The design for Huntsville’s new skatepark, which was approved to be built on three acres at John Hunt Park in January, will be unveiled at a public viewing Wednesday at Fractal Brewing Project at 3200 Leeman Ferry Road. The gathering is sponsored by the City of Huntsville, Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville, The Skatepark Project […]
Cindy Doty, senior consultant for PassionHR Consulting, Inc., explained issues facing employers and workers regarding President Joe Biden’s mandate that some companies require COVID-19 vaccinations. And three times during her presentation at Wednesday’s weekly coronavirus press briefing at the Huntsville City Council chambers she stressed this: neither the city nor the state are issuing these […]
One local restaurant manager has his pulse on the workforce situation this country faces is in a pandemic environment. It’s not a comforting picture. The manager, who like many who were contacted for this story asked for his store or his name not to be used, said his chain restaurant was bracing against the same […]
ALEXANDER CITY — Retired professional golfer Ben Crenshaw, winner of the Masters Tournament in 1984 and 1995, and his partner Bill Coore had a guiding light when deciding on a design for a new course in Alexander City on Lake Martin. Coore & Crenshaw leaned on the legacy of Benjamin “Mr. Ben’’ Russell, the patriarch […]
The White Sands Missile Range, formerly known as the Proving Grounds, confirmed one of Teledyne Brown Engineering’s latest missiles is on point. The Targets Division of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s (USASMDC) recently tested the latest in a series of target missiles developed by Teledyne Brown. The Economical Target (ET-2) missile was […]
The nation’s Food and Drug Administration, which signed off on Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot last month, approved the same for Moderna and J&J boosters Wednesday night. The FDA also gave the go ahead to mix-and-match with booster shots. Originally, the Pfizer booster was meant only for people who had taken the Pfizer vaccine previously. That’s […]
As skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines continue to keep a large portion of the country’s population from taking the shots, Dr. Roger Smalligan, regional dean at the UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, said he understood the apprehension. He, too, hesitated to take one of the vaccines before he did his research and decided it was the […]
Cases of COVID-19 in Madison County have dropped in the past week. That’s the positive news Crestwood Medical Center CEO Dr. Pam Hudson brought to the COVID-19 briefing Wednesday at the Huntsville City Council chambers. “There is a reduction in new cases over the last seven days of 10 percent,’’ she said. “Some good news […]
Eugene Jung and his partner weren’t just looking for a good business location when they brought their restaurant to Madison Boulevard. At least for Jung. He was looking for a community relationship and found just that with Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken, partly because of the pandemic. The arrival of COVID-19 about 17 months after […]
The news was a mixed bag at the weekly press briefing of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Huntsville City Council chambers Wednesday. Jeff Samz, CEO of the Huntsville Hospital System, said the two facilities in the city and Madison have seen about a 10 percent drop in COVID-19 patients over the last two weeks. […]
