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18/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 18, 2025.

18/07/2025

Community support has always been the backbone of public media, and now it’s everything.

Following the decision by Congress to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WBHM and public media stations across the country enter into an uncharted future.

This is a devastating decision for the millions of people who rely on public media every single day, including those in and around the heart of Alabama.

For WBHM this means a nearly $400,000 budget gap over the next two years. While there is a lot to figure out in the days ahead, the commitment of the WBHM team to serve our community will not change, even if the formula for how we carry out that mission does.

On behalf of the entire team at WBHM and the Gulf States Newsroom, thank you for listening and for your support. More to come soon.

Will Dahlberg
Executive Director & Proud WBHM Member since 2012.

p.s. Please enjoy this picture of Electra, WBHM's station cat and our fierce feline guardian. Sharing this to satisfy the algorithm, but also because we can never share too many pictures of her.

17/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 17, 2025.

16/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 16, 2025.

15/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 15, 2025.

14/07/2025

As he faced a trial, then prison time at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for a murder he did not commit, Calvin Duncan started to learn everything he could about the law to fight for his freedom.

Duncan and co-author Sophie Cull tell his story in the new book, "The Jailhouse Lawyer."

The Gulf States Newsroom's Kat Stromquist spoke to them about the book.

While incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Duncan would help hundreds of prisoners file appeals for their cases and motions for improved treatment.

14/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 14, 2025.

10/07/2025

Mermaids may not be real. But that hasn’t stopped people, like Kaelyn Warden, from turning it into a career. She proves that mermaiding isn’t just about fantasy, it’s about building real confidence and skills that carry over into other water sports.

Read more from WBHM’s Kelsey Shelton about Warden and Mermaid Camp.

Mermaids may not be real, but that hasn’t stopped people from turning it into a career. Mermaiding isn’t just about fantasy. It’s about building real confidence and skills that carry over into other…

10/07/2025

Jackson native Christina Dent spoke with the Gulf States Newsroom about her new book, Curious: A Foster Mom's Discovery of an Unexpected Solution to Drugs and Addiction, her own journey to rethinking drugs and addiction and how Mississippi can change its approach, too.

Christina Dent talks about founding End It For Good, her journey to rethinking drugs and addiction and how Mississippi can change its approach, too

09/07/2025

Dutch police work hand-in-hand with the health department to manage drug use offenses. It's an approach started during the country’s he**in crisis that began in the 1970s and eventually helped put an end to its crisis.

Around the same time, in 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” in the United States. In the decades since, the U.S. has treated drug use largely as a criminal justice issue — despite the staggering death toll of the opioid crisis.

For Part 2 of his series examining the opioid crisis in the United States and the Gulf South, the Gulf States Newsroom's Drew Hawkins dives into the Netherlands' approach, and if it can be replicated.

Despite the opioid crisis’ deadly toll, U.S police treat drug use as a criminal issue. But in the Netherlands, a public health approach has seen better results.

09/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 9, 2025.

08/07/2025

Here are your Alabama news headlines for July 8, 2025.