Alec Harvey
Top Headlines: Birmingham Home Sales Rise Again, Full Moon Bar-B-Que Expanding to Mississippi
Birmingham home sales rise again
Home sales in the Birmingham area increased more than 30% year-over-year in October. In addition, the median sales price for...
Business Council of Alabama says to ‘Keep Alabama Open’
With some people suggesting a nationwide shutdown might be in order to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Business Council of Alabama is saying the...
Longtime Huntsville Children’s Theater to Build New Home
Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater & Academy, a fixture in Huntsville for 60 years, has launched a capital campaign to build a new theater for...
Top Headlines: Birmingham Firm Sells Portfolio for $800 million, Alabama Job Fair Goes Virtual
Birmingham firm sells portfolio for $800 million
Birmingham-based GCP has sold its Fund I portfolio to a group of institutional investors for $800 million. The...
PNC Will Buy BBVA USA for $11.6 Billion
Two of Birmingham’s biggest banking forces will merge, with PNC Financial Services Group announcing Monday it will buy BBVA USA for $11.6 billion.
PNC is...
Navy Boosts Austal Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $13.3 million modification to its contract with Austal USA in Mobile for post-delivery support of the new USS...
Top Headlines: First Alabama Tecovas Opening in Birmingham, Bank OZK Leaving Alabama
First Alabama Tecovas opening in Birmingham
Fine bootmaker and western goods seller Tecovas will open its first Alabama store at the Summit in Birmingham on...
State Farm closes Birmingham operations center; Employees will work remotely
State Farm’s operations center on Lakeshore Drive will close permanently, part of a nationwide move by the insurance company to shift its workforce from...
Top Headlines: Unemployment Claims Keep Going Up, Piggly Wiggly Expanding in Tuscaloosa
Unemployment claims keep going up
Alabama saw 8,764 new unemployment claims the week of Nov. 1-7. Of those, 38% were COVID-19-related. The previous week, 7,060...
Doster-constructed Southeast Health Dining Facility is Finished
A more-than-60-year-old kitchen and cafeteria at Dothan’s Southeast Health has a new look, and the new facility is scheduled to open in December.
Birmingham-based Doster...