HUNTSVILLE, AL – The City of Huntsville’s Air Pollution Control Board wants to recognize businesses or industries that are good stewards of our environment. Through May 31, the board is accepting nominations for the 2023 Air Pollution Control Achievement Awards. Established in 1997, the program recognizes the voluntary efforts of industrial, commercial and institutional facilities that seek to […]
Mill Creek Elementary School‘s hard work and dedication to Greenpower Racing came to fruition this year as the team emerged as National Champions in the Goblin division. The school, located in Madison City Schools, races three cars and two ended up in the top 10 in the country. One car took the number one spot […]
Robins & Morton ranked second on Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of the country’s top general contractors. The list ranked companies by the total construction cost of completed healthcare projects in 2022. Last year, Robins & Morton completed $1.2 billion in healthcare projects encompassing 3.3 million square feet. The company has ranked among Modern Healthcare’s top […]
Graduate programs in engineering and nursing at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, were recognized for excellence in U.S. News & World Report’s recent rankings of the 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools. UAH’s College of Engineering is ranked #2 among Best Engineering Schools in the state of […]
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Mayor Tommy Battle announced the appointment of 21-year City of Huntsville employee Amy Kenum to the role of Manager of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Kenum, a Lawrence County native, was appointed head of the Geographic Information Services Division during the April 27 Huntsville City Council meeting. She will lead and help grow the GIS […]
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) continued its support of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business by presenting a $100,000 gift to UAH officials on March 30. Starting in 2009, SAIC has made this $100,000 gift each year to the College of Business at UAH, a part of The University of Alabama […]
A team consisting of mechanical and aerospace engineering majors at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) competed in the 2023 NASA Student Launch, hosted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Supported by the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and U.S. aerospace industry, the event is a NASA-conducted engineering design challenge that involves […]
The City of Huntsville will allocate proceeds from an opioid settlement to organizations dedicated to fighting the effects of opioid abuse. Huntsville joined opioid-related class-action lawsuits and will receive nearly $2 million over 10 years as part of a settlement from McKesson and a one-time payment of $982,235 from Janssen. The City is a plaintiff […]
ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS), announced its first location in Virginia, opening on April 24, 2023. The new office is located at 4505 Columbus Street, Six Columbus Center, Suite 100, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462. This marks ServisFirst Bank’s 30th location across seven states in the United States. ServisFirst Bank Virginia has a […]
HUNTSVILLE, AL — Polaris Inc. announced a milestone for its Alabama manufacturing facility — the first fully electric RANGER XP Kinetic off-road vehicles are headed out of the Huntsville factory to dealerships for customer pickup. Production of the electric vehicles began earlier this month at the 900,000-square-foot facility, according to Polaris, the Minneapolis-based producer of […]
