On the day the latest batch of major component assemblies made the trek from the Port of Mobile to Airbus’ U.S. Manufacturing Facility, the Mobile Airport Authority inked its latest tenant agreement with a service provider integral to the operation. Pennsylvania-based Miller Transfer will operate out of the second floor of the authority’s Ninth Street […]

(Video Above: Decatur-made rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The International Space Station is getting fresh supplies and new toys, thanks to a rocket built in Alabama. On Tuesday night, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket left Cape Canaveral, Florida for the ISS carrying 7,500 pounds of food and […]

The 1st Foundation, an Alabama-based non-profit that helps find homes for retired military dogs, is holding a fundraiser this weekend at Cahaba Brewing Company in Birmingham. On Saturday, March 26, 1st Foundation will be at the new Cahaba Brewery facility from 5:00-9:00 pm. In a statement, 1st Foundation said, “We are grateful for this opportunity […]

Alabama is, once again, making national news for all the wrong reasons. In the modern political era, our state has seen two governors face criminal convictions, one of whom remains in prison. Now, our governor has been caught on tape confirming year-long rumors that he was unfaithful to his wife of fifty years. One headline […]

Apparently our moon isn’t in right-way up, at least according to one Alabama scientist. Dr. Richard Miller of the University of Alabama at Huntsville is part of a team of scientists that believes they discovered the moon flopped over on its side a few million years ago. The team was originally looking for water on […]

BRUSSELS – The world came to a halt earlier this week as another city was crippled by a terrorist attack. At least 34 people were killed and over 170 people were wounded in an attack at a subway station and airport in Brussels, Belgium. As the rest of the world watched their television and computer […]

MOBILE, Alabama — The maiden flight of the first Alabama-made Airbus A321 lasted for less than four hours, but the dramatic images capturing the test mission will linger as a reminder of a pivotal moment in the future of the state’s aerospace sector. Monday’s test flight from Mobile Aeroplex was designed to test the aircraft’s […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium have rocked the world. For the second time in the past six months, a major European capital was struck by terrorists with ties to ISIS. Alabama basketball standout and student Retin Obasohan has a special connection to the tragedy, as he left his native Belgium to […]

As President Barack Obama caps an unprecedented two-day trip to Cuba, poultry farmers in Alabama are anxious to ramp up their business relationship with “a familiar, hungry, and very convenient market,” according to a report by Bloomberg Business. Cuba is already the fifth-largest export market for U.S. poultry producers, with farmers from Alabama, Georgia, and […]

For many people, just the thought of running a half marathon is enough to make us physically exhausted. But one Auburn grad has run 50 half marathons in the past five years – one in each state in the nation. Ashley Ahner completed her 50th half marathon this past weekend at Auburn’s “Finish on the […]

MOBILE, Ala. — The first ever American-made Airbus A321 aircraft took to the skies Monday morning, fresh off the assembly line at Mobile, Alabama’s Brookley Aeroplex. The flight was an important milestone for the Airbus project, which was first announced almost four years ago and is expected to create roughly 1,000 jobs when it reaches […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A major high-speed fiber Internet expansion is coming to the Magic City. Southern Light, a Mobile-based provider of fiber optic broadband Internet originally announced last summer that it would bring 120 miles of fiber optic cables to Birmingham. That original agreement has been expanded to 500 miles of cable that will bring […]

MOBILE, Ala. — The first ever made-in-Alabama Airbus A320 took off this morning on a successful test flight from Mobile. The three-hour journey began shortly after 9:30 AM CST at the Mobile Aeroplex, the site of Airbus’ $600 million U.S. manufacturing facility. “We’ve come to an exciting milestone in the production of any aircraft, but […]

In a disturbing trend, “The Walking Dead” is jumping off of the small screen and into real-life parks and neighborhoods in Alabama’s neighboring states. Several southeastern states — most notably Florida — have recently seen “unprecedented” cases of overdoses from spice, a type of synthetic marijuana. The Florida cities of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg […]

DOTHAN, Ala. — Peanut fans (not the Charlie Brown variety) better be hungry, because there’s about to be a lot more peanuts out there with nowhere to go. According to a white paper released last month by the National Center for Peanut Competitiveness, Alabama and other peanut-producing states are expected to produce more peanuts in […]

We are in the midst of Holy Week, a time filled with both highs and lows as we follow Jesus’s path from crucifixion to resurrection. In the Christian faith, this is our most sacred occasion. It also serves as an opportunity to spend time with family and loved ones. Sadly, for too many people around […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Legislature on Thursday gave final passage to a bill to add “right-to-work” language to the state’s constitution, if voters approve the measure at the ballot box in November. Right-to-work laws prohibit forcing employees to join a union and pay dues as a condition of employment. They do not, however, ban […]

Naming things can be stressful, especially when the thing you’re naming is a human child and will carry that name for his or her entire life. Many people probably invoke Shakespeare when coming up with names, asking, “What’s in a name?” Baby names can come from a wide variety of sources. Maybe you name your […]

In 2015, 51 Alabama companies were featured on the Inc. 5000, an annual list of the fastest growing private companies in America. The companies on the list came from the high growth, high margin sectors of Alabama’s economy that you would expect — real estate, technology, financial services and pharmaceuticals, to name a few. But […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The head of NASA had high praise for Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Thursday, calling it “the place that people go” any time they are considering a mission that requires rocket propulsion. The comments from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Jr. came during a hearing of the House Space Subcommittee, where he […]

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — As thousands of college students migrate south for fun in the sun, city officials at Alabama’s beaches are worried that the alcohol-induced spring break frivolity might become too much. This week, the mayors of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach said they are ready to consider banning alcohol on their beaches next […]

By Michael Tomberlin When the Birmingham City Council voted last month to change the name of the city’s “Entrepreneurial District” to the “Innovation District,” some influential leaders applauded the move not just for branding reasons, but for the realization of what the Magic City has become and can become. Since that decision, leaders from the […]

Two more Alabamians have been confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus, which brings the total number of cases in Alabama to three. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, all three cases are travel-related; no one has contracted the virus locally. ADPH, which sends out updates each Monday, is testing Alabamians who have […]

By Dana Beyerle It’s October 1941. Alabama headlines follow the war in Europe and Asia. On Oct. 11, less than two months from U.S. entry into the World War II, the Alabama Research Institute is formed in Birmingham with the challenge to produce innovative research for the South. An early contract is with the National […]