The Alabama First Responders Association last week held its first annual awards dinner in Birmingham at the historic Fennec entertainment venue. The dinner featured former White House advisor Sebastian Gorka as guest speaker. Attorney General Steve Marshall sent a welcome video message expressing appreciation to the responders for their service to their communities. Angela McClure, […]

Six programs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) rank among the top 25 federally-funded programs in the United States, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. The new ranking comes as UAH has also achieved the rank of “R1 – Very high research activity” status among doctoral-granting […]

The University of North Alabama (UNA) College of Business and Technology on Thursday announced that it had received a $2.45 million charitable gift from the estate of late Henry and Janice King, which is the largest gift in the college’s history. According to UNA, the donation will be utilized to establish the Henry and Janice […]

The Alabama First Responders Association will hold its first annual awards dinner to honor the state’s top first responders and agencies. The association’s March 10, 2022, dinner will be held at Birmingham’s historic Fennec entertainment venue and will host former White House strategist Sebastian Gorka as its featured speaker. Former President Donald Trump in 2017 […]

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announced the results from additional Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) prevalence testing of white-tailed deer in northwest Alabama. A second case of CWD in a hunter harvested, white-tailed deer has been confirmed in Lauderdale County. The first case of CWD in Alabama’s deer herd was detected in […]

There can be lots of forensic evidence on many people’s cell phones when a mass incident like a shooting or bombing is happens, but winnowing out the relevant material and putting it in context can be a time-consuming and tedious affair for law enforcement. That’s why The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Florida State […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed Eurasian H5 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a wild, hunter-harvested American wigeon in Limestone County, Alabama. In January 2022, Eurasian H5 HPAI was detected in South Carolina and has since been detected in 14 additional states. HPAI H5 viruses […]

An Alabama-built United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA lifted off today from Cape Canaveral. To date, ULA has launched 149 times with 100% mission success. “Thank you to NASA, NOAA and our mission partners for your teamwork to launch this […]

Could Russian hackers make the lights go out in Huntsville? That’s just one cybersecurity question that’s top of mind in this national defense-oriented city, the home of Redstone Arsenal, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of United States sanctions. Huntsville is used to being one of Moscow’s top nuclear warfare targets since […]

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.” – Ronald Reagan. A dynamic curriculum featuring live theatrical events are successfully helping schools teach more powerful civics, character, financial literacy and career lessons in K-12 classrooms. Liberty Learning Foundation’s active civics program and interactive resources empower educators to teach these […]

Sheriff Kevin Turner sits in his modest office on the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse. From that vantage point, he oversees the chief law enforcement department for all of Madison County. Five floors above the sheriff’s office is the meeting location of the Madison County Commission. That governmental entity is the budget authority […]

It is often said that it takes a village to accomplish a desired outcome of an undertaking that would be difficult for any one person or entity to achieve alone. Perhaps the adage could apply to an issue as vital as fostering the next generation of skilled workers. Forming a pipeline of trained talent to […]

An image created by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) astrophysicists who did pioneering research to quantify processes involved in gas mixing in the tails of galaxies being stripped of their gas envelopes has been featured on the cover of the February issue of the journal “Nature Astronomy.” The issue also contains a paper about the findings authored […]

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.” – Ronald Reagan. A dynamic curriculum featuring live theatrical events are successfully helping schools teach more powerful civics, character, financial literacy and career lessons in K-12 classrooms. Liberty Learning Foundation’s active civics program and interactive resources empower educators to teach these […]

Whether a repeat or first-time homebuyer, there are many benefits to owning a home, especially financial. In 2021, the national average of equity gained was $56,700 and Alabama’s average was $33,000. Building long-term wealth over time is why equity matters and due to the past year’s low inventory and high demand, home value increased more […]

Fresh off successful direct involvement in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Parker Solar Probe (PSP) in roles that included optics, hardware, software, testing analytics, computational modeling and big data processing and dissemination, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is looking beyond the sky again. UAH, a part of the University of Alabama […]

AARP is making it clear they are in support of the passage of the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act (UGCOPAA) in Alabama. Candi Williams, AARP Alabama state director states, “Unfortunately, Alabama’s current guardianship laws are outdated, relying on a one size fits all, cookie-cutter approach that often robs seniors and people with disabilities […]

The Alabama First Responders Association will hold its first annual awards dinner to honor the state’s top first responders and agencies. The association’s March 10, 2022, dinner will be held at Birmingham’s historic Fennec entertainment venue and will host former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka as its featured speaker. Hit country music artist Dallas Walker […]

Whether a repeat or first-time homebuyer, there are many benefits to owning a home, especially financial. In 2021, the national average of equity gained was $56,700 and Alabama’s average was $33,000. Building long-term wealth over time is why equity matters and due to the past year’s low inventory and high demand, home value increased more […]

AARP is making it clear they are in support of the passage of the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act (UGCOPAA) in Alabama. Candi Williams, AARP Alabama state director states, “Unfortunately, Alabama’s current guardianship laws are outdated, relying on a one size fits all, cookie-cutter approach that often robs seniors and people with disabilities […]

AARP is making it clear they are in support of the passage of the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act (UGCOPAA) in Alabama. Candi Williams, AARP Alabama state director states, “Unfortunately, Alabama’s current guardianship laws are outdated, relying on a one size fits all, cookie-cutter approach that often robs seniors and people with disabilities […]

Whether a repeat or first-time homebuyer, there are many benefits to owning a home, especially financial. In 2021, the national average of equity gained was $56,700 and Alabama’s average was $33,000. Building long-term wealth over time is why equity matters and due to the past year’s low inventory and high demand, home value increased more […]

A new weather system is being put in place to provide improved weather detection of severe storms and tornadoes across Madison County. The Baron Critical Weather Institute High Density Weathernet was unveiled by Madison County Commission chairman Dale Strong at a recent news conference. The commission provided funding of $100,000 for equipment to put 14 […]

Alabama State Climatologist Dr. John Christy has released a report that shows that increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have had essentially no impact on the weather and climate in the state of Alabama. His report, “A Practical Guide to Climate Change in Alabama” contains charts and graphic representations that demonstrate numerous and important climate […]