Madison County’s unemployment rate is 2.3 percent. Alabama’s unemployment rate is 3.6 percent. When we hear there is a labor shortage and a lot of people without jobs, those numbers don’t leave a lot of people on the unemployment rolls. A percentage of the 2.5 percent don’t meet the needs of employers for some reason […]
Huntsville is a city of “firsts” and now the Rocket City has joined a “vintage” crowd with the U.S. debut of Greenock Estate Australian wines. The occasion marked the grand relocation of the Church Street Wine Shoppe on Gates for one of Huntsville’s most endangered historic homes – the Humphreys-Rodgers House at 102 Gates Street […]
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It is a partnership that brings together two visions – one green and the other blue – to create a new way of engaging with the great North Alabama outdoors. Representatives from Madison County’s legacy Singing River Trail project joined representatives from the Tennessee RiverLine project recently to kick off their vision for a continuous […]
MADISON — Something delicious will make its debut in the shadow of Toyota Field this year. Town Madison’s first five-star restaurant, J. Alexander’s, broke ground this week bringing its famous wood-fired cuisine to the area. Town Madison master developer Louis Breland said it was a great day not just for Town Madison, but for the city […]
Lamar Advertising of North Alabama has consolidated its regional operations into a new 15,000 square-foot facility in the Jetplex Industrial Park. The $4 million facility will house the 24 employees who work in Decatur and Huntsville’s Five Points locations. The location creates a centralized hub for Lamar’s seven-county service areas of Huntsville and Madison, Decatur, […]
Huntsville International Airport welcomes new low-cost carrier Breeze Airways to its lineup with introductory $39 non-stop flights to Charleston, S.C., and New Orleans beginning July 15; and to Tampa starting July 22. According to founder and CEO David Neeleman, who also started Jet Blue, the “Low Fare, High Flex” airline is unveiling its debut network, […]
MADISON — The Rocket City Trash Pandas have taken the field and the Madison Chamber of Commerce is ready to play ball! And, fittingly, the theme for this year’s pandemic-delayed Business Expo & Kid’s Day is baseball. After being sidelined last year, the annual event returns to The Insanity Complex on June 26 from 10 a.m. […]
Smiles and laughter were in abundance as one of the first post-pandemic maskless celebrations took place in Cummings Research Park. The celebration was for CFD Research breaking ground for a 13,265 square foot laboratory in Cummings Research Park. The new facility, behind the company’s headquarters adjacent to the Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, will expand the […]
Sometimes we forget the wonders that exist just down the street or conveniently located around the corner from home. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Space Camp are truly exceptional features known worldwide, and there is a lot new happening there worth seeing, according to Dr. Kimberly Robinson, the new executive director and CEO. […]
