The U.S. Department of Justice is ending a settlement agreement with Alabama regarding wastewater problems in a rural Alabama county where most residents are Black ...

Alabama’s major metro areas all grew last year, along with the beaches and the Wiregrass, while the sparsely populated Black Belt continued to lose people. Limestone County, part of the ...

In terms of total population, Shelby and St. Clair counties added the most people. Shelby County, the wealthiest county in Alabama, added nearly 2,400 residents. St. Clair added 1,400. No other county ...