Huntsville Homeowners Lead in Home Improvement Projects in 2021

There is nothing like being stuck at home over an extended period to convince the average Alabamian that leaky roof is getting worse; that sticking door is a menace; those clanging pipes must go; and indeed, your family has outgrown your existing layout and you do need to enlarge the bathroom, knock out a wall, […]

Chamber Kicks Workforce Development Strategy Into Overdrive

It is a topic of conversation across the country but in Huntsville, workforce development is the greatest challenge city leaders face. Following the recent release of new 2020 census numbers now showing Huntsville as the largest city in Alabama, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce has kicked their strategic plan for economic development and workforce […]

Crestwood Offers Monoclonal Antibody Treatment to Help Combat COVID-19

In the ongoing battle against the pandemic, it’s important to have a variety of weapons in the medical arsenal. The Delta variant has clearly demonstrated that vaccines alone might not be enough in the war against COVID-19. Although vaccines have been highly effective for many, acquiring the breakthrough COVID has been a real concern, especially […]

Ida Could Overwhelm Already-Strained Health Care System

Hurricane Ida left New Orleans and a million people without power, possibly for three weeks. Now the remnants of the then-Category 4 event, downgraded to a tropical depression Monday as it moved inland, threatens to bring weather-related heartache to a Tennessee Valley already under duress from a COVID-19 surge that is straining the health care […]

Drake State Program Helps Build Up Construction Labor Pool

Huntsville might be big now, but we’re only going to get bigger. Which bears the question: Who will build it all? As the most-populous city in Alabama, growth has been exponential in the Rocket City. Everywhere, as far as the eye can see in Madison County, it’s an endless sea of red clay, ubiquitously peppered […]

Trash Pandas, Havoc Hoping to put Pandemic Effects on Sidelines

Some Minor League Baseball teams essentially disbanded or drastically curtailed operations when the 2020 season was cancelled because of the pandemic. The Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas, looking to play its inaugural season in shiny new Toyota Field and with a strong ownership group, wasn’t one of them. Instead of trimming payroll and turning out […]

$200M Mixed-Use Development Planned for Cummings Research Park

Upland Park will feature a senior living community.

First National Bank Cashes in at Town Madison

MADISON — Fighting a cloudy sky and threatening rain, First National Bank formally cut the ribbon on its fifth location in Alabama – across from Toyota Field at Town Madison. Baseball, delicious food, retail shopping, and plenty of fun and excitement, and now there is access to plenty of money to pay for it. With […]

Buff City Handcrafted Soap Shop Opening in Huntsville

The newest business to open in Huntsville is guaranteed to get you into a lather. Buff City Soap, a handmade soap retail franchise, is opening Thursday in the Whitesburg Shopping Plaza, at the intersection of Airport Road and Whitesburg Drive. “We are excited to open our second North Alabama store in Huntsville and introduce the […]