BWX Technologies: Huntsville’s nuclear option

Huntsville has undergone several identities over the past century: From cotton capital to the Rocket City to the Silicon Valley of the South.

Now, there’s a new addition to the city’s monikers – The New Wave of Nuclear.

Nostalgic Goodbye to Old Grissom High & Exciting Hello to New South Huntsville Library

Parents and alumni of Virgil I. Grissom High School gathered at the campus on Bailey Cove Road for a farewell to the building and fundraiser for the new South Huntsville Library. The “Goodbye Grissom, Hello Library!” community gathering was nostalgic for many guests such as Jim Hillenbrand, a member of the school’s first graduating class […]

Redstone Federal Credit Union named Credit Union of the Year by NAFCU

Redstone Federal Credit Union has been named Credit Union of the Year by the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU). RFCU President/CEO Joe Newberry received the award during at the annual NAFCU Conference and Solutions Expo in Seattle, Wash. “To be recognized by NAFCU as the Credit Union of the Year is such an […]

CFDRC acquisition to speed discovery of new antibiotics

A pair of HudsonAlpha companies are combining to speed the discovery of new antibiotics. CFD Research Corp. has acquired the drug discovery division of iXpressGenes; both are associate companies at Huntsville-based HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. As part of the acquisition, CFDRC obtained iXG’s high-throughput antimicrobial discovery platform called EMAD (Extremophilic Microbiome Antimicrobial Discovery) and all […]

Facebook likes Huntsville; company to build $750 million data center

It’s the perfect connection: A digital giant and a high-tech capital. So, when Facebook announced it was building a large-scale data center, it was no surprise.

Planes, drones, special missions aircraft on display at Sierra Nevada Industry Day

MERIDIANVILLE — A cost-effective solution for retrofitting old Black Hawk helicopters with the most technologically advanced electronics and equipment was unveiled recently by Sierra Nevada. The event was held during Sierra Nevada’s Industry Day at the company’s facility at the Huntsville Executive Airport. SNC acquired the older model Air Force UH-60L Black Hawk through Huntsville’s […]

‘Main Street Alabama’ designation to make South Huntsville a ‘special place’

There may be no specified downtown nor an entertainment district per se. In fact, South Huntsville’s “main street” is a four-lane divided highway that carries a U.S. route designation. But, the area that stretches from roughly south of Governors to drive to the Tennessee River is a Main Street Alabama community. “I couldn’t be more […]

Madison ballpark: They haven’t built it, but hundreds did come

If the line of cars on Zierdt Road and the hundreds of people who showed up for a groundbreaking ceremony were any indication, baseball has definitely returned to North Alabama.

Alabama State Games are gold for Huntsville

Thousands of athletes are racing to the Rocket City this weekend for a chance to win gold. Meanwhile, Huntsville stands to reap some gold of its own – or green – through the economic impact from the Alabama State Games XXXVI.

SHBA begins search for executive director

The South Huntsville Business Association (SHBA) announced today an executive search for the association’s first executive director. Applications will be accepted through June 20. The SHBA was recently selected as one of three new Main Street designated communities in Alabama. According to the organization, the new director will help promote economic development among South Huntsville […]