MONTGOMERY – Following through on a campaign promise, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday a widening project for heavily traveled I-565. She also said a second project will expand the I-65 interchange at Tanner. The two major transportation projects were selected by the Alabama Department of Transportation for the Rebuild Alabama Act First Year Plan 2020. The […]
ATHENS — The ripple effect of the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Plant in Limestone County is creating several hundred jobs in Athens. Toyota Boshoku will manufacture seat systems at a $50 million plant in the Breeding North Industrial Park on Sanderfer Road. Construction on the facility, which will take up some 42 acres, is slated to […]
AUBURN — NASA has awarded a $5.2 million contract to Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, it was announced Monday. The three-year contract is to develop additive manufacturing processes and techniques for improving the performance of liquid rocket engines. The contract is the latest expansion of a longstanding public-private […]
Paula Steigerwald, CEO of the Huntsville Botanical Garden, is retiring after 17 “marvelous” years. Her retirement is effective Aug. 30, according to a statement from the Garden’s Board of Directors. She joined the Garden in 2002 and oversaw a strong period of transformation and growth at the facility. “The past 17 years have been marvelous, […]
The AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown, the first AC Hotels by Marriott in Alabama, is officially open to guests. Adjacent to the Von Braun Center and across the street from Big Spring Park, the hotel includes six levels and 120 guest rooms, as well as co-working spaces, event space for up to 200 and multiple beverage […]
Construction is underway on a pair of BL Harbert projects in Huntsville. Ground was broken this month on Fleming Farms, a senior housing community, and 8800 Redstone Gateway, an office development. Fleming Farms, on Whitesburg Drive, will support the needs of a wide range of seniors from independent living and assisted living to memory care. […]
The number of homes sold in Huntsville was up over a year ago, according to the latest report from the Alabama Center for Real Estate. The median sales price and average sales price of homes last month also saw an increase over February a year ago. The report also showed this was a “seller’s market” […]
TEGNA has entered into an agreement with Nexstar Media Group to acquire 11 television stations in eight markets, including eight Big Four affiliates, for $740 million in cash. Huntsville’s WZDX Fox 54 is among the TV stations in the purchase. TEGNA owns 49 television stations and two radio stations in 41 markets. It is the […]
CFD Research has been awarded a small business prime contract for the Vertical Lift Technology Development program at NASA Ames Research Center. It is the company’s first major service prime NASA contract. The five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract has a ceiling value of $24 million. CFD Research and its team of subcontractors will provide […]
Beginning in June, American Airlines will offer more early morning and evening flight options for passengers traveling direct from Huntsville to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Customers in Huntsville will have the opportunity to make one stop in Dallas/Fort Worth to travel to places such as Dublin and Munich, where American is launching seasonal service for […]
