HUNTSVILLE — Sharon Snell has been promoted to director of Community Engagement & Technology, the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau announced. Starting her career in 1999 as a convention […]

MADISON – In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to the World Health Organization. The organization said the increase was […]

ATHENS – With the newest Whataburger opening its drive-thru service next week in Athens, the burger chain has formed a partnership with local franchise group MWB Restaurants to serve up […]

HUNTSVILLE — CommentSold’s live commercial selling platform for retailers has created a strategic partnership with LikeSew point-of-sale platform. The move will incorporate CommentSold’s newly released Videeo live video commerce technology […]

HUNTSVILLE — Avion Solutions’ employee-led giving fund, Avion Takes Action, has awarded $20,000 in grants to four nonprofit organizations, the company announced. The grants are distributed in communities where Avion […]

ATHENS — It’s not often that a store opening creates quite the buzz that Buc-ee’s has. But then, Buc-ee’s isn’t a typical store. When a business brags about bathrooms, jerky, […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville Utilities business and residential customers will see an increase in their natural gas next month, the utility said in a news release. The increase will affect about […]

FLORENCE — Martin Supply is taking a big step in acquiring its fourth Indiana-based industrial distributor in three years. Quality Mill Supply has locations in Bloomington, Ferdinand, Fort Wayne, Franklin, […]

HUNTSVILLE – It is the less flashy but crucial behind-the-scenes part of show business – sound engineering and design, lighting design, color theory, rigging, set, and costume design. It is […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville engineering firm AVNIK Defense Solutions has been given an opportunity to commercialize a military product to aid civilian utility companies, thanks to Innovate Alabama. The product – […]

HUNTSVILLE — Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first flight software package for the nation’s next-generation ICBM interceptor ahead of schedule. The delivery to the Missile Defense Agency marks a critical […]

Our tagline, “Lighting the pathway to freedom,” it’s at the core of everything we do: Torch Technologies co-founder Bill Roark  HUNTSVILLE — “I know all of you take that to […]

HUNTSVILLE – With supply-chain problems and security at the forefront of business and government, Israel-based proteanTecs will showcase its solutions at the IEEE International Conference on Physical Assurance and Inspection […]

HUNTSVILLE — Aerojet Rocketdyne will power the Navy’s new Compact Rapid Attack Weapon as part of the Raytheon Missiles & Defense team building the next generation torpedo. Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Huntsville […]

HUNTSVILLE — Startup accelerator gener8tor and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have announced the five companies for their inaugural Fall 2022 HudsonAlpha Agtech Investment Accelerator. The 12-week program, which kicked […]

MADISON – Honestly, not another coffee shop down the street, not a two-year pandemic, nor roadwork blocking traffic in downtown Huntsville has been able to slow the flow of customers […]

MADISON — A potential retail annexation would be a “win-win” for the city of Madison, according to officials. At Monday’s City Council meeting, a proposal to annex the Publix supermarket […]

MADISON — Leather protected prehistoric man from the elements. It was used in 3000 B.C. to make boat sails, furniture, tents, and weapons. Because of its durability while also being […]

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HUNTSVILLE – When Zeus Research was awarded a grant from Innovate Alabama recently, company officials saw it as an opportunity to test a new technology. In late August, Innovate Alabama […]

HUNTSVILLE –  A trio of North Alabama school systems are thousands of dollars richer thanks to the Publix Tools for Back-to-School register campaign and The Schools Foundation. At a ceremony […]

HUNTSVILLE – Every second counts in responding to emergencies. And now, Hexagon has added artificial intelligence to help lessen response time through real-time alerts. Hexagon’s Huntsville-based Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial […]

HUNTSVILLE – As of December 2021, the percentage of women who were CEOs of a Fortune 500 company was 8.2% according to career experts, Zippia Research. However, if that figure […]

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 […]