The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama took home the Chamber of the Year Award on Tuesday. The group received top designation of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives from among 1,600 chambers of commerce representing more than 9,000 professionals in the industry. To compete for the award, chambers were required to participate in […]

Montgomery lawyer Gibson Vance is set to become the 147th president of the Alabama State Bar in 2022. A principal at the Beasley Allen Law Firm, Vance was installed as president-elect of the state legal organization at its annual meeting last week. Vance said he looks forward to giving back to a group with which […]

With company founder Jeff Bezos on board, a Blue Origin spacecraft completed the company’s first passenger journey into space on Tuesday morning. The company’s New Shepard rocket carried Bezos, his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space. Funk is a renowned pilot who was […]

The Wall Street Journal has named the Huntsville area housing market among the top 10 in the nation. The Rocket City and its surrounding area came in at No. 10 on the outlet’s Emerging Housing Markets Index. The Journal compiled the list in collaboration with Realtor.com. “The index identifies the top metro areas for home […]

Creating a culture that spurs innovation and lays the foundation for success will help leaders survive and thrive in a hyper-competitive landscape, Greg Barker, president of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA), said recently. Innovation is a must, not an option, in this era of rapid change across industrial sectors, Barker said during a Frontier Conference virtual session […]