Major improvements are coming to downtown Alexander City's water lines thanks to a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. The grant will be combined with additional funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission to complete the task.

More than $40 million in state transportation funding has been set aside for 26 projects  that will be focused on improving Alabama's roads and bridges, Governor Kay Ivey announced Tuesday. The funding will be dispensed to various cities and counties throughout the state. The projects are all slated begin in 2024.

What was once a condemned, otherwise vacant eyesore of a building at the corner of Wynn Drive and Bradford is now a unique and vibrant educational facility that has quickly become a source of pride among city and state movers and shakers. The Alabama School for Cyber, Technology, and Engineering drew dignitaries, luminaries and a […]

LiTHOS has applied for a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade its 55,000 square-foot plant in Bessemer to produce lithium hydroxide and create hundreds of jobs, the Canada-based company announced. Lithium is among one of the world’s most in-demand metals due to aggressive ambitious electrification efforts to limit CO2 emissions, […]

Alabama's Coden Shipyard, a small, family-owned property, was the construction site of the first fully electric ship assist harbor tug boat ever produced within the United States.

Southern Research, a Birmingham based non-profit organization, has announced that it has officially opened its much anticipated Station 41 biotech incubator. The incubator, which will provide office space, wet lab space, shared lab equipment,

Eco Material Technologies, the leading producer of sustainable cementitious materials and near-zero carbon cement replacement products in North America, has announced a new partnership with Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company.

Infirmary Health of Mobile is partnering with UAB Health Systems to expand cancer care options for patients in the Gulf Coast area. Now an affiliate of UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Infirmary Health will allow patients in Mobile and Baldwin Counties to receive the care that they need without having to travel to Birmingham. With […]

Through a partnership between the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority, the University of Alabama, and the most active pre-seed investor in the world, Techstar, Tuscaloosa will now have a new, first of its kind hydrologic innovation-focused accelerator and pre-accelerator program.

“There is a seat at the table for you.”  That’s what Lisa DeVine wants all young women coming up to know.   With a 20-year career as an Army officer behind her, including a stint as a paratrooper, DeVine, vice president of Program Integration at Leidos Dynetics, has been seated at tables many of us might […]

Cynthia Crutchfield leads Alabama’s first statewide public-private partnership focused on entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation with a mission to help innovators grow roots. The Montgomery native may be at the top of her career but it’s only the beginning for her time as CEO of Innovate Alabama.  After just one year, Crutchfield and her team are […]

Ashley Robinett’s appreciation of community and collaboration has led to a career of tangible impact.  When looking to the early moments that shaped her interest in her field, she is drawn to the memory of her late high school calculus teacher, Bev Wilkin. “She saw something in me that I, quite frankly, didn’t see myself,” […]

Innovate Alabama has announced that it has opened its fourth round of applications to state based small businesses who are interested in the organization's supplemental grants program.

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville has continually said President Biden’s overregulation of American energy is driving up prices and killing jobs. In a speech from the floor of the Senate last week, Tuberville underscored that while the U.S. is a global leader in nuclear power production – there’s potential for much more. He criticized the current […]

2024 is already another big year for Birmingham-based Big Communications. On Wednesday, it was announced Big was selected to support two initiatives of Innovate Alabama — the state’s flagship public-private innovation partnership. The organization even rolled out a new website to show for it. Big says the site is structured to support all organizational pillars […]

Welcome to college football bowl season in the 21st century. The topics of eligibility and, except in the case of Florida State, injury have given way to opt outs and transfer portals. Old-fashioned sign stealing has given way to espionage. Coaches no longer need certain players to come near to hear a play or scheme. […]

A Tuscaloosa Academy student was recently recognized for creating an app that allows people nationwide to register to vote via smartphone and also helps them in planning to vote.Congressman Robert Aderholt announced Tuesday that Tuscaloosa native Brilyn Hollyhand has won his office’s 2023 Fourth District Digital App Challenge.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Engineering has teamed up with Children's of Alabama to bring an exciting new piece of equipment to young patients, particularly those who are preparing to undergo spinal fusion surgery.

A one-of-a-kind graduate program at the University of Alabama will pave the way for highly-skilled professionals to enter the ranks of the critical field of precision timing. With nearly $3 million in support from the National Science Foundation, UA is offering 24 graduate school fellowships. The fellowships pay tuition and a stipend for students to concentrate […]

Innovate Alabama's State of Innovation Day on Thursday was attended by not only some of the state's best entrepreneurs and small business aficionados, but also two well known political figures.Alabama Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, both members of the Alabama Innovation Commission, took park in the proceedings for the day.

The multidisciplinary workforce develop program will spark social and economic change in rural communities by investing people and industries.

A team of students from the University of Alabama will compete in a premier national competition to design, build, test and integrate an advanced battery pack into a commercial electric vehicle. UA is one of 12 North American universities selected for the Battery Workforce Challenge collegiate competition. It is managed by Argonne National Laboratory for […]

In an attempt to boost the U.S. Department of Agriculture's data reporting accuracy and to also assist producers within the industry, Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) has introduced legislation that would create a commission that in his words would serve to 'modernize' the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Two notable state organizations have announced that they have banded together to begin a new initiative that both hope will draw additional biotech firms into Alabama and also help to expand the already existing start up companies in the state.