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Firehouse Subs recently opened its first location in Saraland, locally owned and operated by Franchisees Jim and Jay Chandler (Firehouse Subs Coming to Saraland). Jim Chandler acquired his first three Firehouse Subs restaurants in 2009 in Mobile and has more than 40 years of restaurant industry experience. His son, Jay Chandler, started at his father’s…
Bishop State Community College recently announced Adria Harris as its new head women’s basketball coach. Harris, a native of Mobile, graduated from St. Paul’s Episcopal High School in 2001. She went on to receive a Division 1 basketball scholarship to play shooting guard at Alabama State University (ASU). While at ASU, she earned a bachelor’s…
Drive Electric Alabama, a new initiative of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, has launched to raise awareness of and advocate for the adoption of electric vehicles in Alabama, Business Alabama reports. Gov. Kay Ivey said at a November 29 kickoff at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, “As automakers make significant investments…
Daphne’s BBB Industries, LLC, a sustainable automotive aftermarket manufacturer, has launched its TerrePower division, which is dedicated to solar and electric upcycling, involving sustainably manufacturing a used part for a second life, thereby avoiding recycling and disposal. This division will initially service the electric vehicle and renewable energy sectors to extend the useful life of…
Mobile’s New Horizons Credit Union has earned the Credit Union National Association’s First Place Dora Maxwell Award for credit unions in its asset division for exhibiting excellence in community social responsibility. New Horizons will continue to the national level to compete against peers across the country. The award recognizes credit unions that have shown outstanding…
Coastal Alabama Community College’s Nursing and Allied Health division has been granted provisional accreditation for its Simulation Program by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, FOX10 reported. The college’s simulation labs are on its Atmore and Fairhope campuses and were developed to train students in providing safe patient care in complex, rapidly changing healthcare environments.…
Prefabricated portions of the Africatown Heritage House were recently delivered to the Robert L. Hope Community Center South Georgia, AL.com reports. The permanent home for the Clotilda slave ship and Africatown artifacts (BBN #30), the Heritage House is a 5,000-ft2 structure that will serve as a museum after the Historic Museum of Mobile installs artifacts…
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) honored the Mobile County Commission with its 2021 Gulf Coast Marine Environmental Leadership Award. The award recognizes an organization that has improved marine environmental sustainability in the Alabama Gulf Coast Region. DISL lauded the Mobile County Commission for recent efforts yielding nearly $100 million from multiple funding sources to…
USA Health now offers two in-house molecular oncology tests—BRAF Gene Mutation Assay and Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Assay—for cancer patients. Onsite testing means patients receive results quicker and can start treatment sooner. The Molecular Pathology Laboratory at USA Health is the first precision oncology lab in the area. Previously, USA Health sent specimens to outside reference…
The University of South Alabama (USA) Board of Trustees has selected Jo Bonner as its next president. Currently serving as chief of staff to Gov. Kay Ivey, Bonner was vice chancellor for economic development at the University of Alabama System during 2013-2018. He also represented Alabama’s First District in the U.S. House of Representatives during…
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