WASHINGTON - An official with the U.S. Army Materiel Command headquarters said Monday the move of about 1,000 jobs to Redstone Arsenal over the next few years is "a big deal" for both the command and for Huntsville.

The number of AMC personnel in Huntsville resulting from the latest Base Realignment and Closure relocations has grown from 10 at the first of the year to 23 today, said Ronald Davis

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Competitiveness, space exploration, energy innovation and BRAC highlight event

On May 28-29, U.S. Representative Bud Cramer (D-AL) will be convening in Huntsville a top array of national leaders in Huntsville, including Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Bob Corker (R-TN), other members of Congress including Corridor founding Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) and several of the top U.S. Army officials

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Alabama home sales rise in March from previous month, UA real estate center says.

Home sales across Alabama rose 10 percent in March from the previous month, according to the University of Alabama's Center for Real Estate.

The center said 3,951 homes across Alabama sold last month, compared to 3,593 in February. The figure trails by 27 percent last March's, when 5,405 homes were sold statewide.

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Despite the national trend,area is strong and growing

Seeking to calm fears about the housing market locally and to highlight the favorable job growth trends, area Realtors and home builders presented their case at a press conference Wednesday.

Among the items highlighted were rising median sale prices in 2008, sellers getting prices near their asking price and a local economy expected to add an

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AMCOM chiefwants to createlocal engineers

As more military work moves to Huntsville, the defense industry should invest in higher education and not rely totally on the federal government to finance university education programs, a senior leader of Redstone Arsenal said Tuesday.

Creating home-grown engineers and keeping an eye on future needs are two of the most important forward-looking programs

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Huntsville will be the home of a major new biotechnology research institute, led by industry pioneer Jim Hudson and backed by $80 million in private contributions and a $50 million state investment.

At a luncheon today, Gov. Bob Riley, who has called for biotech development in Alabama since he first ran for governor, will announce the establishment of the nonprofit Hudson-Alpha Institute for

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Though its name is officially Huntsville, Ala., to those who care about the U.S. Space program, it has long been "Rocket City." 

That's because, since 1948, the major research and development programs for U.S. satellites and rockets have been housed at the Redstone Arsenal Army Base there.

Today, at the center of Huntsville, the launching pad if you will, is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center,

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