Entries by Mike Easterling

Crews continue to move dirt for development as Huntsville City FC opens season

Construction crews were busy at various tasks on a sunny Thursday morning, some running excavators while others tended to jobs stretching across acres of real estate that sat empty for decades in front of what is now Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium. Ground was broken at the site just off South Memorial Parkway […]

Moon Tree’s historic journey ends at Monte Sano State Park

From the Marshall Space Flight Center to beyond the Moon, and finally to its final destination at Monte Sano State Park, the most traveled tree seed in history is home. On a cloudy, windy and cold first day of spring, a dedication was held Thursday to celebrate the planting of the “Moon Tree,’’ a pine […]

Innovation Power Hour brings tech, AI, and entrepreneurship to local college

The second HBCU Innovation Power Hour’s spring tour arrived at Drake State Community and Technical College, bringing with it a chance for students to gain hands-on experience and face time with industry leaders and entrepreneurs. The Innovative Power Hour, which was held at Drake State on Monday, is an initiative of The Alabama Collective. Innovate […]

The Right Stuff: Local defense company celebrates success

The Right Stuff is a book from 1979 that was later made into a blockbuster 1983 movie of the same name. Nearly a half-century later, Radiance Technologies CEO William C. Bailey Jr. turned the phrase again during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that drew luminaries from near and far Monday at the engineering contractor’s campus in Cummings […]

Shooting stars: CUSA program champions Huntsville’s career options

A launch occurred at the Conference USA Basketball Championships last week, but it wasn’t a jump shot at the Von Braun Center. Instead, CUSA started its “Stars of Tomorrow‘’ program, an initiative the league devised to combine sports and career development to offer top students from member institutions an opportunity to engage with industry professionals […]

Police advisory council reaches out for community concerns, suggestions

Members of the Huntsville Police Citizens Advisory Committee (HPCAC) want to be clear. The body formed in 2010 serves as a bridge between the community and law enforcement. The panel is not part of nor governed by the force. Likewise, the Huntsville Police Department (HPD) isn’t beholden to the council. Current HPCAC board members say […]

Students, professionals explore genomes at HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge

It was the language of life sciences and cybersecurity: honeypots, hackathon, DNA and the like that are part of the lingo in the world of biology, anatomy, astrobiology and biotechnology. More directly, it was the tongue of genomics — a broader study compared to its cousin genetics — when high school and college students joined […]

City Parks and Rec to host first Teen Career Summit

Huntsville Parks & Recreation is launching a new career path program for area youth. The initiative—the Teen Career Summit 2025—is free for ages 14-18 and takes place on Thursday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Dr. Richard Showers Sr. Recreation Center. The program is designed to give teens the tools they need to plan for […]

Conference USA Basketball Championships adds millions to city coffers

The Von Braun Center crew was still trying to get Propst Arena flipped from hosting a gymnastics meet over the weekend in front of today’s start of college basketball tournaments. Monday night, on the heels of the “Elevate the Stage’’ gymnastics meet featuring Alabama,  California, North Carolina and Michigan State it looked as if workers […]