Prominent Huntsville-based mortgage lending company Hometown Lenders (HTL) has been named title sponsor of the Bahamas Bowl, which has been owned and operated by ESPN Events since 2015. The HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl is presently college football’s only bowl game played outside the United States. The event, which is the longest-running international bowl game in […]

The Mobile Chamber on Thursday announced that former U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Mobile) will become the organization’s next president and CEO, effective June 1, 2022. Terry Harbin of Affordable Homes Gulf Coast LLC, who led the chamber’s 10-member search committee, spoke to the organization’s diligence in its selection of Byrne as its next CEO. “After […]

Over the last 40 years, former University of Alabama football star Bob Baumhower has grown his Aloha Hospitality group into a successful chain of 14 restaurants in Alabama. It all started with his first restaurant Wings & Things in Tuscaloosa, which he opened with his high school friend Phillip Weaver. At Baumhower’s restaurants, food, southern […]

Robins & Morton, which is based out of Birmingham, earned the number four spot on Modern Healthcare Magazine’s recently released ranking of the country’s top general contractors. This is not an unfamiliar place for Robins & Morton. The company has ranked among the top 10 since Modern Healthcare magazine started its ranking 36 years ago. […]

With so many people in the room, you might have thought Grant Writing 101 was some crip course, an easy A offered at the University of Alabama. But folks who filled the hall for this training session of the Alabama League of Municipalities (ALM) annual convention at Hotel Capstone know or learned that grant writing isn’t easy. They also know […]

Nine Alabama universities and one private firm are partnered in a new $20 million, five-year effort led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to develop transformative technologies in plasma science and engineering (PSE) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The goals of the “Future Technologies […]

The Yellowhammer State has reached a new record low unemployment rate, dropping to 2.8% for the first time in its 202-year history. According to the updated statistics released by the governor’s office Friday, April’s unemployment rate is down from March’s rate of 2.9%. In a statement touting the historic unemployment numbers, Gov. Kay Ivey projected […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) maintained its unblemished mission success rate as it successfully launched a Boeing spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday evening. ULA’s Atlas V rocket at 6:54 p.m. Thursday launched Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which marked the company’s 150th launch to […]

This week, Southern Research broke ground in Birmingham on a new biotech lab. Per construction plans, the facility will anchor the development of 200,000 square feet of new or renovated wet lab space for life sciences. The space doubles the organization’s lab space for researching infectious diseases and expands its work to develop new treatments […]

Earlier this week, U.S. News and World Report ranked Huntsville No. 1 in the outlet’s 2022-2023 edition of “Best Places to Live in the United States.” Alabama’s Rocket city moved up to No. 1 after being ranked third last year. Wednesday, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle reacted to the news on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” […]

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch a Boeing spacecraft capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). The Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is planned to launch Thursday at 5:54 p.m. CST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The live […]

It’s no surprise in an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it’s not the first time it’s topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently gaining traction as the best long-term investment. What does high inflation mean for real estate investments? […]

Tuesday, automobile supplier Shinhwa Auto USA Corp. announced plans to expand its Auburn footprint by establishing a second auto parts manufacturing facility. The company will invest a total of $78 million and create 42 jobs at the 400,00-square-foot facility in Auburn Technology Park West. The expansion will support the output of aluminum parts and meet […]

The U.S. Air Force this past weekend conducted a successful test of a hypersonic weapon that will be produced at Lockheed Martin’s Hypersonic Missile Assembly Building for advanced manufacturing in Courtland. The defense industry titan unveiled its Lawrence County facility in October 2021 alongside company leadership, military brass and Alabama’s highest-ranking elected officials. During the […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced Monday that it would establish a new customer program office to support Amazon’s Kuiper Program, with Chris Ellerhorst serving as the program office’s vice president. The e-commerce giant’s goal with the Kuiper program is to increase global broadband access by sending advanced satellites into low earth orbit. Last month, Amazon […]

It’s no surprise in an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it’s not the first time it’s topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently gaining traction as the best long-term investment. What does high inflation mean for real estate investments? […]

Bolstered by successful testing at the National Carbon Capture Center, CarbonBuilt and Alabama-based Blair Block have reached an agreement to use CarbonBuilt’s revolutionary low-carbon concrete technology at Blair Block’s concrete masonry production facility in Childersburg. Concrete blocks made with the low-carbon process tested at the National Carbon Capture Center. (contributed) The agreement represents the first commercialization of CarbonBuilt’s Carbon XPRIZE-winning […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Callahan Eye Hospital has been named one of the newest sites for Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, the first gene therapy treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration for a genetic disease. Dr. Jason Crosson (UAB) It is a prescription gene therapy for patients with inherited retinal disease due to mutations in both […]

The importance of recreation and the state’s extraordinary outdoor amenities, including The Preserves, was the focus of a recent event featuring Gov. Kay Ivey, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Alabama Power officials. The event was at Flat Rock Park on Lake Harris in Lineville, one of Alabama Power’s 60 Preserves sites across the state. The Preserves are free recreational sites that provide hiking […]

Gasoline prices in Alabama are on the rise again, just as summer driving season is about to heat up. According to AAA, gas prices in Alabama have jumped by 18 cents a gallon over the past week, with the national average price per gallon now well over $4. But for a growing number of Alabamians who […]

The Regions Tradition, one of Alabama’s marquee professional sporting events, will continue to be played at Greystone Golf and Country Club through at least 2032, the PGA Tour and Regions Bank jointly announced today. “We are grateful to have Regions Bank as part of the PGA Tour Champions family,” said PGA Tour Champions President Miller Brady. “Their long-term commitment […]

Friday, the Women’s Foundation of Alabama released its 2022 economic impact report during a research showcase at The Club in Birmingham. Over 100 women and men were present in-person to hear the report, and many more across the state joined the conversation virtually. Women’s Foundation of Alabama stated in their opening remarks, “[T]his report is […]

This week, Gadsden State announced a new Class A driver program being launched at its Ayers Campus site. The program is supported by the Alabama Trucking Association (ATA). ATA CEO Mark Colson provided Yellowhammer News with details about the program and others like it supporting qualified training for those interested in becoming a professional truck […]

It’s no surprise in an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it’s not the first time it’s topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently gaining traction as the best long-term investment. What does high inflation mean for real estate investments? […]