Off The Record: The latest rumors and rumblings in North Alabama     Same game, new name? Even with the legislative session officially over, the battle over Medicaid expansion continues. […]

MADISON – A pair of murals were unveiled Monday in the city of Madison as the opening for the Madison Mural Trail. Madison Visionary Partners (MVP), a community nonprofit, worked […]

  HUNTSVILLE – A candle company lit a fire under judges and came away the winner in this year’s Singing River Trail Launch Tank competition. Flirty Flame Candle came out […]

DECATUR – The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the City of Decatur more than $18.4 million in federal funds for the Dr. Bill Sims Hike-Bike Way on the Singing River […]

  256 Today is proud to present the Our Town Podcast. Check here every week for the latest episode from Troy Bye, North Alabama’s newest favorite son. The Our Town […]

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 – Singing River Trail is steering its focus toward smoother rides for cyclists in North Alabama. Today marks this year’s Giving Tuesday and Trail officials are asking the community […]

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 […]

Sweet Trails Alabama, in conjunction with the Singing River Trail and Jacksonville State University, will be taking a statewide public tour next week. The Sweet Trails Alabama Swing Around the […]

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 […]

SEATTLE — The REI Cooperative Action Fund has granted Singing River Trail $100,000 as part of a $4 million investment in 40 nonprofit organizations that collectively create a more equitable […]

  Whitt’s bill moves Rep. Andy Whitt’s bill to require public school students to complete and pass a test on personal financial literacy and money management before graduating high school […]

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 […]

  Special session A special session is coming. The Alabama Legislature will begin a special session Wednesday. Legislators will use the session to focus on ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) […]

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 […]

HUNTSVILLE — The 200-plus miles on the Singing River Trail will be a greenway trail of connection through the towns that make up the North Alabama region. Bonds between communities […]

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 […]

MOORESVILLE – Singing River Trail is now calling Mooresville home, thanks to a Limestone County family. The McCrary family, owners of 1818 Farms in Mooresville, is providing Singing River Trail […]

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 […]

ATHENS — In the modern live-work-play society, recreation is a key piston of a region’s economic engine. North Alabama is no different. On Thursday,  Innovate Alabama and Launch 2035 hosted a regional economic […]

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 […]

SHEFFIELD — Bank Independent celebrated its 75th anniversary as a community bank Thursday by giving back to the community in the form of more than $75,000 to nonprofit organizations across […]