MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama took its most significant step yet toward legal access to medical marijuana this week, approving the state’s first dispensary licenses after years of political resistance, lawsuits and false starts that have left patients waiting since 2021. State officials now say products could reach patients as soon as spring 2026, marking a…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. plans to invest more than $6 billion in a sprawling advanced manufacturing campus in Huntsville, a record-shattering project that state leaders are touting as the largest initial capital investment in Alabama history and a potential turning point for the state’s high-wage economy. The 260-acre facility, planned…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A pre-dawn barrage of gunfire ripped through Birmingham’s Bush Hills neighborhood Tuesday, leaving one man dead, another gravely wounded and adding yet another killing to a city already struggling with one of the highest homicide rates in the nation. Police and Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service were called at 5:57 a.m. to…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Red Sea Ethiopian, Mediterranean and Cajun Restaurant, long regarded as Birmingham’s only Ethiopian restaurant, has closed its doors, ending a decade-long run that helped introduce East African flavors to the city’s dining scene. The restaurant’s shuttering leaves Birmingham without a dedicated Ethiopian option and adds another notable loss to a food landscape…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A late-night family gathering in Birmingham’s Ensley neighborhood turned deadly Saturday when gunfire ripped through an apartment, killing two men and injuring a woman in what police describe as a domestic-related double homicide. A female relative is in custody, and detectives say the victims were among several family members who had come…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham City Council has approved zoning changes to build 64 rental cottages and townhomes on the former Carraway Hospital site, marking a key step in redeveloping the long-vacant 50-acre campus along Carraway Boulevard in the Northside neighborhood. Construction by Star Uptown developers is slated to begin in early 2026, with units…