly to renew taxes for city schools
Times Staff Report
Birmingham residents on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to renew the ad valorem property tax that supports the Birmingham City Schools (BCS) system.
According to...
