1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (190+ words) WEDOWEE " The Wedowee Utilities Board is making improvements after a newly appointed board and new leadership began sifting through documents and working to get a near-bankrupt utility on track. The Water, Sewer & Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee now…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (234+ words) In a hearing on Thursday, Mayor Randall Woodfin and the City of Birmingham lost their latest case against Central Alabama Water (CAW). Circuit Judge Frederic Allen Bolling dissolved the temporary protective order (TPO) he put in place on Monday that…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (162+ words) The legislature is poised to double Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin's annual salary, bringing it to $220,000. Senate Bill 375 (SB375) passed the Senate on Wednesday and was taken up by the House Financial Services committee on Thursday and was referred back to Jefferson…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (598+ words) Last Thursday, the City of Birmingham filed another lawsuit against Central Alabama Water. The suit argued that the utility's decision to stop adding fluoridation at the one remaining operational plant out of four was detrimental to the health of Birmingham…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (242+ words) The woman accused in a hot car death last summer was re-arrested after an indictment erroneously gave her no bond, according to court documents. Kela Stanford, 55, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury for leaving a child unattended in…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (171+ words) 1819 News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alabama Policy Institute, which has been one of the strongest voices in the state, promoting and preserving Alabama Values for 33 years. Oversight for 1819 News is provided by a separate not-for-profit board of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (348+ words) Days after making public the utility's perilous financial and operational situation, and weeks after its bond rating was downgraded, Central Alabama Water (CAW) has announced a drastic workforce reduction. Management says it was "absolutely necessary" to make the cuts and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (122+ words) A mother and her daughter were killed in a tragic crash involving an Amtrak passenger train and a vehicle. The crash occurred'at Bellingrath Road near Peary Road at 6:51 a.m. on Saturday. Brittany Williams, 31, the driver of the car, and her 8-year-old…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (212+ words) 1819 News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alabama Policy Institute, which has been one of the strongest voices in the state, promoting and preserving Alabama Values for 33 years. Oversight for 1819 News is provided by a separate not-for-profit board of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (616+ words) Newly appointed Wedowee Utilities Board chairman Barry Waldrep reviewed information from an audit of the utility following concerns of mismanagement and an investigation by the Alabama Attorney General's Office. "We are doing our civic duty to stand for the citizens…...