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Madison County returned from the Association of County Commissions of Alabama’s 98th Annual Convention with multiple honors recognizing everything from an innovative community farm to decades of public service. County […]
Behind the gates of Redstone Arsenal, past multiple checkpoints and tightly controlled access, a new intelligence facility has been built around work the public will largely never see. On Tuesday, […]
Nearly 13,000 votes were cast in Huntsville’s municipal election Tuesday, sending City Council President Jennie Robinson and challenger Liliana Peinder to a September runoff in District 3, while incumbents David […]
Huntsville Hospital Health System and three of its North Alabama hospitals will receive more than $6.5 million through Alabama’s new Rural Health Transformation Program, including $2.8 million to build a […]
More Tomahawk missile production is headed to Alabama under a $41.6 million expansion of an existing U.S. Navy contract. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Defense Research Institute Inc. in […]
Polls are open in Huntsville as voters in three City Council districts and two Board of Education districts head to the ballot box today. Voting in the Aug. 25 municipal […]
U.S. Rep. Dale Strong is putting his record at the center of his reelection campaign, pointing to what he says are tangible results for North Alabama on infrastructure, public safety, […]
Five Alabama companies, including three headquartered in Huntsville, are among 24 businesses selected to compete for work under a $920 million U.S. Air Force contract to modernize aerospace and ground […]
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville fielded a variety of questions Tuesday during a media huddle before the ribbon cutting for Auburn University’s new Applied Research Institute laboratory. Topics ranged from Flock […]
Auburn University opened a new 50,000-square-foot research laboratory Tuesday in Cummings Research Park, putting more than $30 million behind an effort to move critical defense and space technologies from concept […]
NASA has selected four companies with significant Huntsville operations to compete for spacecraft processing work under a contract valued at up to $100 million. All Points Logistics, Blue Origin, Firefly […]
North Alabama high school students considering a future at one of the nation’s military service academies will have an opportunity Saturday to learn more about the path from application to […]
The Department of War has awarded Raytheon a $22.9 billion U.S. Navy contract to dramatically accelerate production of Tomahawk cruise missiles. RTX’s Huntsville operations are part of the company’s broader […]
When Republican Aaron Thomas first entered the race for Alabama House District 10, he was a first-time candidate preparing to compete for one of the state’s most closely watched legislative […]
The City of Huntsville is taking the first steps toward creating a new tax increment financing district in the rapidly developing Limestone County portion of the city. The Huntsville City […]
Huntsville-based cybersecurity company Sentar Inc. is one of 29 companies selected for a U.S. Navy contract supporting operational analysis, systems engineering and advanced technology development. The Navy awarded the companies […]
The United States is not currently equipped to respond to the kind of large-scale drone attack already being seen elsewhere in the world, a top U.S. Northern Command official warned […]
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) introduced new legislation aimed at ensuring the military personnel responsible for protecting America’s interests in space are prepared for potential conflicts. Britt and U.S. Sen. […]
Drivers on Interstate 565 should expect nighttime lane closures over the next week as the $29 million widening project in Madison moves into its next phase. Weather permitting, single-lane closures […]
As military leaders at this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium repeatedly call on industry to deliver technology faster, Huntsville-based Aurex says it has already built its business around doing […]
U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting used one of the most anticipated addresses of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium Wednesday morning to deliver two messages with particular […]
Huntsville-based Torch Technologies has been awarded a nearly $1 billion U.S. Air Force contract supporting aerospace research, development, testing and evaluation. The $992.35 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for Torch […]
The 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium opened Tuesday with a message that carried from the first military briefing of the morning to one of the most anticipated updates of […]
