John Kvach, the former executive director of the Singing River Trail, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of possession of child pornography. Kvach was originally indicted in December 2025 on […]

HUNTSVILLE – The former executive director of the Singing River Trail was indicted this week on child pornography charges. John Kvach faces one count of disseminating obscene material involving minors […]

BROWNSBORO — John Kvach, the executive director of the Singing River Trail, was arrested Monday morning on charges of dissemination/display of child pornography, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Have you ever had a desire to be a trail blazer? Well, Sweet Trails Alabama is offering Alabama residents that opportunity. The statewide economic/recreation initiative is asking the […]

MOORESVILLE – Call it an entrepreneur audition. Launch, in partnership with the Singing River Trail, is accepting applications for the 2024 Launch Tank competition to be held at the Space […]

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HUNTSVILLE – A launch is scheduled for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, but it won’t include a countdown or engine thrust or separations. Launch, a decades-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit working […]

MOORESVILLE – The Singing River Trail has unveiled the completed Western Route Master Plan. The SRT will be a 230-mile greenway system that winds its way across North Alabama from […]

HUNTSVILLE – Sweet Trails Alabama, joined by the Singing River Trail and Jacksonville State University, recently concluded a five-day, 11-stop statewide “Swing Around the State Tour.”   The initiative is a […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three community leaders from Alabama are among 39 fellows to graduate recently from the Appalachian Leadership Institute, a leadership and economic development program sponsored by the Appalachian […]

MOORESVILLE — The legend is true. Strange musical notes are floating over the face of the Singing River’s waters. It sings a song of health and wellness, of a flourishing […]

DECATUR — Launch 2035 and the Singing River Trail have are developing a master plan connecting Decatur to the Shoals, building on the original master plan that connected Huntsville to […]

ATHENS — The drama and anticipation were soon replaced with humor Monday when Nathan Tucker and Ash Moorer, founders of Rocket City Electric Bike Rentals, won the Singing River Trail […]

After 10 years as a history professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dr. John Kvach decided to flip his script and embark on a new pursuit that would […]

MOORESVILLE – This spring when you begin attending Trash Pandas’ baseball games, notice those extra wide sidewalk sections just past right field at Toyota Field. You will be walking on […]

MOORESVILLE – Based loosely on the business reality television show “Shark Tank,” and building on the success of last year’s program, Launch2035 is accepting applications for the second annual Singing […]

BIRMINGHAM – Four Huntsville business leaders have been selected to Innovate Alabama’s recently established Council on Outdoor Recreation and to the Outdoor Recreation Advisory Roundtable. Darrell Ezell, director of Diversity Equity & […]

MOORESVILLE – Ribbon-cuttings are about separating but a ribbon-joining is symbolic for connecting. So with that age-old tradition in mind, the Singing River Trail formally “tied the knot” at its […]

Imagine a 200-plus-mile greenway system connecting all of North Alabama – from the bustling towns to the tucked away hidden gems – along an uninterrupted outdoor human highway, brimming with […]

HUNTSVILLE — Like many in North Alabama, Troy Bye is a newcomer, rather, a very enthusiastic newcomer, to the area. “We moved into our new home at the end of […]

Athens and Limestone County civic leaders released their comprehensive Singing River Trail Action Plan along the 212-mile Singing River Trail system. As the first of its kind, the plan lays […]