Each year, the Panoply Arts Festival depends upon the generous support of thousands of volunteers to help produce Huntsville’s family-friendly community arts event.

Opportunities are still available, and vary from sponsorships to chairing committees to assisting at the festival itself.

The median home price in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area fell in the last three months of 2007, but not as much as the U.S. average in a tough quarter for the housing market.

Birmingham-area real estate agents said the drop was probably the biggest in more than 20 years. They said the market, however, has a strong base and shows signs it could improve within the year.

There seems to be a lack of local quality information websites for Huntsville Alabama. After diligent research there were handful of decent target websites, some spammy advertising sites, the normal Chamber of commerce focused on industry, the city tourism site, and the sites similar to About. All of these have a special focus. What wasn't found was a quality information only relocation website.

Huntsville, over the next few years, is receiving to its population thousands of people. Almost all due to industry moves. The southeastern United States, especially Alabama and Tennessee, have become very popular places to live. With its quality of life, good schools, and friendly atmosphere, Huntsville is a seems to be the place to live. BRAC, Boeing and a handful of other companies are relocating employees over the next four years.

 The Wine Cellar and Spirits on Highway 72 at Slaughter Road was heavily damaged by fire early this morning.

Gov. Bob Riley stood in the center aisle of the Ann Street Wal-Mart on Wednesday, saying he hoped legislators soon would let shoppers come to stores like this with a little more money in their pockets.

Riley was in the store to promote a bill that would prohibit the state from taxing money Alabamians receive as part of the federal economic stimulus plan. He said the measure could be introduced as early as today in the House.

Montgomery's real estate and mortgage sector goes to great lengths to point out that many of the nation's problems are not hit�ting Alabama that hard. Although it's probably true that things aren't as bad here as they are in, say, Las Vegas, buyers, sellers or owners in Montgomery or We�tumpka probably don't care that much how homes are selling in Las Vegas.

who was the first African American to be employed at Farmers &’ÄàMerchants Bank, Huntsville

In 1975, Doris Redding was the First African American to be employed as a bank employee in the City of Huntsville. She was hired by George Harris, and the Board of directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank.

— In a move to beat the filing of legislation to prevent unopposed land grabs by outside municipalities, the Madison City Council Monday night voted to annex 1,400 acres of Limestone County land.

On the weekend Limestone County Commission Chairman David Seibert and Athens Mayor Dan Williams announced that District 5 State Rep. Henry White, D-Athens, was to introduce a bill on the floor of the House Tuesday that would require unanimous approval of the commission or a countywide vote before an outside municipality could annex Limestone land after Feb. 12.