College Management Reformation
Mark Heinrich, who has been the chancellor of the Alabama Community College System since 2012, this year began one of his toughest...
Black Belt Green
Teaming with former first lady Marsha Folsom, this Seattle couple, who made bamboo a mainstay in home flooring in the U.S., are forging another bamboo coup — in Alabama’s Black Belt.
Whistleblowers
In 2011, Blake Percival of Montgomery made a difficult choice. He sued his former employer. Percival had worked more than a decade...
Deeper Foundations by Design and Engineering
Richard Shea III (left) and his brother, Bill, two of the leaders of family-owned...
Sunlight & Steel Voilà
We are a plugged-in society without enough plugs. We have reached the point where the most prized real estate inside any public building is...
Institution Cultivator
From ag to academia — Jay Gogue bookends his career at Auburn.
Swimming in Good Ink
Dan Starnes, owner of Starnes Publishing, which produces six thriving suburban monthly newspapers in the Birmingham area, shakes his head a...
Where is the Auto Industry Headed?
Bernard Swiecki is an analyst with the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit that has provided research for the U.S. auto industry for...
School Teacher Becomes Aqua-entrepreneur
Soft-shell crab fans are fanatically devoted to these newly molted crustaceans with their edible shells. As one devotee described the first bite, “One...
Battling Big Pharma
Suing pharmaceutical companies on behalf of consumers is some of the main work of Dee Miles, a partner with the Montgomery-based plaintiff law...
