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Huntsville has long been known as a hub of growth and innovation, but what may not get the attention it deserves is that it is also a wonderful place to […]
Huntsville Hospital Health System’s efforts to make its hospitals safer for patients, employees and visitors have earned its security team national recognition — and a chance to compete on the […]
The University of North Alabama has landed among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Universities in the South for the fifth consecutive year while adding two new distinctions to […]
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) will make a campaign stop in Marshall County next month as he heads into the final weeks of his run for governor. The Marshall County Republican Party will host a rally featuring Tuberville on Oct. 15 from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Marshall County RSVP Building in Guntersville. The event comes […]
Huntsville-based Trideum Corp. has landed a $400 million U.S. Army contract to identify gaps and vulnerabilities in cyber electromagnetic activities. The Army awarded Trideum a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, according to […]
Former Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl will be in Huntsville next week for a program focused on substance abuse, mental health and some of the challenges young people face. Game […]
Break out the lederhosen and bring your appetite. Oktoberfest is returning to Redstone Arsenal this weekend with German food, live music, carnival rides and a couple of new ways to […]
Huntsville engineer, entrepreneur and UAH alumnus Mike Wicks is giving $1.5 million to his alma mater, putting his family’s name on a prominent space inside the university’s new engineering building. […]
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Business
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission announced Monday that a medical cannabis dispensary has opened in Athens, the state’s third and the first in North Alabama. The store is BamaBloom, the first location for GP6 Wellness, LLC, at 809 U.S. Highway 72 West. It joins Callie’s Apothecary dispensaries in Montgomery, which opened June 3, and Talladega, […]
Alabama workers saw average weekly wages climb to a record high in August, while the state’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4%, according to new data released by the Alabama […]
Two years after Independent Stave Company purchased a Trinity cooperage that made barrels for Jack Daniel’s, the Lawrence County facility has reached its scheduled closure date, affecting 71 workers. Alabama […]
Roots Group has opened a new $10 million manufacturing facility in south Huntsville, expanding its local workforce and adding production capacity for commercial street sweepers and electric vehicles. The 74,000-square-foot […]
Drake State Community and Technical College is celebrating the completion of its RenueRedi Entrepreneurship Program, which has provided entrepreneurs across three cohorts with training and resources to start or strengthen […]
Culture
It’s only September, but it’s never too early to spread a little Christmas cheer — or begin planning for the upcoming holiday season. And for anyone already making those plans, […]
What was once a South Huntsville high school campus has officially begun its new life as a community destination for recreation, arts and events. The city of Huntsville celebrated the […]
Forty-four years after Cullman’s first official Oktoberfest, the festival is adding a new tradition this fall — and putting a 12-year-old Cullman girl at the center of it. Veronica “Ve” […]
When Sharonda and Dwight Ware moved from Washington, D.C., to Huntsville seven years ago, they quickly discovered there was plenty to do in their new city. Finding it all was […]
Acclaimed American artist and graphic novelist Miles Hyman, known for his adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” will be featured in a new exhibition at the Huntsville Museum of Art […]
Community
Most Merciful Jesus Catholic Parish started with Mass in a garage, then moved Sunday services to a school cafeteria. Ten years later, the Madison parish is getting ready to build […]
Come hungry and help bring baseball to more Madison athletes. More than 20 area restaurants will take over Toyota Field on Thursday for the inaugural Taste of Madison, a community […]
Alabama A&M Bulldog Bards present the 5th annual Bard in the Yard theatrical performance at The Orion on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. This year, the performers present “Shakespeare in Love […]
The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama is expanding its education work with a new research center dedicated to studying some of the biggest questions facing Alabama schools, from funding […]
More than six decades after Wendell Gunn walked onto the campus of what was then Florence State College and made history, a new documentary will tell the story of the […]
Features
Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in Alabama A sheriff, a lost election, and a foundation that’s raising some eyebrows OTR is hearing some chatter out of Lee […]
Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in Alabama Drake’s explanation raises more questions than it answers The court records surrounding Democratic State Senate nominee Rudolph Drake is already […]
Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in Alabama “Dr.” Nicole Jones Wadsworth A woman who is infamous for frequently playing fast and loose with titles (and names) made […]
Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in Alabama Former nonprofit exec Kvach dodges court date once more John Kvach’s day of reckoning keeps getting kicked further down the […]
Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in Alabama Doug Jones draws big Huntsville crowd, but statewide math remains a problem Doug Jones drew his biggest Huntsville crowd yet, […]
