Entries by Gus Wintzell

UAH researcher wins NASA FINESST award

HUNTSVILLE, AL – A doctoral student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been awarded a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship to study space weather to improve predictive methods for coronal mass ejections (CME) from the Sun. Improving the methods for forecasting the arrival time […]

Huntsville ranked among top five best job markets in the U.S.

Over the past few weeks, various headlines spelled doom for employees across the nation. General Motors of America and Stellantis laid off thousands of workers nation wide, which prompted intense push-back from current and ex-employees. A week prior, Google announced that it would be be cutting hundreds of jobs, and last week Reuters reported that […]

TIMES ALMOST UP! Best of Huntsville nominations open for one more week

After a very exciting month, the nomination period for the Best of Huntsville is coming to a close. Huntsville has consistently been ranked high in national awards over the past year, and Event Magazine and the Huntsville Business Journal have partnered to extend the opportunity to our readers to tell us which businesses have helped shape our […]

Huntsville welcomes new collaboration between partner DSV and Qatar Airways Cargo

Showered by the spray from a water cannon salute, the first Qatar Airways cargo jet to land at Huntsville International Airport (HSV) marked the inauguration of the Gateway Star route linking Mexico to the Middle East. The Boeing 777 arrived in Huntsville from Mexico City at the DSV facility in the airport International Intermodal Center […]

Education, Workforce Development Key to Drake State’s Story

Dr. Patricia Sims’ story begins in a smaller town just a little over 20 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi.  Canton is its name, although some of the locals in the area call it “Nissan City,” a name that pays homage to the Nissan Manufacturing plant there and the  economic development that followed its opening decades ago.  […]

New Hampton Cove social hub adds unique destination to North Alabama

Planes, trains and automobiles. Or rather, plane parts, a train car and a double-decker bus. These are all part of the unique Hampton Cove gathering place “The Grid,” created by Russ Dunford in 2019. The latest addition is a bright red, double decker bus, which Dunford has turned into a double decker coffee shop.  That’s […]

Huntsville in running for #1 small airport in U.S. for third consecutive year

Huntsville has gotten accustomed to superlatives lauding our community as the best place to live, work, and raise a family, but we want to go for one more – #1 Small Airport in the U.S.! USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards has included Huntsville International Airport (HSV) as one of 20 contenders for 2023 accolades. HSV was voted […]

Space and Rocket Center to host exciting Mars roadshow, includes free planetarium event

The Mars 2020 mission is landing at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) with opening of the “Roving with Perseverance” roadshow this weekend. The Rocket Center is the only location in the Southeast to host the roadshow, which includes full-size “twin” models of NASA’s Perseverance rover and the history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The Rocket Center […]

Recent poll shows that Huntsville ranks in top five for income growth

Over the past few years, Huntsville has garnered some rather impressive accolades. Among the most recent saw Huntsville included as the top city in the nation for tech jobs. Data accumulated for this ranking included an incredible $96,000 median salary, which is a 13% increase in tech-based wages over the past few years. Following along […]