HUNTSVILLE — No, they are not growing marijuana at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Instead, HudsonAlpha plant biologist Dr. Alex Harkess is collaborating with New West Genetics to find ways […]

HUNTSVILLE – There will be jazz, jazz, and more jazz, along with some R&B and food trucks for the second annual Jazz in the Garden showcase and scholarship fundraiser at […]

DECATUR – For those in search of things to do on Independence Day, the city of Decatur welcomes everyone for a day of family fun and activities at Point Mallard […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville Career Center is hosting a job fair for Polaris. It will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 21 at the center, 2535 Sparkman Drive. Positions […]

HUNTSVILLE – The digital age has been a tremendous boon to the fields of statistics and astronomy. However, according to Dr. Max Bonamente, a professor of physics and astronomy at […]

HUNTSVILLE – Helping to ensure its students aren’t stranded along the digital highway, Drake State Community and Technical College is supplying them with internet-enabled laptops. Through grants from the U.S. […]

FLORENCE – University of North Alabama officials announced Friday that big changes are coming to the school. Those changes will be coming in the form of an on-campus, multipurpose stadium. […]

DECATUR – Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion graduated Thursday from the FBI National Academy, the department announced. The ceremony was at the National Academy in Quantico, Va. Nationally, less than […]

HUNTSVILLE – Following a nationwide search, Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater & Academy has announced that Taylor Bogan has been hired as education director. “We are incredibly excited to have Taylor […]

SHEFFIELD — Crystal Green has been named vice president of sales for Bank Independent’s new downtown Huntsville office. The bank will hold a ribbon-cutting June 13 for the office at […]

CULLMAN — Retail giant Walmart announced plans to invest $350 million to add high-tech robotics and automation technologies to its regional distribution center in Cullman. The investment will improve the hub’s productivity, enabling […]

HUNTSVILLE — In what could be considered political improv, State Finance Director Bill Poole substituted for Gov. Kay Ivey at Thursday’s Alabama Update. Ivey was unable to attend due to […]

  Off The Record: Latest rumors and rumblings in North Alabama Sutton rumored favorite  The Huntsville City Board of Education is down to three finalists in their search for a […]

HUNTSVILLE — Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has blanketed the Northeast has reached the Tennessee Valley. The National Weather Service Office in Huntsville has issued a poor air quality […]

MONTGOMERY – A trio of North Alabama metro areas are listed among the nation’s metro areas with the lowest unemployment rate for April. The rankings are compiled by the U.S. […]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled today the state must create a second black majority congressional district. The decision affirms a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the […]

WASHINGTON — The commanding general of the U.S. Space Command was to the point in a meeting Alabama congressional delegation. ““General Dickinson just confirmed to us that the headquarters of […]

You and your fiancé are so excited to plan your wedding! But where do you start? As you begin to budget and save for your big day, don’t forget these […]

MONTGOMERY — The fate of the deteriorating Saturn 1B rocket at the Ardmore exit of Interstate 65 is in the hands of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance booster engine test firing Wednesday was deemed a success, the company announced. The test was at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape […]

HUNTSVILLE – Suburban Propane Partners volunteers marked World Caring Day with a Huntsville Green Team beautification project Wednesday in northwest Huntsville. The group cleaned areas of Winchester Road between Ortega […]

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HUNTSVILLE – Statistics, wins and headlines tell the history of the annual Armed Forces Celebration softball game between the North Alabama Rockets and Team Redstone. As far back as 2017, […]

HUNTSVILLE The latest development in the case to confirm Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal as permanent home to U.S. Space Command came from Colorado. Yes, Colorado. The state that is fighting to […]