Brent Conklin

Mar 29, 2024 | al.com | Brent Conklin

The markets and our Huntsville and Alabama Stock Report closed out a short trading week on a positive note Thursday. Encompass Health was the big winner, rising 6.5%, or $5.02, to close at a 52-week high of $82.58. The nation’s largest system of rehabilitation hospitals is headquartered in Birmingham. It has seven hospitals across Alabama: Huntsville, Gadsden, Birmingham, Pelham, Montgomery, Phenix City and Dothan. Community Health Systems gained a dime, or 2.9%, to close at $3.50 a share.

Mar 17, 2024 | al.com | Brent Conklin

Sundays can be days for catching up on things, including local stories you may have missed in last week’s daily digital editions of The Birmingham News. So, to help you out, here are some of the stories our readers found most interesting. REV expands business district: Two communities in downtown Birmingham should be seeing vast improvements this summer as they join the city’s expanding Business Improvement District.

Mar 10, 2024 | al.com | Brent Conklin

Sundays can be days for catching up on things, including local stories you may have missed in last week’s daily digital editions of The Birmingham News. So, to help you out, here are some of the stories our readers found most interesting. Hoover trash pickup: Thousands of local AmWaste customers with Wednesday/Saturday garbage pickups will receive a new pickup schedule by the end of this month. Lede reporter Heather Gann had the details.

Mar 3, 2024 | al.com | Brent Conklin

Sundays can be days for catching up on things, including local stories you may have missed in last week’s daily digital editions of The Birmingham News. So to help you out, here are some of the stories our readers found most interesting. Outdoors icons: In just a little more than a month, Alabama has lost a trio of outdoors icons.

Feb 25, 2024 | al.com | Brent Conklin

Sundays can be days for catching up on things, including local stories you may have missed in last week’s daily digital editions of The Birmingham News. So to help you out, here are some of the stories our readers found most interesting. Eye on Vestavia: While Vestavia Hills works to update its long-term comprehensive plan by next year, city leaders are hammering away at a long list of other exciting projects for 2024.