City of Huntsville announces 2023 Beautification Awards winners

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HUNTSVILLE, AL – Since 1975, local leaders have joined the Huntsville Beautification Board to recognize citizen and business efforts to create a thriving, beautiful city. To preserve that tradition of excellence, Mayor Tommy Battle joined board members at this year’s Huntsville Beautification Awards on Friday, Sept. 1, at Oakwood University’s Community Health Action Center. “We’re blessed to live in a community filled with residents ready to […]

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Two Huntsville lawyers named among 2024 Best Lawyers in America

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The Best Lawyers in America© released their 2024 edition last week, which included Huntsville-based Tommy and Bart Siniard of Siniard Law. Senior partner Tommy Siniard has received the distinction for 28 consecutive years. Joining his father for the first time in the rankings is partner Bart Siniard.  Tommy Siniard’s recognition in the 2024 edition continues […]

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Hays Farm: The legacy of one of Huntsville’s foundational families

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It’s been some 50 years since the Hays family made the tough decision to move away from the farming industry that the family legacy had been built on since John Hays’ grandfather, Elgie Hays, bought the first plot of what would become Hays Farm in 1906. According to John Hays, the decision was an emotional […]

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Sit Down With Success: A Conversation with the Van Valkenburghs

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The Sit Down With Success is a monthly series provided by the Huntsville Business Journal that focuses on successful small businesses in the Huntsville/Madison County area and their keys to success. For this month, the Huntsville Business Journal sat down with Richard and Nancy Van Valkenburgh of Van Valkenburgh & Wilkinson Properties, Inc. If you’ve […]

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White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Recognizes Two Drake State Students

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The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) recognized two Drake State Community and Technical College students.  Makahla Riley and Eddie Tolbert were recognized for their accomplishments in academics, leadership, and civic engagement. Riley and Tolbert are two of 102 undergraduate, graduate, and professional […]

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Sit Down With Success: A Conversation with Nick Lioce of The Lioce Group

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The Sit Down With Success is a monthly series provided by the Huntsville Business Journal that focuses on successful small businesses in the Huntsville/Madison County area and their keys to success. For this month, the Huntsville Business Journal sat down with Nick Lioce of the Lioce Group. The Lioce Group is a Huntsville staple, providing […]

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UAH Summer Research Program Enters 18th Year

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The 2023 Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) recently began its 18th year as an undergraduate research summer program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The program was initiated in 2006 with the first campuswide Research and Creative Experience for Undergraduates (RCEU) program. In 2017 the Honors Capstone Research (HCR) Summer Program was added to […]

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Small Business Spotlight: Talking Clothing and Style One Man’s Vintage

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Caleb Shaw and Anna Rojas collect vintage clothing, specifically apparel from the 1990s. As it turns out, a lot of other people like to collect and wear 90s-era clothing too. “We started collecting vintage stuff, just shopping for ourselves at local Goodwills and thrift stores,” Rojas explained. “It started growing into what our family would […]

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Scientists Release Groundbreaking Discovery Linked to Cancer Research

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A recent search by HudsonAlpha Center for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha) scientists has yielded the discovery of a gene that holds the potential to reverse chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer.  In the United States, cancer treatments and survival rates are met with two significant challenges: metastasis and chemoresistance. Additionally, cancer is the second leading cause of death, falling […]

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Dana Gillis Marks One Year as Village of Promise CEO

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Local nonprofit organization Village of Promise (VoP) is celebrating the one-year service anniversary and leadership of CEO Dana M. Gillis, who is dedicated to transforming lives – one family at a time. Gillis wholly supports VoP’s mission “to empower families to advance out of poverty using a multi-generational approach, promising support through a continuum of services and inspiring them […]

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