Alabama Notes » Birmingham http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:27:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Crime alert issued for people in East Birmingham http://alnotes.com/crime-alert-issued-for-people-in-east-birmingham/ http://alnotes.com/crime-alert-issued-for-people-in-east-birmingham/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:49:54 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/crime-alert-issued-for-people-in-east-birmingham/

The Birmingham Police Department has issued what its calling an armed robbery alert for the East Precinct area.

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View full sizeArchitectural renderings of the north view of the new student life center at UAH. (TurnerBatson Architects)BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The new student life center planned to be the centerpiece of the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus has come…

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]]> http://alnotes.com/uah-releases-architect-renderings-of-new-student-life-center/feed/ 0 Birmingham-Hoover metro area earns D on racial equity in Urban Institute’s MetroTrends report card http://alnotes.com/birmingham-hoover-metro-area-earns-d-on-racial-equity-in-urban-institutes-metrotrends-report-card/ http://alnotes.com/birmingham-hoover-metro-area-earns-d-on-racial-equity-in-urban-institutes-metrotrends-report-card/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:58:33 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/birmingham-hoover-metro-area-earns-d-on-racial-equity-in-urban-institutes-metrotrends-report-card/

The Birmingham-Hoover metro area ranked the worst of 28 Southeast metros forracial equity, and 64th out of the nation’s 100 largest metro areas, according to the Urban Institute’s MetroTrends report card released Thursday. Read more from The Birmingham News

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“Today is so exciting to have the community come out and support our efforts to build this baseball stadium,” Birmingham Mayor William Bell said. 1987 was the last time the team was housed in downtown Birmingham.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/barons-and-birmingham-celebrate-baseball-returning-to-downtown/feed/ 0 6,000-signature petition protesting coal mine plan delivered to UA trustees http://alnotes.com/6000-signature-petition-protesting-coal-mine-plan-delivered-to-ua-trustees/ http://alnotes.com/6000-signature-petition-protesting-coal-mine-plan-delivered-to-ua-trustees/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:03:58 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/6000-signature-petition-protesting-coal-mine-plan-delivered-to-ua-trustees/

The mine would discharge waste just upstream from a Birmingham Water Works intake. Read more from The Birmingham News

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The stadium will be built near Birmingham’s Railroad Park – between 14th and 16th Streets and First and Third Avenues South.

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Two teenagers have now been charged in connection with the murders of five people in Birmingham.

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This afternoon’s activities at Railroad Park are the symbolic beginning of the project to build a stadium that will bring the Birmingham Barons back to the city. Read more from The Birmingham News

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Nathaniel Karp says the Birmingham and Alabama economies are clawing back after a deep downturn Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/bbva-compass-economist-birmingham-rebounding-but-challenges-remain/feed/ 0 Steak ‘n Shake restaurant to open in Alabaster http://alnotes.com/steak-n-shake-restaurant-to-open-in-alabaster/ http://alnotes.com/steak-n-shake-restaurant-to-open-in-alabaster/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:38 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/steak-n-shake-restaurant-to-open-in-alabaster/

First of chain’s stores in metro Birmingham Read more from The Birmingham News

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