Alec Harvey
Top Headlines: Southern Company wins industry award, FreightCar America closing plant
Southern Company wins top electric power industry award
Southern Company won the 92nd Edison Award, the electric power industry’s most prestigious honor. The award was...
Historic Birmingham Theaters Launch GoFundMe Campaign for Survival
The parent company of two of Birmingham’s historic theaters, the Alabama Theatre and Lyric Theatre, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $500,000 to...
Top Headlines: Alabama Technology Network’s financial impact, Alabama receives B for manufacturing
Alabama Technology Network creates $1.25 billion impact in 2019
The Alabama Technology Network created an economic impact of $1.25 billion in Alabama in the 2019...
Top Headlines: State parks win awards, UAH professor lands research grant
State parks, attractions win TripAdvisor awards
Eleven Alabama State Parks and nine nearby attractions have earned TripAdvisor.com’s 2020 Travelers’ Choice Awards. The awards are given...
Birmingham-based Techstars Accelerator Announces Inaugural Class of Startups
Three Alabama startups and seven from outside the state are among the inaugural class of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.
“Birmingham’s startup community is on...
Top Headlines: COVID-19 financial impact, Saw’s BBQ founder dies
COVID-19 has had ‘severe impact’ on finances, medical association says
About 70% of those responding to a survey of Alabama medical practices said COVID-19 has...
Brasfield & Gorrie Breaks Ground on Mercer University’s New Medical School Campus
Mercer University broke ground yesterday on a new medical school campus, with Birmingham’s Brasfield & Gorrie as general contractor on the project.
The two-story, 85,000-square-foot...
Top Headlines: Unemployment claims see decline, Austal USA delivers USNS Newport
Alabama will pay additional $300 in unemployment benefits
The state this week will begin paying an additional $300 per week in unemployment benefits, if the...
Fallback to Farming
When the economy tanked in 2007, the Giles family retreated to their farm property near Luverne. Now the retreat is the epicenter of their multi-faceted small business, Agnus Dei Farm.
Engineering Showcase Under Construction
Now rising at Auburn University is a laboratory that will boost Auburn’s competitiveness with the best engineering schools in the U.S. It’s also a spectacular new gateway to the campus.