The popularity of food content on social media in the past decade has given rise to food influencers. An influencer creates content to share and engage with their followers. A […]

The Rocket City lands on another best-of list. Wallethub, a personal finance website, has ranked Huntsville as 2022’s best place for jobs in Alabama. Using factors ranging from job opportunities […]

There is good news for the Huntsville metro headed into 2022. The economic outlook is at an all-time high while unemployment is at an all-time low of 2%, coming in […]

Welcome to 256 Today, we’re glad you’re here. 256 Today is made up of a dedicated local team reporting the North Alabama news that impacts your daily life. We are […]

Huntsville is famous for solving complex problems, but with a mixed bag of economic uncertainty and a workforce that is at times anxious and other times circumspect, finding solutions to […]

Some of the biggest acts in music history have strolled down the halls of the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. That venue has served as the location for most […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) last week announced that Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation in Huntsville had been awarded a $1.38 billion contract for the production of the U.S. Army’s […]

Christmas Day will see the launch of NASA’s historic James Webb Space Telescope which will allow mankind to gain a deeper understanding of early space formation. The momentous occasion is […]

The NASA/Marshall Retirees Association is taking steps to ensure that the difficult and innovative work of space exploration by Huntsvillians will always be recognized and never forgotten. America’s space exploration’s […]

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles & Defense Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) teams have won approval from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) following successful testing of the companies’ common software […]

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology on Monday reported that the organization had generated $3.2 billion in economic impact for the state of Alabama. The announcement comes on the heels of […]

HUNTSVILLE — Public and private sector leaders on Thursday announced that Redstone Arsenal is set to benefit from enhanced wireless communications by way of AT&T’s FirstNet. FirstNet was created to […]

HUNTSVILLE — Marshall Space Flight Center officials on Tuesday played host to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, where the agency head met with team members and received briefings regarding ongoing efforts […]

Visionary is defined simply as planning for the future with creativity and wisdom. Situated by that definition in the dictionary belongs a photograph of the Huntsville International Airport. The development […]

Raytheon Missiles and Defense and Lockheed Martin were recently awarded Missile Defense Agency (MDA) contracts to develop the first-ever interceptor designed to eliminate the threat of hypersonic missiles. According to […]

Why spend days cooking Thanksgiving dinner when you can order up a full feast for your family or friends? If you need or want a break this year, here are […]

Huntsville’s The Orion Amphitheater earlier this week announced that it will hold its opening celebration on the weekend of May 13, 2022, during which the venue will play host to […]

The Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) plant in Huntsville will be home to the company’s newly-revealed model, the Mazda CX-50 midsize crossover SUV. Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) unveiled the vehicle […]

HUNTSVILLE — Collins Aerospace, a unit of defense contracting giant Raytheon, last week unveiled a first-of-its-kind Army Customer Experience Center in Huntsville. The center was designed in an effort to […]

There’s a saying that says fall is a southerner’s gift for surviving summer. If that is indeed true, North Alabama’s fall gift is gorgeous, vibrant fall foliage, and North Alabama […]

Space-related operations conducted by Boeing’s Huntsville workforce have contributed to the aerospace titan’s recognition from the Aviation Week Program for its support of the International Space Station (ISS). The Aviation […]

NASA has reached a significant milestone in the agency’s mission to launch the next generation of human space exploration in the 21st century. Stacking of the Huntsville-managed, mega-moon rocket and […]

Northrop Grumman on Tuesday announced the opening of its new Cummings Research Park facility, further expanding the defense juggernaut’s operations in the Rocket City. The work conducted at the company’s […]

Leidos, parent company of Huntsville-based Dynetics, earlier this year announced that it had instituted a vaccine lottery with up to $1 million to be shared among 10 randomly selected workers […]