Coal mine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a mobile lab to test for black lung and other ailments common to coal miners in Alabama. The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Health has screenings scheduled in Sumiton today. Stops in Bessemer, Berry, Brookwood, Adger, and Tuscaloosa begin tomorrow.

On Saturday, April 8, the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Alabama Paleontological Society will be hosting a free fossil Track Meet from 11 am until 3:30 pm in the Grand Gallery of Smith Hall.

OAKMAN, Ala. (AP) — The United Mine Workers Association says 350 workers will be laid off when a mine in Alabama is temporarily closed. The district vice…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A new coal mine is planned in west Alabama after a county approved more than $26 million in tax breaks for the project. The…

A federal judge has shut down the state of Alabama’s effort to cut off Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood.U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued a…