MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 5 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Toyota is expanding the production capabilities at its Huntsville engine factory with a $282 million investment project that will create more than 350 high-quality jobs with long-term stability. The growth project pushes the total investment in Toyota Alabama to more than $1.7 billion and affirms the automaker's commitment to reinvesting profits in its U.S. operati  more

JEMISON, Alabama, June 5 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Governor Kay Ivey joined the leaders of Alabama Mineral Springs LLC today to celebrate the company's ambitious five-year project to sustainably distribute mineral-rich water from a free-flowing spring in Chilton County. Alabama Mineral Springs LLC is officially starting production today at a $6 million bottling plant at the location where natural spring water was first discovered around 165 years ago. The  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 6 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news: Secretary of State Wes Allen is exposing federal policies that provide voter registration forms to non-citizens and, additionally, cause voter registration information to be mailed to deceased individuals. "We have received complaints from concerned Alabama voters who received voter registration forms in the mail addressed to a deceased relative," he said. "Those voter registration mailings are not coming   more

AUBURN, Alabama, June 5 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Auburn University has been ranked among the Top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2023, according to a report published recently by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). With 16 new patents issued in 2023, Auburn was ranked 87th on the list, 10 places higher than last year. The list was created to highlight and celebrate American innovation and to recognize those universities that play a large ro  more

AUBURN, Alabama, June 6 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: The Auburn University - Stormwater Research Facility hosted over 300 stormwater professionals in May during its Stormwater Week to train, inform, and demonstrate the latest techniques and research in stormwater management. The May 13-17 event included a Hands-on Erosion and Sediment Control Installer Training on Monday and Tuesday at the stormwater facility, the 10th annual IECA Municipal Wet Weather Stor  more

AUBURN, Alabama, June 6 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Timothy L. Hawthorne will unfold a new chapter in his journey as chair of the Department of Geosciences in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) at Auburn University. He will start on July 16 as full professor shadowing the current chair, Ming-kuo Lee, professor and the department's current chair, and then Hawthorne will become the official chair on Aug. 16. "I am looking forward to welcoming Tim to COSA  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 6 -- Auburn University Montgomery campus issued the following news on June 5, 2024: Catherine Coleman Flowers, director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise, has spent her career bringing attention to the largely invisible problem of inadequate waste and water sanitation infrastructure in Black, Indigenous, Latinx and poor rural communities across the United States. An environmental and climate justice activist, Flowers will share her work with students, faculty  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 5 -- Burr and Forman, a law firm, issued the following news: Burr & Forman is pleased to announce that John Wall and Denzel Okinedo have been named to Southern Business & Development's "Economic Developers Under 50 to Watch" list. The inaugural list celebrates the successes of prominent economic developers in the South, including professionals like trade allies, contractors, educators, consultants, and lawyers. The developers have completed job- and investment-generat  more

FLORENCE, Alabama, June 5 -- The University of North Alabama issued the following news release: Col. Milton Looney, a University of North Alabama graduate, has provided a gift to the Disability Support Services department at UNA to name the program in honor and in tribute to his parents, Aubrey and Annie Looney. In an on-campus ceremony that took place today, Col. Looney was on hand, along with members of DSS, to make the official announcement. "Colonel Looney's gift to create an endowment for  more

MOBILE, Alabama, June 5 (TNSres) -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: A paper co-authored by three University of South Alabama professors titled "Safely Managing Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw Delta" has been published by the prestigious journal Science. Drs. Gabriel de Oliveira, John Lehrter and Sean Powers wrote the article, which addresses how the Delta's ecosystem has faced significant degradation from logging, pollution and expanding urban areas. Sea-level rise a  more