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Huntsville awards grants to local nonprofits

HUNTSVILLE — The Huntsville City Council authorized the city’s Community Development Office to distribute Community Development Block Grant funds to seven local nonprofit organizations. The grant funds are available through […]

HUNTSVILLE — Westminster Christian Academy sophomore Sutton Gore has been selected as a finalist for America’s Most Spirited High School Athlete. Now, she needs others to catch the spirit and […]

  Huntsville plays it best News broke this week about the deal between Food City and the City of Huntsville to build six stores. This announcement confirms an earlier report […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Panoply Arts Festival, Huntsville’s oldest, most successful and most beloved event of the year opens this evening with its traditional Military Salute Night. Admission to the festival […]

“The technology available to consumers that allows us to communicate with ease everyday is vastly ahead of the resources available to first responders, the people literally tasked with saving our […]

HUNTSVILLE — It was just a hundred miles up the road but it was the goal of Joey DeZart’s professional journey when he took the field Wednesday night in Nashville. […]

After years of extensive review, the fact is that Redstone Arsenal is the best location to permanently house U.S. Space Command. While we wait for the final decision to be […]

Richmond American Homes debuts in Hazel Green

HAZEL GREEN – A friendly shake is all it takes and that what it took for Richmond American Homes of Tennessee to welcome visitors to Friendship Ridge, a new residential […]

Chance of strong storms in forecast today

HUNTSVILLE — It looks like those April showers aren’t drying out anytime, soon. And, we’ve got an outside chance at some severe storms on the anniversary when 62 tornadoes ripped […]

HUNTSVILLE — Gone are the days of developers and business owners trying to track down owners of adjacent property when applying for on-premise liquor licenses. The process could take weeks […]

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UAH hits record $169.5M in R&D funding

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville notched a record $169.5 million in research and development expenditures for Fiscal Year 2022, a 13% increase over FY21, the university announced. […]

A&M renews Magic City deal for 4 more years

HUNTSVILLE – With the intensity of negotiations off the field apparently measuring up to the intensity on the field, the biggest rivalry in HBCU football will remain in Birmingham. Alabama […]

HUNTSVILLE — The city of Huntsville is getting ahead of the opioid crisis by allocating proceeds from an opioid settlement to organizations dedicated to fighting the effects of opioid abuse. […]

ATHENS — Tuesday evening, Brad Ardner and his wife Laurie pulled into Applebee’s in Athens and found themselves in the middle of the annual City of Athens Relay for Life […]

HUNTSVILLE – Sparked by a comment from a retired Huntsville Utilities official, Todd Long and Amanda Tomczyk-Kemp have given a charge to social media for utilities. In fact, the Huntsville […]

Bank Independent kicks off Shelter Share drive

SHEFFIELD — It’s all about kitty cat whiskers and puppy dog tails for Bank Independent in May and its 10th annual Shelter Share drive. As part of Bank Independent’s nonprofit […]

EFI Automotive making $6M investment in Elkmont

ELKMONT — In a show of confidence for Limestone County and the town of Elkmont, EFI Automotive is making a $6 million investment to its North American headquarters here. EFI […]

Friday after Five returns to downtown Athens

ATHENS — It is a testament to two popular sayings – “Thank God it’s Friday” and “It must be 5 o’clock somewhere” – Athens Main Street welcomes the first “Friday […]

Food City plans 6 stores in Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE — Food City is coming to the Rocket City. The Virginia-based grocery store chain is planning to build six stores in Huntsville, according to a development agreement with the […]

Calendar bill could lead to year-round school

MONTGOMERY — A bill has been introduced by a Decatur legislator that would give local school boards more flexibility over required instructional days throughout the year. If passed, districts would […]

HUNTSVILLE – Polaris will be shipping the first of its all-new electric Ranger XP Kinetic vehicles from its Huntsville manufacturing plant this week. Polaris manufactures the fully electric vehicle at […]

Progress continues on 'The Joe's transformation

HUNTSVILLE — With less than four weeks before the home opener, Huntsville City Football Club released an update on Joe Davis Stadium – and it’s a real kick in the […]

Butler bill addresses Welcome Center rocket

MONTGOMERY — The deteriorating Saturn rocket at the I-65 Welcome Center in Limestone County has garnered state headlines for months. The widespread attention has caused lawmakers and other officials to […]