Coronavirus ‘Fatigue’, Apathy are Concern to Health Officials

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“We can vaccinate about 3,000 people a week right now in Madison County. That’s all the vaccine we’re getting.”

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North Alabama Homebuilding Academy Partners with Drake State for Construction Certification Program

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The North Alabama Homebuilding Academy and Drake State Community & Technical College are partnering to provide students the opportunity to advance their skills and earn college credit for their experience and training.   Today’s announcement comes as NAHA marks its one-year anniversary and celebrates the nearly 100 graduates who have completed the eight-week training course since […]

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For COVID Peace of Mind – and No Swab Up Your Nose – Huntsville Hospital and Kailos Genetics Roll Out Assure Sentinel

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Two issues negatively impacting COVID testing are false readings and the turnaround time it takes for results. False positive results can cause undue concern, whereas false negative readings have the potential to unwittingly add to the continued spread of COVID. The waiting game is especially difficult; it’s the kind of time that most people don’t […]

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Space & Rocket Center Launches Shuttle Restoration Project

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Some three decades of Huntsville weather have taken its toll on a Rocket City landmark. The Pathfinder space shuttle is facing a multi-year, multi-million dollar restoration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Work is underway on the $1.5 million first phase of the project, which begins with removing the Pathfinder orbiter from atop the […]

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60,000 Paycheck Protection Program Loans Approved in First Week

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Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it has approved approximately 60,000 PPP loan applications submitted by nearly 3,000 lenders, for more than $5 billion, between the program’s re-opening Jan. 11 and last Sunday. Last week, the PPP provided dedicated access to community financial institutions that specialize in serving underserved communities, including minority- women-, […]

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Huntsville Takes Lead on Two Northrop Grumman Projects

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Northrop Grumman is bringing two major Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System production programs to its Huntsville manufacturing center.  The command system is the centerpiece of the Army’s modernization strategy for air and missile defense.  Most of the work is performed here and the city will be the center of production for the […]

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Local COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Facing Busy Signals on Hotline, ‘Math Problem’

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The Alabama Department of Public Health has a message for people frustrated by not being able to reach through the COVID-19 vaccination scheduling hotline: keep trying. With the state beginning virus vaccinations for citizens aged 75 years and older and emergency frontline workers Jan. 18, ADHP began scheduling appointments for local health departments the week […]

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System High Acquires Booz Allen Hamilton TEAMS Contract

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Protecting sensitive government activities and operations is one of the biggest national security challenges facing our country. The Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville got a big boost of momentum with System High’s acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton’s Technical, Engineering, Advisory, and Management Support (TEAMS) contract with its 110 employees here. System High specializes in a […]

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Blue Origin Mission Demonstrates Crew Capsule Upgrades

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It was a picture-perfect launch and landing Thursday for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program. Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, New Shepard is Blue Origin’s fully reusable suborbital launch vehicle. New Shepard is designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line (100 km), the internationally recognized boundary of […]

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Boeing Awarded Nearly $1B for Air and Missile Defense

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Boeing has been awarded contracts in the past year totaling $974 million to develop a next-generation seeker for the Army’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile system, as well as continue and expand production on current generations of the PAC-3 seeker, in Huntsville, as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin. The seeker provides guidance data to the […]

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