Three community leaders from Alabama are among 39 fellows to graduate recently from the Appalachian Leadership Institute, a leadership and economic development program sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Dr. John Kvach, executive director of the Singing River Trail; Dr. Gary Padgett, professor of Education at the University of North Alabama and director of the […]

There was an audible “wow!” from the audience when the Poarch Band of Creek Indians presented a $1 million check to Thrive Alabama.

The Singing River Trail provides 220 miles of connections and collaboration with small towns, cities and historic sites across north Alabama.

The Huntsville company was ranked No. 14 among small and medium companies and is the only Alabama-based company to apprear on the list.

Huntsville was recently named one of eight “Most Charming Cities in the Appalachians” by map experts World Atlas.

It isn’t something Alabamians don’t already know, but it is always good to get affirmation of those beliefs. A new study complied from current U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, found that Alabama has the No. 7 best job market in the nation in 2023. So, boom! There it is. The study, Best & Worst […]

According to the Federal Trade Commission, a record $3.82 billion was stolen through investment fraud in 2022, making it the No. 1 costliest type of fraud in the U.S. Alabama ranks No. 24 on the list of states, having lost $21 million, the study said. Victims in Alabama lost an average of $131,533, the No. […]

Universal Engineering Science has expanded its Southeast footprint with the acquisition of Huntsville’s GEO Solutions.

Akima, an Alaska Native Corporation, has acquired Huntsville-based Pinnacle Solutions.

Bank of America recently announced Alabama is one of nine new markets in the company’s three-year renovation plan for expanding their financial center network. Bank of America said it plans to open its first Alabama financial center in Birmingham in 2024, with plans to open five by the end of 2026. In North Alabama, the […]

Imunon, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, unveiled its Good Manufacturing Practices clinical materials production facility recently. The operations are at the Huntsville campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. The new facility will provide Imunon with additional control over the quantities and costs of manufacturing non-viral DNA-based materials used in its research and development activities, the […]

It was an innovative evening at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center when start-up business accelerator gener8tor sponsored the AgTech Accelerator Showcase.

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has grown its Southeast Alabama staff to three with the naming of Ann Marie Carr as economic development associate for HudsonAlpha Wiregrass. Carr is responsible for coordinating the Economic Development Mission’s work for the Wiregrass region’s entrepreneurship and recruitment with a focus on agricultural and agtech sectors. She was the executive […]

The United Community Bank Foundation, driven by employees of United Community bank, has donated $20,000 to four nonprofit organizations in Alabama. The funds are recommendations from employees of the bank to organizations in their local communities that are important to them. The four organizations, the Princess Theatre for Performing Arts in Decatur; the Huntsville Museum […]

Just like that, Huntsville is one of seven additional dates World Wrestling Entertainment is adding to its 2023 touring schedule.

This is Torch Technologies’ eighth consecutive year being recognized for the prestigious Best Places to Work Certification.

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians made its largest financial contribution in North Alabama to support the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

A Jasper engineering firm is using drone technology from a Huntsville company to help design a coal conveyor belt. McGehee Engineering found its niche in Alabama’s coal mining industry using aerial mapping and surveying technology. The company is using GeoCue’s TrueView LiDAR technology to quickly survey a steep and rugged bluff where they are building […]

Calhoun Community College and the University of Alabama in Huntsville signed an Advanced Manufacturing Memorandum of Understanding. The partnership creates a seamless transferable career path for Calhoun students to transfer to UAH. Calhoun opened the Alabama Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence in 2019, which is a division of Auburn University’s program. The school also partners […]

With more than 350 athletes representing 40 countries, the Huntsville World Cup is the largest World Cup held outside Europe.

They may be small but they are mighty! Seventeen students at the Alabama School of Cyber Technology & Engineering will have made more than the grade when they graduate Thursday from the ASCTE Schola in Huntsville. Those 17 seniors, representing the school’s first on-campus graduating class, will have earned nearly $3.6 million in merit-based scholarships […]

Angela Herblet and Denise Morris will take part in the Deep Space Food Challenge, a global competition to develop food systems for long-term exploration missions.

Blue Origin – with its partners Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic Technology and Honeybee Robotics – has been selected to build the second human lunar landing system, NASA announced this morning. In the announcement, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson also said the space agency is making an additional investment in the infrastructure that will pave the […]

Multiple Grammy nominee Martina McBride will headline this year’s Huntsville Classic concert benefitting the Huntsville Hospital Foundation.