News — Page 15

NEW YORK — A longtime reality star has turned the page but still has her magic touch. Last month, Dr. Melody Shari Rogers, the producer and star of The Oprah Winfrey […]

MADISON — Bringing stability and leadership, Maura Wroblewski has announced her reelection campaign for District 1 She has served on  the Madison City Council since 2016. Among the accomplishments she cited, with […]

MADISON — There’s a new hair styling salon in town and it’s a real blowout. Well, rather, it offers blowouts, a hairstyling method that doesn’t involve cuts or colors. And […]

HUNTSVILLE – CQJV has been awarded a $156 million contract by the Air Force, the company announced. The five-year Advisory and Assistance Services contract supports the Air Force Life Cycle […]

HUNTSVILLE – Though it’s just a few years old, the Intuitive Planetarium at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center has made an impact. In a multiweek competition against other planetariums […]

MONTGOMERY – Over the past few weeks, North Alabama has had its share of severe weather. The downtown sections of Athens and Tuscumbia were heavily damaged by tornadoes, as well […]

WASHINGTON – In a bid to encourage healthy diets, Sen. Katie Britt has helped introduce legislation that would prohibit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from purchasing junk food with their […]

HUNTSVILLE — A Texas company known for robotic weapons systems has joined the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Invention to Innovation Center (I2C) to drive advancements in autonomous defense technologies. According […]

HUNTSVILLE – With dangerously cold temperatures expected the next couple nights, the city of Huntsville and local organizations will open warming centers for the community. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures […]

WASHINGTON — The DOGE axe came down on NASA this afternoon as about 10% of the space agency’s workforce was cut as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce […]

WASHINGTON — Citing agriculture as a key part of national security, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong reintroduced today the Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act. The legislation would prohibit […]

MONTGOMERY – While the state is showing improvement in some aspects of the well-being of its children, child poverty has remained stagnant for two decades. This is according to the […]

HUNTSVILLE – In what it called a revolutionary ground control for surveyors, InTerra has launched Datum, a high-precision GPS base station. The Huntsville-based drone-surveying technology firm said Datum is designed […]

HUNTSVILLE — The city of Huntsville and the Land Trust of North Alabama are collaborating on improved infrastructure on Monte Sano to provide an improved path for pedestrians and cyclists to […]

WASHINGTON – Calling a ban on lead ammo and tackle unfair, Sen. Tommy Tuberville was joined by Sen. Katie Britt in cosponsoring the “Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act.” […]

GULF SHORES — Bigger at the beach was the overarching theme of the Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association annual conference last week. It was also the motivation behind increasing […]

MELVILLE, N.Y. — Bargain Hunt, the discount retailer with stores in Cullman, Decatur and Florence, is keeping its stores open through the end of the month as a national real […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama Studio Jazz Band and the Shoals Area Big Band will perform their annual Valentine’s concert Sunday at 2 p.m. in Norton Auditorium. Alumni […]

WASHINGTON – Citing AM radio as a crucial source of emergency alerts and free speech, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt helped introduce the bipartisan “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.” The legislation, also […]

Heavy rain and storms in forecast for the weekend

HUNTSVILLE — It’s the calm before the storms. The weather today will be pleasant but things start cranking up with rain and storms rolling in Saturday. A line of strong […]

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 246-home development with green space and fitness facilities is being planned for northwest Madison County, according to a Southeast-focused real estate investment firm. DDB Capital Fund […]

WASHINGTON – In the wake of a bird flu outbreak that has killed millions of chickens nationwide and more than 100,000 in Alabama, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville joined Sens. Roger […]

HUNTSVILLE — To represent its wide selection of programs, the College of Education at the  University of Alabama in Huntsville has been renamed the College of Education, Sport, and Human […]

Bezos-founded Blue Origin cutting 10% of workforce

WASHINGTON — Just a month after the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket, Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin said it is cutting about 10% of its workforce. The layoffs affect […]