Parental influence ignited Jessica Gaskin’s appreciation of the wonders of space at an early age. “My parents both had science backgrounds. My father in Geophysics and Astronomy and my mother in Geology,” said Gaskin, an alumna of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). “Their influence and my need to know how things worked led […]

A unique radar developed by engineering researchers at The University of Alabama helped find the location to recover some of the oldest ice buried...

The Mobile Division Chapter of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) has stepped in for Santa in Bayou La Batre this holiday season. APSO members are making Christmas brighter by providing gifts for Vietnamese-American seniors and children living in the community. “There is a large Vietnamese-American population in Bayou La Batre, and many of the people are fishermen,” said […]

Famous former television news anchor, Tom Brokaw, wrote an iconic book entitled “The Greatest Generation.” The 1998 book chronicles the unique character of a generation of Americans. Brokaw attempted to capture the unselfish contribution of our World War II Americans who built our marvelous country. As Brokaw says, “They will have their place in the […]

An all-day mini-mass casualty training event is planned for Jackson County school personnel on Jan. 6 at the Earnest Pruett Center of Technology in Hollywood. The event is part of a preparedness program being coordinated by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Systems Management and Production Center (SMAP Center) and the university’s College of […]

Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama on Friday named Shelby County Sheriff John Samaniego as the winner of its 2019 Crime Stopper of the Year Award.

Researchers and scholars at the University of South Alabama received more than $87 million in external and contract funding in 2019, university officials said, a dramatic 43% increase from the year prior. “This year was the tipping point,” said Lynne Chronister, vice president for research and economic development at USA. “We went up $25 million […]

Whether you live far away or down the street from Mom and Dad, there’s nothing that creates the warm feelings of the holidays quite like a taste of home. Alabama-made food and beverages have long been popular Christmas gifts. And these days, tried and true favorites share shelf space with newer flavors. “Alabama’s makers are […]

Appalachian State has made its reputation as a giant-killer in college football, including what’s been called the greatest upset in history – its 2007 34-32 victory over Michigan when the Mountaineers were still an FCS program. These days, App State is among the giants. It is No. 20 in the College Football Playoff ranking, is a two-time champion of the Sun […]

The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce recently held its tenth annual Success Starts Here Tour, highlighting the new and expanding Montgomery industries that have invested in record-breaking numbers this year. The $1,013,568,764 in industrial capital investments marks the second-largest number ever for Montgomery County, surpassed only by the 2002 original Hyundai announcement. In addition, these companies announced the creation […]

A joint effort to redevelop historic portions of downtown Birmingham has been announced. Urban Impact and REV Birmingham held a news conference Dec. 17 to announce their new Northwest Downtown Master Development Plan, a strategy for redeveloping the city’s Civil Rights District and Innovation District. Ivan Holloway, executive director for Urban Impact, says the plan includes specific, actionable steps […]

Of all the outdoor experiences my mother, now 86, enjoyed the most, it was watching a cork disappear as a slab crappie grabbed the minnow at the end of the line. As is normal procedure, I check in on her every few days, and she wanted to know what I’d been doing. “Catching crappie,” I […]

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested that the "radical socialist" ideas spouted on the debate stage are prime evidence of why...

Two University of Alabama alumni have made Forbes’ annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Marillyn Hewson was ranked No. 10, while...

Raytheon and Disabled American Veterans Charity are joining forces to bring a very Merry Christmas to four Huntsville-area families of...

ADECA announced that Governor Kay Ivey has awarded over $137,000 to provide high-speed internet to more than 200 citizens across two Alabama communities.

At 6:36 a.m. Friday, Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) Starliner took flight atop an Alabama-made rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, a timing glitch occurring after separation is going to prevent it from carrying out one of the mission’s key objectives. The inaugural mission for Starliner was a step toward NASA’s goal of once again […]

RAGLAND, Alabama – The National Cement Co. of Alabama announced plans to invest more than $250 million to construct a new kiln at its Ragland production plant, ensuring the St. Clair County facility’s competitiveness for decades to come. National Cement, which has been producing cement in Ragland since 1910, said construction on the project should […]

Alabama has done it again under Governor Kay Ivey's administration, shattering five jobs-related economic records once again.

FLORENCE — The U.S. Senate contest in Alabama has taken on a new dynamic since former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ entry into the race last month. However, one thing that has not changed is former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s tack on the campaign trail and a strategy of sticking to the bread-and-butter […]

Thursday, the seven top polling candidates competing in the 2020 Democratic primary for President of the United States gathered on stage in Los Angeles, California, for a debate. U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-01) and State Representative Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs), both candidates for Alabama’s Senate seat currently occupied by Doug Jones, watched the debate and […]

Unless rooftop solar users pay their share of the infrastructure costs to provide electricity – just as every other residential customer does – they are...

House Democrats, led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative Nancy Pelosi, who passed impeachment but seem unwilling or scared to move forward

The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave final passage to two appropriations packages that will fund the government through the end of Fiscal Year 2020.