MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 12 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Southern Roots Nut Co. plans to open a pecan processing facility in Dothan, where the New Mexico-based company will create 120 jobs in Alabama's Wiregrass region. Southern Roots will invest nearly $16.6 million to outfit an existing building and construct a new facility in Houston County as a hub to process, store and distribute raw pecans. "Ye  more

AUBURN, Alabama, March 12 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Four employees have been recognized as Spirit of Excellence recipients for their contributions to Auburn University. Mary "Kim" Johns, NCAT, Office Administration "When I started at NCAT Test Track two plus years ago, she welcomed me with open arms. She demonstrates integrity, trust and respect for the department," Johns' nominator said. "Kim is irreplaceable." Vanessa Jerido, Facilities Management, Service/M  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, March 12 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced funding availability for the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF), which supports economic and community development needs throughout the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions. Approximately $30 million is available to address basic public infrastructure and transportation infrastructure, as well as flood-control issues for communitie  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, March 12 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: * * * News summary: * Sweden's critical national infrastructure, including finance and 5G networks, requires unprecedented timing accuracy and reliability * Netnod is harnessing the coreSync(TM) OSA 3300-HP for high-performance applications to boost precision, stability and longevity of timing services * Market-first optical cesium clock soluti  more

TUSKEGEE, Alabama, March 12 -- The Tuskegee University issued the following news: Tuskegee University has received a two-year, $300,000 grant from the NASA Science Mission Directorate Bridge program that will allow students to develop small spacecrafts. "This award will support the expansion of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department's academic and research capacity in the space domain," said Dr. M. Javed Khan, professor and head of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department and princip  more