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Space Command expands Alabama footprint as headquarters relocation advances

More than 100 personnel have already relocated to Redstone Arsenal as construction of billion-dollar Space Command facility is set to begin ... HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Five years after a bruising political fight over where U.S. Space Command headquarters should be located, the debate is giving way to bulldozers, construction contracts and the practical challenges of moving one of the U.S. military’s most complex commands.

Reference: spacenews.com

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Huntsville | The City That Ate Everything Around It | Effort to Raise Property Taxes?

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Huntsville city council approves annexation of almost 700 acres near Gurley

One of the largest annexations Huntsville has seen this year is now approved.

On Thursday night, the Huntsville City Council approved the annexation of 686 acres of the Stevens Property, which is right off Highway 72 near Gurley.

The city says the plan is to solely bring industrial and commercial businesses to that area.

Reference: www.waff.com

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Why realtors say Huntsville’s home sales drop is no cause for concern

Home sales were lower last month in most of the counties in the Huntsville area compared to a year ago. But realtors said there is no reason to be alarmed.

Reference: www.al.com

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86 layoffs coming for Huntsville aerospace company

Maryland-based a.i. solutions, Inc. plans to start layoffs in early December, the company said in the recent notice filed Friday with the Alabama Department of Commerce. ... It’s unclear why the company is laying off workers. ... a defense contractor that works with NASA and other civilian and commercial space agencies. ...The expected job cuts bring Alabama’s tally of employees impacted by mass layoffs and closures in 2025 to roughly 3,300 – surpassing the count for last year.

Reference: www.al.com

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Police departments across North Alabama utilizing drone technology to fight crime

At the Huntsville Police Department, they have roughly 25 drones and close to 30 licensed pilots.

Reference: www.msn.com

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Here are 10k+ job listings in the Huntsville area

Here are the local employers with the most job openings this week on...

Reference: hvilleblast.com

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Huntsville man jailed in motorcycle hit-and-run

Police say the driver of the motorcycle was taken to Huntsville Trauma Services in serious condition. ... Investigators say evidence confirmed that Vladimir Andres Morales, 52, of Huntsville, was the driver of the vehicle involved. He was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident involving death or injury, first-degree assault, and non-family vehicle-driving under the influence.

Bond for Morales is set at $17,500.

Reference: www.waaytv.com

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Huntsville bridge’s condition criticized after untimely collapse

The trestle bridge across Aldridge Creek in South Huntsville collapsed on Tuesday morning under the train it was holding, sending two rail cars into the creek below.

One former employee of the Huntsville-Madison County Railroad Authority (HMCRA) says the Aldridge Creek bridge has been slowly deteriorating for years, with little maintenance or construction.

Reference: www.waff.com

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Space Command could bring 4,700 jobs to north Alabama, congressman says

...“This is about north Alabama. It shows what our region does. It shows what our region has already done for this country, and what we’re going to do. That’s why I’m bullish on the future of north Alabama.”

...Kay Ivey also said she discussed the subject with the president when he was in Tuscaloosa and said “Space Command belongs in Huntsville.”...

Reference: www.al.com

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Space Force isn’t Space Command, but it does have a Huntsville presence

Are you ready to move to Huntsville? is a question U.S. Space Force Commanding General B. Chance Saltzman says he is asked “all of the time.”.

Reference: www.al.com

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Supporting Trump | Huntsville’s Mazda-Toyota plant suspending production for Canadian market to focus on U.S.

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Huntsville’s Mazda-Toyota plant suspending production for Canadian market to focus on U.S.

“Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) will continue to build the Mazda CX-50 for the North American market, with no changes to overall production volume,” the spokesperson said.

She added that, with production suspended for the Canadian market and increased for the U.S. market, operations at MTM will be unaffected.

Reference: whnt.com

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Pictures | 9 males arrested for human trafficking in North Alabama

9 males arrested for human trafficking in Limestone County

Each of these men is charged with two counts of first-degree human trafficking, two counts of electronic solicitation of a child and two counts of traveling to meet a minor for an unlawful sex act.

Reference: whnt.com

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Trump is good for Alabama and our official ally Israel

Alabama will aid missile defense for key U.S. ally under $211M contract

"...Lockheed Martin workers in Huntsville and elsewhere in Alabama will help boost ballistic missile defense for a key U.S. partner in the Middle East under a Pentagon contract announced this week. ...The company was awarded a $211,739,333 modification to a previous contract to provide maintenance and other services for two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries for the United Arab Emirates. The deal occurred under a foreign military sales case, with the UAE covering the cost. ..."

Reference: www.al.com

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Trump Actions | Kash Patel & President Trump Are Great for Huntsville, Alabama (FBI)

New FBI Director Kash Patel Plans to Relocate 1,500

New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville, Alabama, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

The plans were communicated Friday, the same day Patel was sworn in at the White House.

Reference: www.newsmax.com

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Does this incite division or promote racial unity? Madison County Remembrance Project

Madison County Remembrance Project to place historic lynching markers

Local historians estimate around 11 lynchings happened in Madison County alone, and the Madison County Remembrance Project is working to commemorate each killing. ... “We don’t see this as a way to promote hate or division. We see this as a way to provide a vehicle for redemption, for healing.” ...

Reference: www.waff.com
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