Gadsden, and more, on Culture and Recreation
Historic Downtown Gadsden
The downtown area has a wonderful mix of retail, restaurants, offices, churches and more. The city hosts its First Friday event every...
Gadsden State, Jefferson State, Jacksonville State on Higher Education
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden State has a fall enrollment of 8, 000 students and six campuses in locations between the Coosa River and the Appalachian...
Community Development in Etowah County and St. Clair County
Etowah County
Downtown Gadsden is alive with shops and restaurants and hosts events that bring people in, such as Riverfest, a music festival, and First...
Austal USA’s Three High Speed Benchmarks
The second, third and fourth vessels of Austal USA’s Joint High Speed Vessel contract have all achieved milestones in the past few months.
The USNS...
Ranks and Ratings
#1 ST Aerospace — which has a major aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Mobile — ranks number 1 in an Aviation Week survey...
New & Expanding
State, local and company officials broke ground June 20 for a $37 million, 400-worker DAS North America plant in Montgomery. The company makes seat...
BP Crawfishes on Spill Settlement
Just as Gulf Coast residents pleaded with British oil giant BP to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico following a...
Secretary of State Shuffle
Former Secretary of State Jim Bennett is slated to be back on the job at the beginning of August. Gov. Robert Bentley has appointed...
Miller Claims Protecting the Turtles Was One of the Toughest Laws
Asia has eaten through its own turtle population and is turning knife and fork to Alabama streams. With more than two million wild-caught American...
Tornado Construction Leader
Alabama led all states when it passed new school construction regulations in 2010, requiring a tornado-safe room big enough to hold everyone in the...