Alabama “Oh, My”
How does a bowl of seafood gumbo thickened with okra or a plate of cornmeal-encrusted fried catfish sound? Or a pulled pork barbecue...
Critical Information
Like many in the “sandwich generation” who find themselves caring for their children and their parents simultaneously, Julie Slayton didn’t realize how...
Low-Cap Soul Food
On a beautiful September day in downtown Mobile, the sky was bright blue; the spire on the RSA Tower seemed to pierce...
EADS-BAE Pitch Ripples in Alabama
Boeing, a 50-year veteran of north Alabama’s aerospace scene, and Gulf Coast newcomer Airbus are local players in a multi-continent battle....
Midwest Wind Powers Alabama
Alabama Power has signed 20-year contracts with two Midwestern wind energy projects, expected to yield 404 megawatts of electricity — with some...
From the Gulf to the Platter
Dominick Ficarino knows shrimp. Like his father, grandfather and great grandfather, commercial seafood is his life. Over the generations, shrimp...
Power Eats
The Capital City Club, in Montgomery, has its own definition of fast food, with an adventurous menu that puts the...
Robots Making Warheads
The long, flat trolley-like device creeps toward a group of visitors on the shop floor of Raytheon’s new Missile Integration Facility at...
China, Alabama Huddle in Pine Belt
About 50 Chinese business executives and a few diplomats joined Alabama officials in Monroeville for the Alabama China Partnership’s (ACP’s) Fall Symposium in...
Great Public Space: Bienville Square
The American Planning Association picked Mobile’s Bienville Square as one of the 10 best public spaces in the nation for 2012. The association...