The city’s higher education leaders are bullish on the future. At the 2025 State of Higher Education event hosted by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber, presidents from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Alabama A&M University, Calhoun Community College, and Drake State Community & Technical College outlined how their institutions are fueling Huntsville’s economic engine […]
First Horizon Bank is committing $150,000 to support Huntsville’s expanding startup ecosystem through programs run by gener8tor. The funding supports gBETA Huntsville and Spark at MidCity, delivered in partnership with gener8tor, a nationally ranked startup accelerator and venture capital firm, and the Apollo Coalition. By leveraging the Innovate Alabama Tax Credit Program, First Horizon is […]
Despite a resident’s suggestion to redirect funds earmarked for the planned Skybridge over Memorial Parkway and Governors Drive, the Huntsville City Council voted to accept a $20 million grant to support construction. At its regular meeting last week, the council voted to accept $20 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2022 […]
To mark national Community Planning Month, Huntsville’s Planning Department will hold a series of town halls throughout October in four of the city’s five council districts, beginning tonight. The events are part of an ongoing effort to highlight the department’s role in shaping Huntsville’s growth and development. Mayor Tommy Battle issued a proclamation, and members […]
On October 1, 2025, the United States entered a partial government shutdown after Congress failed to pass appropriations legislation for the 2026 fiscal year. The shutdown resulted from partisan disagreements over federal spending levels, foreign aid rescissions, and health insurance subsidies. The shutdown led to the furlough of approximately 750,000 federal employees. Essential services such […]
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has been selected as a winner of the 2025 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant: Children’s Health Innovation Award, a grant designed to accelerate innovation in improving children’s health outcomes through advanced cloud services. By focusing on children’s health, AWS seeks to bring more focus and attention to a wide variety […]
Now that Huntsville residents and city leaders alike have had time to celebrate the relocation of the U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, what kind of changes can we expect to see in the coming months? The answer is even more complex than you might think. The headquarters relocation will bring new jobs, […]
Tom Burns, CEO of cutting-edge eyecare technology company Glaukos of California, made a checklist before seeking a site to build a multimillion-dollar research, development and manufacturing facility. It was a wish list he gave to his team that went on a nationwide search for the right location to build a vanguard institution, and he bought […]
The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of Business and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) marked the latest step in their partnership with a $50,000 donation from the company to establish the UAH Cloud Center of Excellence. The program will provide students with direct access to cloud-computing education and training in order to grow their […]
If Congressman Dale Strong is reading the tea leaves right in Washington, D.C., the Tennessee Valley will be getting more than Space Command. “I believe that North Alabama will play an even larger role in Golden Dome than many of our own people here believe,’’ Strong, who represents Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District, told the Huntsville […]
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