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WEB3 days ago · BW’s Crenshaw Recognized With NFPW National Awards July 10, 2024. Solomon Crenshaw Jr., a regular writer for BirminghamWatch, recently won a third-place award and honorable mention in the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator’s Awards for two of his BirminghamWatch pieces, along with a first-place award for a story published by the Bending the Arc Project.
Birmingham Gets New Economic Director, Water Board Members
WEBJan 12, 2021 · Cornell Wesley, director of Birmingham’s Office of Innovation and Economic Opportunity. (Source: City of Birmingham) Although still recovering from COVID-19-related pneumonia, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced three major political appointments Tuesday morning, including a new director of innovation and economic opportunity and two members of the Birmingham Water Works Board.
Officials Break Ground on a New $120 Million Cooper Green Facility
WEBJan 9, 2023 · Officials broke ground on the new Cooper Green Mercy Health clinic on Jan. 9, 2023. (Cody Short, WBHM) Officials with Cooper Green Mercy Health broke ground Monday for a new clinic that’s set to open in 2025. The facility will be built on the site of the former Cooper Green parking deck that was demolished in early 2022.
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Legendary Birmingham Sports Promoter Art Clarkson Dies
WEBOct 8, 2019 · Art Clarkson. Art Clarkson, who ran two of Birmingham’s best-known minor league sports teams among many other ventures, has died at age 78, just months after retiring from his last sports management job. Clarkson has had a hand in management of numerous sports operations across the country, but he …
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WEBAbout Us. BirminghamWatch is a digital-based news organization and program of the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism (AIIJ). AIIJ is a non-profit and non-partisan organization that aims to serve the civic good of Birmingham and Alabama by supporting journalism that makes a positive impact and encourages citizen engagement with fair ...
Phillips Academy - BirminghamWatch
WEBJun 6, 2019 · Phillips Academy is the top-performing school in the Birmingham City Schools system, according to the ERC for 2017-2018. The only school to achieve an “A” grade, 84 percent of its students met or exceeded proficiency standards for reading and math combined, and 100 percent of students demonstrated academic growth in those subjects.
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WEBNov 17, 2023 · BW’s Crenshaw Recognized With NFPW National Awards July 10, 2024. Solomon Crenshaw Jr., a regular writer for BirminghamWatch, recently won a third-place award and honorable mention in the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator’s Awards for two of his BirminghamWatch pieces, along with a first-place award for a story published by the Bending the Arc Project.
Martin Luther King’s 1963 Birmingham arrest spurred a Supreme …
WEBOct 19, 2022 · The case is Walker v. City of Birmingham, which ruled on the legal principles that allowed Bull Conner and Birmingham to jail Martin Luther King Jr. on Good Friday, 1963. Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy explains why the case continues to influence legal thinking during these tumultuous times.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS - BirminghamWatch
WEBMay 25, 2022 · DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS. Anne Ruisi, May 25, 2022. Share this story: Unofficial results with about 98% of precincts reporting. Governor. Yolanda Rochelle Flowers — 31.1%. Malika Sanders Fortier — 32.88%. Patricia Salter Jamieson — 11.47%. Arthur Kennedy — 9.46%.