About 130 people are losing their jobs at a coal mine west of Birmingham.
Walter Energy is laying off 129 workers at Jim Walters Resources in Brookwood.
Company spokesman Bill Stanhouse says the job cuts are a result of conditions in the coal market. The mine is operating at reduced production levels.
Walter Energy filed for bankruptcy in July and laid off nearly 200 people at a mine in Tuscaloosa County.
The latest job cuts come as former miners rally in Brookwood in a demonstration to keep their health benefits and pensions.
Officers are back on their bicycles at the state Capitol building. APR student reporter Parker Branton has more…
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials say that you will see police officers back on bicycles patrolling areas around the Capitol building.
The agency's protective services division is relaunching the bike officer program for routine patrol and special events.
The bike unit initially began in two-thousand-and-five with two officers and has now grown to ten officers.
Spencer Collier is the Secretary of Law Enforcement for the state of Alabama. He says the bike unit helped reduce fuel costs and allows officers to work closely with employees and visitors to the capitol complex.
Huntsville's Nexus Energy Center is hosting an event to support local residents who save energy in their homes.
The Green Tie Bash will also benefit the Comfort Project. That's a program that helps disabled, elderly or underserved residents save energy in their homes. Kristen Pepper is the Marketing Coordinator for Nexus Energy Center. She says the program makes home efficiency upgrades for local residents. The program implements energy saving efforts…
“Like isolation, weather stripping, things like that at no cost to the homeowners so that helps them save money on their utilities bills and in turn helps them have extra funds the months that they usually are in dire need of saving up for food, medication that they’re on, things like that.”
Pepper says funds are expected to increase compared to the previous year. The goal this year is to receive $10,000 in donations.