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June 22nd, 2025

The Huntsville Depot: Where Alabama Rails Meet Huntsville’s Roots

Located in the heart of downtown Huntsville, the historic Huntsville Depot is one of the oldest surviving railroad depots in [Read More]

May 23rd, 2025

The memory map: Huntsville’s digital revival of forgotten places

How do you preserve a place that is no longer standing or has undergone dramatic changes in appearance or even [Read More]

May 6th, 2025

Project Lifesaver: Protecting Huntsville’s most vulnerable

Imagine the fear and helplessness of discovering a loved one with Alzheimer’s, autism or a brain injury has wandered off [Read More]

May 5th, 2025

‘A group of rock stars’: The heroes of Huntsville Fire & Rescue’s Communications

The dreaded three-digit phone number, 9-1-1. The one phone call no one ever wants to make, but when you do, [Read More]

April 30th, 2025

Blades of glory: How a trimmed lawn helps your neighborhood shine

As spring turns to summer, the City of Huntsville’s Community Development team knows one thing for sure—grass season is in [Read More]

April 28th, 2025

From public history to public impact: Meet Burritt’s new CEO Melanie Thornton

“The past is not the property of historians; it is a public possession. It belongs to anyone who is aware [Read More]

December 5th, 2024

John Fischer takes the leash as Huntsville’s new Animal Services Director

For new Huntsville Animal Services Director John Fischer, animals have been one of the few constants in life. Growing up [Read More]

June 25th, 2024

HPD looking for dispatchers to get help where help is needed

Help begins here in this sprawling spacecraft-like room with oversized computer monitors displaying maps and a blur of other information. [Read More]

January 31st, 2024

Huntsville employees, citizens step up during paralyzing ice storm

Amid the cold, there was compassion. Amid the dreariness, there was determination. For City of Huntsville front-line employees, it was [Read More]

November 6th, 2023

Green Team volunteer earns ‘all-star’ title for service to City

Posing for a photo, Dennis Mitchell crouched beside a freshly painted fire hydrant along Leeman Ferry Road.  A longtime Green [Read More]