Matt Curtis Real Estate named #1 Real Estate Team in Alabama for fourth consecutive year

Matt Curtis Real Estate, a leading residential real estate team based in Huntsville, AL, is proud to announce its recognition as the #1 Real Estate Team in Alabama for the fourth consecutive year. The prestigious honor was bestowed upon Matt Curtis Real Estate as part of the RealTrends + Tom Ferry The Thousand ranking program, […]

University of Alabama System to reinstate tuition freeze, includes UA Huntsville

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees has recently made the decision that they will not increase tuition for Alabama residents for the 2023-2024 academic year at any of its three doctoral research institutions – The University of Alabama (UA), The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and The University of Alabama in Huntsville […]

Bank Independent announces market leadership transition

Bank Independent, headquartered in Sheffield, Ala., announced an important leadership transition in the greater Decatur market. David Mathews announced his retirement plans and Bob Thompson is tapped to guide growth as the Area President of Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties. Current Area President David Mathews has served the Decatur community for over 16 years. Mathews has […]

NASA Announces Selection of Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider

NASA officials gathered at the Marshall Flight Center in Huntsville on Friday to announce the selection of Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, as a second Artemis Lunar Lander provider. According to NASA, Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA’s human landing system (HLS) requirements for recurring astronaut […]

Introducing the Blind Tiger: Downtown Huntsville’s newest event space

When Angela Panzica moved to Huntsville, Alabama from Florida around five years ago, she immediately saw the demand for change in the downtown scene of Huntsville and had a vision for how she could help. Angela described Huntsville’s nightlife and downtown scene as “poised for a cultural Renaissance” marked by the thousands of people moving […]

Governor Ivey addresses Huntsville-Madison County via video for 2023 Alabama Update

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey addressed guests of the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce by video on Thursday after problems with her state airplane rendered her unable to make her scheduled appearance for the 2023 Alabama Update.  Along with the short video provided by Ivey, State Finance Director Bill Poole addressed the sold-out crowd in the Governor’s […]

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 […]

Green joins Bank Independent’s downtown location

Bank Independent is pleased to announce that Crystal Green has joined our team as a VP Sales Officer at the Downtown Huntsville Sales Office located at 225 Holmes Avenue NE. Green has over 24 years in the banking industry with most of that time coming on the retail side. She has spent the last six years […]

Inventory increase indicates potential thaw in market for the future

Realtor.com has released its monthly national survey of the state of the real estate market for the month of May.  Inventory has increased by 21.5% from May of last year, continuing to build off of the 48.3% year-over-year increase from April. 42 of the 50 largest metro markets have seen their inventory increase this past […]

Para-Cycling Road World Cup sets new marks for economic impact

Huntsville saw two double podiums and two overall world cup titles cap the first U.S.-hosted UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup for Team USA Memorial Day weekend at scenic Cummings Research Park. Team USA ended the historic weekend with a dominating medal count of 22 – the next highest countries tied with 16 apiece – and […]