Delta Surge Cripples Hospitals: No ICU Beds Available
85% of Huntsville Hospital inpatients were unvaccinated; three unvaccinated patients accounted for three deaths in a 24-hour period
Entries by Mike Easterling
106 Jefferson, Huntsville’s First Boutique Lifestyle Hotel, Open for Business.
106 Jefferson, a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel and Valor Hospitality Partners property, opened its 115-room site in downtown this week. Built on the historic site of the former Huntsville Hotel, an iconic hot spot during the Victorian era, the property features a chef-driven restaurant, a rooftop lounge and is walkable to the city’s bustling […]
Huntsville’s Annual Restaurant Week is “More than a Meal”
“It’s been a hard season, but it’s made us a stronger community.’’
Birmingham’s Doster Construction Opens Huntsville Office
With a footprint in Huntsville established and growing, Doster Construction Company of Birmingham figured the time was ripe to open an office in the Rocket City. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 408 Franklin Street downtown ushered in the developer’s office site that will oversee more than $200 million worth of projects in the area. “Don’t cut […]
Madison County Extending Rental Assistance Funds into Huntsville
With no one on the Madison County waiting list for the previously granted federal Emergency Rental Assistance, commissioners voted Wednesday to extend some of the funds into Huntsville. Both the city and county received grants to offer rental assistance during the pandemic to struggling renters, and with money sitting idle in the county’s coffers it […]
Delta Variant Making its Presence Known Locally
Huntsville Hospital CEO: 91% of local COVID patients are unvaccinated
Shots in the Arm: Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville Hospital Team up to Provide Vaccines
Those who get both shots will get free tickets to the Space & Rocket Center.
All Aboard! Rolo’s Cafe is Back on Track
The train is rolling again at Rolo’s Cafe. The popular “meat-and-three” restaurant off Airport Road in South Huntsville in Westbury Square is open again after closing just last month. The store reopened last Friday and, by lunchtime, seats were full and a line was formed at the cash register. “We have loyal customers, very loyal,’’ […]
Madison County ‘Moderate Risk’ for Spread of COVID-19; Limestone, Marshall, Morgan Counties ‘High Risk’
Gov. Kay Ivey: “Use your head and get a shot.”
Lee High’s Derrick Gragg Answers Second Call to be AD at Northwestern
Huntsville’s Derrick Gragg has returned to his professional roots as a collegiate administrator, leaving a senior position at the NCAA offices in Indianapolis to become the athletic director at Northwestern University. The two-sport Lee High School star and Vanderbilt University wide receiver has spent more than a quarter-century in athletic administration. Except for the most […]
