HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A 91-year-old motorist visiting a northern Alabama city mistook a pond for a parking lot and drove the vehicle into the water on Thursday, authorities said. According to Huntsville ...

GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for how to close ash ponds by covering them in place, a process utilities insisted would protect human ...

A teen and his uncle drowned in an Alabama pond after each tried to rescue the other, authorities said. 17-year-old Gabriel Alonzo chased a dog into the pond in the afternoon of June 4, Lawrence ...

All of Alabama’s active coal ash ponds are located less than five feet above groundwater aquifers, according to filings from the state’s utilities, and will have to close permanently in order to ...

Alabama Power Co. and Mississippi Power Co. are keeping basic safety and inspection records for dams around coal ash ponds out of the public eye, calling them "confidential business information." Both ...

BUCKS, Ala (WKRG) — Environmentalists say in the best case scenario, it poses a risk of groundwater contamination, and in the worst case scenario, it poses a risk of an environmental catastrophe. It’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TROY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a man has ...

One of Alabama Power’s coal ash ponds is leaking harmful metals into the groundwater, according to a new federal lawsuit filed today. Coosa Riverkeeper is suing Alabama Power, alleging that its ...