Gen Z veterans help drive nearly 19% increase in VA loan usage

Veterans in Huntsville are purchasing homes at a pace not seen in recent years, and a new report from Veterans United Home Loans puts the city on the national radar. Huntsville ranks No. 7 in the country for growth in VA home purchase loan usage, according to midyear 2025 data, with an 18.8 percent increase […]

City Council Approves Annexation, Honors Life of Fallen City Worker

Welcome aboard, Marshall County. Huntsville continues to add to its ongoing expansion across North Alabama with its latest annexation – a 1,013.96 acre tract of land south of the Tennessee River lying primarily along McCutcheon Loop Road in Morgan County, with a smaller portion extending along Vaughn Road in Marshall County. With an approval by […]

Madison Election 2025: Candidates Lay Out Plans for the Future

Madison City Council and mayoral election hopefuls gathered Thursday night to stump for votes at the Candidate Connection Reception & Forum at the James Clemens theater. The event was organized by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, represented by President Michelle Epling, and All Things Madison, led by founder and CEO Erica DeSpain. Together, they introduced […]

Join the Team That Keeps Huntsville Running: Fleet Services is Now Hiring

The City of Huntsville is currently hiring skilled heavy equipment technicians to support its Fleet Services division, which manages a diverse inventory of more than 2,200 vehicles and equipment. These assets are critical to maintaining public safety, transportation, and infrastructure operations across the city. The role of Equipment Technician II involves the repair and maintenance […]

NASA Collaborates with Local College to Boost Aerospace Training

Drake State Community and Technical College is enhancing its 15-year partnership with NASA’s High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program through significant upgrades to its advanced manufacturing lab. The ongoing collaboration provides students with hands-on experience working on actual aerospace components and opportunities to engage directly with NASA engineers and mentors. As […]

Huntsville’s Ranking Among Mid-Sized Metros: Revealed

The Rocket City maintains its position as a leading national destination for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. The latest national report from CoworkingCafe ranks Huntsville as the fourth-best mid-sized U.S. metro area (with a population between 500,000 and 999,999), based on factors such as job availability, wage growth, affordability, and educational infrastructure. The […]

Navigating NASA: Small Businesses Gain Strategic Guidance from Marshall Experts

On Wednesday, June 25, the Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship hosted the city’s latest NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) event.  The agenda for the event included a welcome from Catalyst’s COO, Sandy Edwards; CEO Lisa Mays; and Don Carver, President of Cepeda Systems.  For the main portion of the event, staff members from […]

Huntsville City Council Moves Forward on Sewer Hike, Ice Center Expansion

The Huntsville City Council made the first sewer rate hike to utilities customers in 20 years official at its regular meeting Thursday night. That approval was expected, as was passing a $44.6 million construction contract for a major expansion of the Huntsville Ice Sports Center (ISC). First, however, Mayor Tommy Battle’s special recognitions included Huntsville […]

Alabama’s Overtime Tax Experiment Ends Amid $350M Fiscal Shock and Suspected Exploitation

Businesses statewide are recalibrating payroll systems as Alabama’s tax exemption on overtime pay expires June 30.   The nine-month pilot, once celebrated as a national model for worker relief, ends with little fanfare. Lawmakers declined to renew it after costs ballooned to ten times original estimates and critics argued it favored higher earners.   Initial projections in […]

Federal Windfall or Fiscal Fog? Breaking Down the NASA Budget Shift

Huntsville is no stranger to federal twists and turns. From Saturn V to today’s Artemis missions, the city has long weathered Washington’s ups and downs while steadily expanding its aerospace, defense, and tech footprint. Now, as the Senate weighs amendments to the “Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1), local business owners are rightly asking how Sen. Ted Cruz’s proposed spending […]