This Watermelon Stand Won’t Shut Down No Matter What
The Alabama Watermelon Queen seemed like a great target for Republicans in the House of Representatives looking for wasteful spending in the federal budget.
Texan...
Memorabilia on Display at Hibbett’s New Headquarters
Hibbett Sports has more than corporate offices at its new headquarters in Birmingham. The 155, 000-square-foot building also offers a spacious, museum-like setting to...
Festival in Alabama Reaches Farihope
Joining a tradition that includes Birmingham’s celebrated Sidewalk Film Festival and that once included Dothan’s home-town tribute to cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown, the...
Fodor’s Touts Birmingham
Fodor’s, one of the premier guides for travelers, recommends Birmingham as among the top 14 destinations in the world this fall, one of only...
Weyerhaeuser Restarts South Alabama Mill
Four years after closing its engineered lumber plant at Evergreen, Weyerhaeuser has announced plans to restart production of Trus Joist TJI joists and Microllam...
Energen Sells Alabama Coalbed Methane Play
Birmingham-based Energen Corp. pioneered coalbed methane production in the Black Warrior Basin nearly 30 years ago, but this summer it announced the sale of...
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Sponsors Senior Bowl
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups has signed on as the new corporate sponsor for the Senior Bowl, played each January in Mobile. The game pits...
Courtland Mill, Largest in State, Shut Down by International Paper
International Paper announced plans in mid-September to close its Courtland mill, laying off about 1, 100 workers in Lawrence County. The mill is slated...
Drummond Back to Work in Colombia
Drummond Co.’s coal mining operations in Colombia have chugged back to life after a seven-week strike. The South American nation’s government intervened to halt the...
Building News
Caddell
Caddell Construction Co., based in Montgomery, recently has been awarded three major projects near and far.
Building on its history of major U.S. facilities overseas,...