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Local UA students win Fulbright Awards

TUSCALOOSA — The Fulbright Program has selected two University of Alabama students from North Alabama for English teaching awards for the 2023-2024 academic year, the university announced. Austin Gregory of Muscle […]

HUNTSVILLE — Discovery Life Sciences’ work in immune oncology is getting a boost after qualifying as an Akoya Biosciences global service provider. The qualification process evaluated Discovery’s proficiency in staining, […]

HUNTSVILLE — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey joined state and local officials and aerospace leaders this morning at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to cut the ribbon on the state-of-the-art […]

HUNTSVILLE — They’re known as the “Loud Crowd.” But, they’re loud in a good way. Loud Crowd classes and Speak Out! services are part of the speech therapy program provided […]

ATHENS – As the cattle cars pull into the Limestone Sheriff’s Rodeo Arena, the Limestone Sheriff’s Rodeo started bucking today with the annual Exceptional Needs Rodeo. Nearly 800 participants were […]

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin – with its partners Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic Technology and Honeybee Robotics – has been selected to build the second human lunar landing system, NASA […]

BIRMINGHAM — Innovate Alabama is opening applications June 1 for the third round of the Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program. Recipients of Phase I and Phase II Federal Small Business […]

MONTGOMERY – North Alabama’s economy continues to show it is a powerhouse in the state. According to the most recent unemployment figures, of the 10 counties with the lowest jobless […]

UNA includes mental health screenings for student-athletes

FLORENCE — As more athletes acknowledge the toll that school, sports, and life in general take on their mental health, colleges and universities are stepping up their game when it […]

  Biden’s invited! Recent media reports speculating that the Biden White House is working to steer Space Command Headquarters to Colorado was met by Alabama leaders with criticism, threats and […]

HUNTSVILLE — All systems are go! Huntsville City Football Club is ready for liftoff tonight at Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium. “Just pure excitement,” said Huntsville City FC […]

HUNTSVILLE – Time to breathe in the clean air and nominate local businesses or industries considered good stewards of the environment. Huntsville’s Air Pollution Control Board is accepting nominations through […]

WASHINGTON— Stressing the importance of broadband access to rural areas, the CEO of a North Alabama telecom co-op testified in a U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry  Subcommittee on Rural […]

HUNTSVILLE — Along with the list of sports and events the renovated Joe Davis Stadium will host, you can add “emergency shelter.” During Tuesday’s open house, severe weather hit the […]

Our Town Podcast: Karen Petersen

    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 […]

Beam me up! New City Hall 'topped off'

HUNTSVILLE — The city of Huntsville ceremoniously lifted its last and highest beam into place for the new City Hall downtown. Mayor Tommy Battle; Huntsville City Council; Brandon Tucker, project […]

HUNTSVILLE – North Alabama is not home to Mount Everest, K2 or even a Swiss Alp, but if you didn’t know rock climbing was a thing in this area, High […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Chinese ownership of U.S. land increasing more than 2,200% from 2010 to 2020, lawmakers are pushing legislation to stem the purchases by adversarial governments. And the […]

Alabama 53 resurfacing starts Sunday night

HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing two miles of Alabama 53/Jordan Lane in Huntsville this weekend, weather permitting. According to the contractor, Rogers Group, crews will […]

Repercussions continue to come in from Monday’s report about President Biden possibly overturning a planned move of Space Command to Redstone Arsenal. The hailstorm of protest is bipartisan and bicameral, […]

Grand reopening celebrated at 'The Joe'

HUNTSVILLE — The rains held off just long enough Tuesday that the excitement surrounding the grand reopening of Joe Davis Stadium wasn’t dampened. Referring to the stadium as “The rejuvenated […]

TANNER – Four North Alabama high school students are walking through open doors of opportunity as they graduated from high school this spring with not only a high school diploma, […]

HUNTSVILLE — The city of Huntsville is considering a lease agreement to bring a new-to-market restaurant concept to the downtown area. According to the city, New Orleans-based Barracuda would build […]

Lambert joins LSINC as chief commercial officer

HUNTSVILLE – Print technology executive Jim Lambert has joined LSINC as chief commercial officer, the company announced Tuesday. Lambert has 41 years of experience in publishing, prepress, graphic arts, and […]