Hyundai’s first pickup, which the automaker is calling a Sport Adventure Vehicle, will go on sale later this month with a starting price of $23,990. The 2022 Santa Cruz is built by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery. The Santa Cruz will be sold in eight models with the high-end selling for $39,720.

The $33 million revitalization of one of Birmingham’s biggest empty eyesores is set to begin in July, and the project is getting help from a team of students from Tuskegee University. The transformation of the five-story, 140,000-square-foot former American Red Cross building into 192 apartments, to be known as Market Lofts on Third, will begin with […]

Last week was a big one for Alabama in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The fictional Alabama town of Haven Hills was the setting for a key moment in the MCU’s Disney+ series “Loki” in which the title character played by Tom Hiddleston confronts a female variant of himself. Unfortunately for Haven Hills, a massive hurricane is set to destroy the […]

ABC announced its primetime fall television schedule, releasing its first look at the remake of “The Wonder Years” sitcom following the life of a Black family set in Alabama in the 1960s. The 30-minute episodes will air on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. Debut dates haven’t been announced.

Mobile is literally building on its economic development success. The 1,300-acre South Alabama Logistics Park (SALP) will invest $350 million in its first phase to bring 6 million square feet of master-planned warehouse, distribution and manufacturing space near the Port of Mobile and the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. Burton Property Group is working with Team Mobile […]

A new name and new logo at the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority (TCEDA) reflect a new energy that has the organization on better footing to pursue economic growth in today’s economy. “We needed one very shared goal and brand around this economic development initiative that we’re doing within the county,” said TCEDA Executive Director […]

Hyundai had its best sales month ever in March, accelerated by its Alabama-built cars and SUVs. The automaker’s U.S. sales last month totaled 72,740 vehicles, up 153% from March 2020 and beating all previous months for Hyundai sales. The company’s top three and four of its five best-selling vehicles are made at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in […]

It’s been in the making for the past few years, but make no mistake about it – OnBoard Birmingham is all about the future. The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) has launched its online talent attraction and recruitment tool, which it has branded OnBoard Birmingham, as a way of reaching talent directly, and through those helping them, find new jobs […]

Alabamians have a new weapon against COVID-19 this Labor Day weekend that they didn’t have the past two holiday weekends when cases spiked, and officials are urging that the more who use it, the better. The launch of the GuideSafe Notification App helps people know if they’ve been in proximity to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 – all […]

One of downtown Birmingham’s largest vacant buildings could see new life as 192 workforce housing apartments after a $30 million renovation. The five-story, 140,000-square-foot former American Red Cross building at 2225 Third Ave. N. has been vacant since the organization moved out in 1999. The development team behind the $24 million revitalization of the American […]

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) in Tuscaloosa is among the first auto plants in the world to implement elements of Mercedes’ new MO360 digitized production system Mercedes-Benz Cars Operations 360 (MO360) is being dubbed a “digital ecosystem” that uses a mix of software and hardware in all phases of the auto production process with the goal of improving […]

The chef and general manager of SAW’s Soul Kitchen in Birmingham and a competitive barbecue cook from Muscle Shoals are two of the 10 finalists competing in the Final Table of the World Food Championships. Matthew Statham of SAW’s Soul Kitchen and backyard cook Morgan Cheek earned a spot in the WFC finals with wins in their divisions […]

Chef Clayton Sherrod knows that what makes a good jambalaya is the harmonious balance of the various ingredients melding together to make something...

Bake sales for financial fixes have been a Southern go-to for decades, so Alabama’s culinary community is using it as a way of helping a favorite institution. The Birmingham Bake Sale at the Market at Pepper Place on Saturday is raising money for Jones Valley Teaching Farm. It’s the brainchild of this week’s featured chef at the market, Kristen Hall, […]

The next Alabama movie star may hail from Montgomery, have four wheels and a Smartstream engine. Hyundai Motor Company and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a new multi-movie promotional partnership Wednesday that will see Hyundai cars and technology promoted in five upcoming feature films. The announced movies include “Uncharted,” based on the popular video game of the same name […]

Those who ordered Rodney Scott’s barbecue at the Market at Pepper Place Memorial Day weekend may not have realized it was the James Beard Award-winning chef and Barbecue Hall of Fame semifinalist himself loading their cars with ribs and pulled pork. Scott would be more recognizable if not for the face mask – though it was well-branded with the Rodney Scott’s […]

One Alabama high school is using social media to make every day Memorial Day. The Auburn High School Veterans Project uses its popular Facebook Page to highlight a Vietnam War veteran from Alabama every day – either on that service member’s birthday or on the day of their death. History teacher and the program’s director Blake Busbin said the Veterans […]

The company behind The Summit and The Pizitz is looking at redeveloping a historic steel plant along Birmingham’s Rotary Trail into new offices and entertainment space. Bayer Properties has a contract to purchase the Hardwick Co. building, a 110-year-old steel plant on the eastern end of the Rotary Trail at 23rd Street and First Avenue South. The building, which has a 30,000-square-foot footprint, […]

Honda Manufacturing of Alabama reopened its auto plant in Lincoln the same day Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama started back its Huntsville engine plant.

A Saturday morning at the Market at Pepper Place is supposed to be crowded. That’s part of the charm and the allure. From finding a parking place to finding the right ears of corn, the experience is all about finding your way through crowds, hugging and shaking hands with those you haven’t seen in a while and […]

Ed Farm has hired Waymond Jackson Jr. as its first CEO. Short for “education farm,” the tech-focused education and workforce development initiative backed by Apple and the Alabama Power Foundation is already showing its value in the COVID-19 crisis. Jackson told Alabama NewsCenter he is looking at ways Ed Farm can build on its current work and what it looks like after the […]

The International Olympic Committee’s decision today to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games that were to take place in Tokyo this summer could have ramifications for the 2021 World Games slated for Birmingham next summer. Based on guidance from the World Health Organization, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee made the decision to push the Olympics to sometime next year […]

Rick Barton knows what the U.S. can do to resolve conflict in the world, and he believes there is often a better way to do it. The man who started USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives and was America’s ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York, the UN’s deputy high commissioner […]

Birmingham will host the 2021 World Games in 500 days and a local firm will produce the all-important opening and closing ceremonies. Birmingham World Games officials launched the 500-day countdown today with an event at the Birmingham CrossPlex, one of the 20 venues in the greater Birmingham area that will host competitions. In addition to being a competition […]