North Alabama is known for its diversity: mountains and lakes, progressive cities and rural gems, gold record studios and unclaimed baggage collections. But on any trip through this northernmost region of Alabama, it quickly […]

One of Huntsville’s own, TriVector Services Sr. vice president of Civil Systems Strategic Business Unit Marc Verhage, is one of three recipients awarded NASA’s Outstanding Public Leadership Medal at a […]

In partnership with Calhoun Community College and Auburn University, Victory Solutions, headquartered in Huntsville, has created a new Huntsville workforce training program that better addresses today’s digital engineering gap in […]

International consulting firm Guidehouse, a global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial clients, has appointed former Federal Bureau of Investigation section chief Dan Odom as senior […]

Two research centers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will provide expertise to a newly formed, $360 million university alliance led by the University of Alabama (UA) to […]

During the offseason, college football fans have little to sink their teeth into. The NFL Draft is fun, but this year’s has the potential to be a snore. The addition […]

Is Billy Allen the best singer that you have ever heard? Maybe not. Is Billy Allen the best singer that you have never heard? Now, that is a possibility. Here […]

Beginning next Wednesday, April 20, 256 Today will feature one of the nine Launch Tank winners every Wednesday over the next 10 weeks to share with our smart readers the […]

Spring—or at least spring weather—seems to be in full swing. That means we have plenty of perfect, cloudless days ahead during that magical window of time when the mosquitos are […]

Dr. K.K. Doty famously said, “A good bicycle, well applied, will cure most ills this flesh is heir to.” As hundreds of Paralympic cyclists arrived in Huntsville from around the […]

In a sign that the hospitality industry is recovering nicely in North Alabama, the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau has hired a new full-time administrative assistant. Julian Burley, an […]

Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State. But why? Well, there’s the yellowhammer bird, which is our state bird. If you ask an ornithologist, the bird is actually a “Northern Flicker.” […]

April showers may bring May flowers, but it comes with dangerous storms to the state of Alabama keeping an atmospheric sciences team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) […]

Huntsville-based software and systems engineering experts Invariant Corporation has created the Pickard Strong Scholarship in honor of a lifelong member of the Invariant team, the late Jack “Warren” Pickard, who […]

Huntsville’s Michelle Abroms Levin, managing partner and shareholder with Huntsville Dentons law firm, was awarded the WomenLEAD Excellence Award in the “Emerging leader” category during Dentons 6th annual International Women’s […]

Ford Motor Company recently inducted Woody Anderson Ford owner Cathy Stender as the first female member of the Ford Dealer Hall of Fame. Stender was chosen out of only 31 […]

For more than six decades, artists and crafters from across the southeastern United States have made their way to the North Alabama town of Guntersville to display their works of […]

Southern Living, a lifestyle magazine highlighting the Southern United States, has named Guntersville and Florence to their top 10 list of The South’s Best Lake Towns in 2022.  Melea Hames […]

The Electric Belle, Stovehouse’s latest entertainment experience, in partnership with the University of Alabama Department of Music, presents a musical wine pairing Thursday, April 7. Does flavor have a sound? […]

The NCAA’s Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) policy was an immediate and seismic shift in college sports when it went into effect last summer. July 1 marks its second year, […]

A robotic rover developed for use on Mars by the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s (UAH) Space Hardware Club (SHC) will compete in the Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge (URC) finals […]

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle recently teased that the official city bird of Huntsville had become the crane, due to the number of building cranes seen throughout the city, but as […]

Whether you want to chow down on barbecue, sample vegetarian food-truck fare, or crush on gussied-up funnel cakes, Black-owned food businesses in Huntsville and across north Alabama will make your […]

A team of University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) students won first place and $8,000 in the recent Boeing New Business Challenge for their innovative garment and towel sanitizer product […]