Drake State Awarded $1.2M from NASA for STEM Workforce Development, Outreach

Drake State Community & Technical College is one of six colleges and universities to win NASA’s Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) award. The awards are made possible through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) and provide up to $1.2 million for a […]

Survey Shows Area Businesses Rebounding from Pandemic

Huntsville metro area is rated No. 1 in the country among all U.S. metros in the rate of economic recovery for 2021

Madison County Extending Rental Assistance Funds into Huntsville

With no one on the Madison County waiting list for the previously granted federal Emergency Rental Assistance, commissioners voted Wednesday to extend some of the funds into Huntsville. Both the city and county received grants to offer rental assistance during the pandemic to struggling renters, and with money sitting idle in the county’s coffers it […]

Delta Variant Making its Presence Known Locally

Huntsville Hospital CEO: 91% of local COVID patients are unvaccinated

State Health-Care Providers Issue Statement Urging Vaccinations

The leaders of the state’s top health-care providers issued a joint statement about COVID-19 vaccines and urging residents to be vaccinated. Dr. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association; Brandon Farmer, president/CEO of the Alabama Nursing Home Association; John Ziegler, executive director of the Alabama State Nurses Association; Tim Vines, president/CEO of Blue Cross and Blue […]

Shots in the Arm: Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville Hospital Team up to Provide Vaccines

Those who get both shots will get free tickets to the Space & Rocket Center.

All Aboard! Rolo’s Cafe is Back on Track

The train is rolling again at Rolo’s Cafe. The popular “meat-and-three” restaurant off Airport Road in South Huntsville in Westbury Square is open again after closing just last month. The store reopened last Friday and, by lunchtime, seats were full and a line was formed at the cash register. “We have loyal customers, very loyal,’’ […]

Charming Southern Architecture, Cottages at Old Monrovia Now Leasing

While Huntsville is on the fast track to building residential communities to meet the needs of its growing population and economic growth, Capstone Communities is completing one of Huntsville’s most unique housing developments at the Cottages at Old Monrovia. The 25-acre development off Old Monrovia Road, just blocks from Huntsville’s MidCity district, turns apartment living […]

Farmers’ Markets Grow With Wide Variety of Goods

Mention to someone you’ve been to the farmers market and they likely will think of summer squash, corn, honey and other items grown and harvested to sell from a pickup truck bed or under a tent. Discerning shoppers know to arrive early for the best pickin’ so they can visit with friends or head elsewhere. […]

Nanoracks Names Former NASA Executive as Senior VP; Company to Open Huntsville Office

Nanoracks has appointed Marshall Smith as senior vice president of Commercial Space Stations. The company also announced it is opening an office in Huntsville’s Lincoln Mill, which Smith will head. Smith is a former deputy associate administrator for NASA’s Systems Engineering and Integration, Human Exploration and Operations. Along with leading the Huntsville office, Smith will coordinate […]