AT&T earlier this week announced that it had named Birmingham native Cara Fields as the telecommunications company's vice president and general manager for the Gulf States market.

Centerstone's Military Services announced it was awarded a $75,000 grant from Boeing to support free mental health care services for veterans

A series of bills passed by the Alabama Legislature and signed into law earlier this year is already having a substantial impact on the state's wine industry.

As Alabama heads into the post-pandemic economy, roadblocks stand in the way of returning to pre-COVID activity.

Alabama’s small businesses are doing OK, but they’ve had a rough couple of years, beginning with the pandemic in 2020 and continuing with labor issues and disruptions in the supply chain. Small business owners are a tenacious bunch, though, and despite the many challenges, they’ve managed to keep the doors open and provide the goods […]

The Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) plant in Huntsville will be home to the company's newly-revealed model, the Mazda CX-50 midsize crossover SUV.

HUNTSVILLE -- Collins Aerospace, a unit of defense contracting giant Raytheon, last week unveiled a first-of-its-kind Army Customer Experience Center in Huntsville.

Not all students can say they were able to gain real-world job experience through an organization created and run by students. The Oaks Agency on Auburn University’s campus does just that, striving to prepare the next generation of public relations students for the professional field by creating and strengthening relationships with local clients.

A two-year, $603,000 grant to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) from the Alabama Research and Development Enhancement Fund will enable UAH and partner Calhoun Community College (CCC) to help Alabama transition from a low labor cost manufacturing state to a leader in the research and development of next generation additive manufacturing (AM) sciences.

A $7 million restoration project spawned in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is expanding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the RESTORE Council (Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revised Economies of the Gulf Coast States) has announced they will spend an additional $11.9 million to continue the work of the GulfCorps program through 2025. The […]

Based on global and regional reputation alongside academic research performance, U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the top 10% of higher-education institutions globally.

Johnny Heflin, a graduate of UAH, is playing a key role in NASA’s Artemis program that over the coming decade will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.

Milo's Hamburgers on Friday announced the launch of a sauce-selling campaign in an effort to support local Birmingham children's literacy nonprofit, Better Basics.

Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that Amazon had unveiled plans to open three new Alabama-based operations facilities and launch a new fulfillment center.

Leadership representing Troy University and Wallace Community College joined the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education in announcing the launch of the state's first Early Childhood Educator Apprenticeship.

A grant totaling $1.8 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies has been awarded to Birmingham Promise for the expansion of its apprenticeship and internship program.

The robust economic and cultural ties between the U.S. Southeast and Japan are on full display in a virtual meeting of organizations dedicated to strengthening the long-standing relationship between seven Southern states and the Asian nation.

Austin, Texas-based Shipshape Solutions Inc. is building a network operations center in Birmingham.

Cutting-edge, state of the art weather and climate data and analyses for Alabama is the goal of a new UAH partnership.

Many folks may not view parks and nature trails as pivotal tools for economic development, but a recent report hails Alabama’s natural resources as a magnet for recruitment.

HEADLAND, Alabama – When Lloyd Keel opened a distillery in Henry County three years ago, he envisioned a hobby business built on his longtime interest in making whiskey. As a boy growing up in rural Southeastern Alabama, Keel and his buddies sometimes ran across the remains of Prohibition-era moonshine stills while they were playing in […]

If you’ve always wanted to visit a small, sleepy fishing village, Alabama's Bayou La Batre is the place to go.

A growing alumni base and committed supporters has led to the most successful fundraising year in University of South Alabama history.

Florida-based telemedicine startup MomentMD is establishing a headquarters in Birmingham after receiving an investment from the Alabama Futures Fund.