QOMPLX to Acquire Huntsville-based Sentar

Risk analytics company QOMPLX has entered into an agreement to acquire Sentar, the two companies announced. Sentar is a cyber-intelligence company, applying analytics, operations and systems engineering expertise to protect our national security by innovating, building, and securing mission-critical assets. The Huntsville-based company will continue to be headed by President Darren Kraabel with other key […]

Skyfire Opens Innovation Hub in Huntsville

Atlanta-area drone designer and manufacturer plans to grow within the space, law enforcement, defense and technology sectors.

Annual HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge Goes Virtual

It’s time to get your hack on … virtually! The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Urban Engine are gearing up for the fourth annual HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, this year’s event will take place virtually April 16-25. HATCH is a unique life sciences hackathon that brings together Alabama-based college and high […]

Sit Down with Success: Tommy Dothard, Owner of Dirtbusters Cleaning and Restoration

Sitdown with Success is a feature of the Huntsville Business Journal on entrepreneurs and their keys to success. This month’s subject is Tommy Dothard, owner of Dirtbusters Cleaning and Restoration. You have heard the refrain, “It’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it”.  Tommy Dothard, the owner of Huntsville’s Dirtbusters Cleaning and Restoration, […]

Local Automotive Manufacturers Hold Virtual Hiring Event; 4,000 Jobs Available

Come and get ‘em! The North Alabama automotive industry still has some 4,000 jobs available starting at $17 per hour.  The world-class Mazda Toyota Manufacturing facility in Huntsville-Limestone County and more than a dozen local automotive manufacturers and suppliers are holding another North Alabama Virtual Automotive Manufacturing Hiring Event. This third event is Thursday from […]

Nashville-based RGI Group Purchases Reed Contracting

One of Huntsville’s top highway/construction contractors has been bought by a Nashville company. Reed Contracting Services has been acquired by Rogers Group Inc., according to a news release from the Nashville company. The purchase includes Reed’s quarry, sand plant, five asphalt plants and all construction assets.  Since its inception in 1987, Reed has grown to […]

Cycling Event Bringing Olympian Revenue to City

The 2021 Paralympic Cycling season kicks off in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park the week of April 17-18 with more than 100 Paralympic athletes from around the country competing. The event is expected to have an estimated economic impact of $210,000 on the local economy. “Space, technology and automotive sectors are already centerpieces to the Huntsville […]

Paralympic Gold Medalist Talks Engineering and Competition

Birmingham resident Jennifer Schuble to compete in Paralympic Cycling Event

Scents, Sights, & Sounds: Town Madison is Coming to Life

MADISON — There is still a lot of roiling red dirt and tractors grinding at the firmament. Not all the landscape has been planted and you will see a spattering of bare spots here and there like missing jigsaw puzzle pieces waiting to be filled in. But over the next few days and weeks – […]

With Masking Mandate Extended, Health Officials Urge Public to ‘Stay Vigilant’

Gov. Kay Ivey: “Folks we’re not there, yet. But goodness knows we’re getting closer.”