BirminghamWatch1d
Dining-ham: Birmingham Rebrands as Foodie Haven
Birmingham’s restaurant scene is helping change outside perceptions. Once dismissively nicknamed “Bombingham” for its deadly ...
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Birmingham Police Receive $4.2M Grant for Crime Center
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a $4.2 million federal grant for to help fund the police department’s Real ...
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Wait a Minute: JeffCo Commission Recesses, Immediately Reconvenes and Increases Employee COLA to 3.5%
As the meeting wound down, County Attorney Theo Lawson called Finance Committee Chairman Joe Knight to the end of the dais to ...
BirminghamWatch8d
What a Difference a Day Makes: JeffCo Commission sends 2024-25 Budget to Thursday’s Agenda With Variable Day for Employees
Jefferson County commissioners sent the 2024-25 budget — which includes a variable off day for each county employee — to the ...
BirminghamWatch9d
Birmingham Council Revokes Licenses for LGBTQ Club, Citing Major Security Concerns
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday revoked all city licenses for The Quest Club, a longstanding LGBTQ meeting spot in ...
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And Then There Were None: Jefferson County Released From Sewer Consent Decree
Jefferson County’s Valley Creek Water Reclamation Facility. (Source: Jefferson County.) A federal judge on Thursday released Jefferson County from a decades-long consent decree ordering rehabilitation ...
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Birmingham Council Earmarks $200K in Opioid Funds for Drug Nuisance Abatement Program
Graphic by Daniel Gaddy using data from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office 2023 Annual Report. The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to put more than $200,000 of opioid settlement money ...