Literally and figuratively, the Rocket City Trash Pandas boast the hottest ticket in north Alabama. On a steamy weekend night, thousands of fans crowd into Toyota Stadium to watch the Trash Pandas take the field against the Birmingham Barons. Temperature at the start of the game was 90 degrees and hazy skies could be seen […]

Madison County has received the highest credit rating in its history after a recent upgrade by Moody’s Investors Service, according to Commission Chair Dale Strong. Strong described the enhanced rating as a “momentous announcement.” The Moody’s rating improved from Aa2 to Aa1. In the Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings, Madison County was given a rating […]

It’s quickly apparent when you drive onto the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville that you have entered a place serious about academics, research and student success. As an illustration, the name of the road into the main entrance is Knowledge Drive. Just a short distance beyond that entrance is a directional sign […]

The continued and aggressive growth of the Von Braun Center as an entertainment venue and a destination for conferences in downtown Huntsville is drawing the attention, and investment dollars, from commercial real estate developers. Huntsville leaders have established a target of 1,300 downtown rooms that can be part of the community’s efforts to bid for […]

If the Madison County Commission was given a grade for the management of its finances, it would have earned a grade point average of 4.0. According to the most recent Department of Examiners of Public Accounts summary report, the examiners did not turn up any weaknesses or deficiencies in the county commission’s internal controls over […]

The Metropolitan Planning Organization gave its approval to move ahead on two road construction projects that will improve the safety and traffic flow on a congested arterial road for northwest Madison County, Huntsville and northeast Limestone County. “I’m grateful for the monumental progress that is being made on this important road project for north Alabama. […]

Dr. John Christy is among planet Earth’s best known climate scientists. However, being skeptical of today’s claims of a “broken climate” isn’t how he thought he would gain such notoriety when he began his quest for knowledge about climate science at age 10, as he describes in his new book, “Is it getting hotter in […]

The inability to secure a conference affiliation for the University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey team has resulted in a suspension of the university’s troubled program. A year ago, UAH announced its plans to discontinue the men’s ice hockey program as one of several cost-saving measures forced by the financial uncertainties associated with COVID-19. UAH […]

Alabama has been chosen as one of six locations in the U.S. designated a Defense Manufacturing Community as a result of collaboration...

When you think about innovation and technology improvements, the chances are very high you don’t think about the water that enters your home when you turn on a faucet or flush your toilet. That’s not the case for Madison County Director of Public Works Chuck Faulkner. He sees technology and innovation being exploited to save […]

HUNTSVILLE — Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to express confidence in Madison County’s ability to recruit and produce an advanced workforce for FBI’s expansion plans, and those highly educated and skilled workers will be the key to the agency’s success in the future, according to agency officials. The local FBI workforce is […]

Huntsville International Airport is one of five airports in the United States selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to host an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detection and Mitigation Research Program Test Site. Airport officials submitted a proposal to the FAA in fall 2020 that advanced the airport as the operator host for an FAA […]

Pandemic. Did someone say pandemic? The term obviously failed to resonate with the Madison County real estate industry during 2020. While there was a slight pause in the second quarter, the robust activity for the remainder of the year provided an astounding overall growth increase of 25% for the past year. Total of all sales […]

HUNTSVILLE — The days of residents driving around the Madison County courthouse square looking for a parking spot to conduct personal business with the County are no more. The time and energy wasted standing in lines at overcrowded offices — no more. Beginning March 1, getting licenses, automobile plates, seeing the tax assessor or paying […]

Veteran aerospace and defense industry leaders in North Alabama do not anticipate drastic change for Redstone Arsenal as a result of changing leadership in Washington, according to a roundtable discussion with Yellowhammer News. That seemed to be the consensus of corporate executives recently gathered on a Zoom call. Joining the call were Jeff Gronberg of […]

The Department of Defense released defense spending for Fiscal Year 2019, and the amount of money spent in Alabama produced no real surprises in many of the categories tracked by the Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) — formerly the Office of Economic Adjustment. Madison County, home to the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal, dominated many of […]

It is a celestial treat for amateur astronomers as well as those interested in tying the heavens to religious events. It’s the annual planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that should be easily viewed in the early evening sky. The event is also called the Christmas star. The planets regularly appear to pass each other […]

Dr. Kimberly Robinson, a 31-year veteran of NASA, has been named the chief executive officer of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. The hiring was announced Tuesday by the Alabama Space Science Exhibition Commission, the state agency that oversees the operation of the center. She will begin her new role on Feb. 15, 2021. Her […]

Soon it could only take an hour to find out what pathogen is making you ill following the successful demonstration of the world’s first multi-pathogen identification using non-amplified RNA detection by GeneCapture, a company cofounded by researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). GeneCapture has licensed a molecular binding technology from UAH, and […]

In a world that has been turned upside down by a global pandemic, a pair of Alabama cities have been ranked in 2020 among the 100 best places to live in the United States: Huntsville and Auburn. For the past seven years, Livability.com has released a data-driven list of the “Top 100 Best Places to […]

The University of Alabama in Huntsville will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, January 16, at 3 p.m. in Room 112 of the Student Services Building. Bob Zellner will be the special guest and featured speaker during the commemoration program on the UAH campus. Zellner is the son and grandson […]

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will host a variety of events and activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon. UAH has played a key role in America’s space program since Marshall Space Flight Center Director Dr. Wernher von Braun helped create the university’s Research Institute […]