Koch plans $16 million expansion in Gadsden
Koch Foods plans a $15.9 million expansion of its Gadsden poultry processing facility. The expansion will add 135 jobs over the next three years. – WBRC 6
Auburn Chamber head moving to AuburnBank
Lolly Steiner, president of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, is leaving that job to become public relations and marketing director for AuburnBank. Steiner had been with the chamber since 1996, becoming president in 1999. – Alabama NewsCenter/Opelika-Auburn News
Space & Rocket Center will restore space shuttle model
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville will use a $500,000 federal grant to help it restore the world’s only full-sized model of a space shuttle, it external fuel tank and rocket boosters. The restoration of the shuttle, on display since 1988, will take several years. – ABC News
First results from state genomic research group published
The journal Genetics in Medicine has published some of the first results from the state-funded Alabama Genomic Health Initiative, a collaboration between HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. AGHI provides genomic testing, interpretation and counseling free to Alabama residents. – UAB
