Dave Helms
Weather Patterns – UA Think Tank for Water Resources
While there’s some disagreement about causation, it would be hard to dispute that weather patterns over the past decade have dealt some harsh and...
Norman Floyd McGowin Jr. – Timber Man’s Memoir
Norman Floyd McGowin Jr. saw the momentous political, social, economic and technological changes of the 20th century through the lens of the W.T. Smith...
Historical Marker MS to AL – Blues Trail Crosses State Line
A “Mississippi to Alabama” historical marker from the Mississippi Blues Trail — just one of only 14 outside the state of Mississippi — has...
Hyundai Motor America Boss Fires Shot Heard ’round Alabama
It was, perhaps, a throwaway line, a thought in passing, or as the mayor of Montgomery put it, just an “unfortunate comment.” But in a...
John McMillan – A Path to Alabama Wine Dominance?
Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan thinks folks in Alabama should be thinking more seriously about the state’s share of America’s $162 billion wine industry.
McMillan’s office...
Southerners Hate Most Business Phone Service
In the South, we like our tea sweet and the person on the other end of a business call polite. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always...
Logistics Company Fortifies Mobile Hub
How does a ground freight logistics company without any actual trucks do business, you ask? Simple, says its president. Use other people’s.
Total Quality Logistics...
Auburn Alumni Seed the U.S. with Fast Growing Companies
For the first time in its storied history, Auburn University dedicated a day recently to honoring a new kind of tiger — the sort that slices through business challenges and swallows the competition.
Braves Baseball – Home of the Braves Coming Along
Fans of the Atlanta Braves found little to cheer about this spring, as one player after another from the 2014 squad was traded away...
Lockheed – 7, 000 Per Year Missile Factory Ramps Up
A renewed partnership between Lockheed Martin and the state of Alabama should add 240 employees to the company’s Pike County Operations facility by 2020.
The...