Tag: July 2012
Spotlight on Talladega, Calhoun, Clay & Cleburne Counties
These four counties in northeast Alabama share much natural beauty—from birding trails to the Talladega National Forest. And with some of their major...
Daily Newspapers Go Dowdy
Three of Alabama’s major daily newspapers have announced plans to drop back to three-day-a-week print editions. Ricky Mathews, who serves as publisher...
Biggest Ship (so far) Comes In
Early in June, the Port of Mobile welcomed its first Post-Panamax container ship—that’s a ship too big to have squeezed through the...
Alabama Makes Pitch for Airbus Plant
Not so long ago, it looked like a sure bet that Airbus would build a new aircraft assembly plant in Mobile. After...
Number Crunchers to the Rescue
Most every Alabama business has a relationship with an accounting firm — to balance the books, prepare taxes, draw up the...
Selling Nuclear in a Post-Fukushima Age
The Tennessee Valley Authority produced lots of excitement in Scottsboro last August when it announced plans to restart construction on the Bellefonte Nuclear...
Doors Set to Open for Birmingham Children’s Hospital
The much-anticipated Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children in Birmingham will open to patients on August 4. The 12-story, $400 million, state-of-the-art...