Cultural celebration blossoms at Huntsville Botanical Garden

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG) is set to transform into a vibrant mosaic of world cultures with the launch of Global Rhythm & Blooms, an event series promising a sensory journey through music, dance, and culinary delights. Beginning on April 18 and continuing every Thursday until September 26, visitors can indulge in the […]

TVA finalizing plans for proposed $8M investment to Madison County transmission project

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is seeking public input on a recently proposed power line transmission system needed to provide power for the growing load and increased power reliability in the Redstone Arsenal and Huntsville areas of Madison County. TVA officials held an open house to discuss the project on Thursday March 22nd. However those […]

Real Estate Update: February statistics show increased sales

The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors (HAAR) has released its report for the month of February 2024.  The Huntsville/Madison County market saw 545 houses sold in February, which is up from 378 sold in January, and 452 sold in February of 2023.  There were 994 pending sales listed in February 2024, up from 919 in […]

City announces 2023 Air Pollution Control Achievement award winners

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Since 1997, the City of Huntsville’s Air Pollution Control Board has been recognizing local companies for their voluntary efforts to keep our skies clean. Only those institutional and commercial facilities that go beyond regulatory requirements for reducing and controlling air pollutant emissions are eligible. During the 2023 Air Pollution Control Achievement Awards ceremony on Feb. 26, Mayor Battle and Huntsville’s Department […]

Huntsville City Council modifies CNI grant agreement, approves $120K environmental application

Late last week, the Huntsville City Council voted to modify the agreement between the City and developers who are assisting Huntsville’s application for a Complete Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) grant and approved an application to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant. Council members approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a modification to the […]

City Council talks legality of recent Sustainability appointments, highlights Art Museum updates

Yet another debate highlighted a busy night for the Huntsville City Council. The docket for last Thursday’s meeting included discussions on the validity of Mayor Battle’s Sustainability Commission appointments, as well as key highlights from the Project Share program and the Huntsville Museum of Art. Sustainability Commission quarrel  District Five Councilmember John Meredith noted concern […]

NASA and IBM announce first of its kind open-source AI to combat climate change

In the midst of a week filled with groundbreakings, partnership announcements, and the SMD Symposium, NASA and IBM stepped up to give an important update on their current project. Back in February, the two companies started work on an AI foundation model for NASA’s earth science satellite data that would allow for NASA’s Earth-observing satellite […]

Alabama Drought Reach seeks community input to enhance drought communication in Huntsville

The Alabama Drought Reach Program, a collaboration between the Auburn University Water Resources Center, the Alabama Extension experiment stations, and the Office of State Climatology at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) launched two months ago. The hiring of Program Coordinator Brianne Minton, who will be working closely with Dr. Lee Ellenburg of the […]

UES Expands Geotechnical Expertise into Huntsville with Acquisition of GEO Solutions

UES, a national leading engineering and consulting company, has acquired GEO Solutions, a full-service geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, and materials testing company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 2003 by Brian Cook and William Kennard, P.E., the GEO Solutions team has completed thousands of projects throughout the southeast in both the private and public sectors. “We’re […]

HudsonAlpha Faculty Investigator leading research for sustainable agriculture

Faculty Investigator Alex Harkess’ laboratory at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and their collaborators New West Genetics were recently awarded a three-year, $650,000 United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) grant that aims to unlock the full potential of industrial hemp, a versatile plant used for centuries as a source of […]