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The Redstone Rocket
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Top Stories
Under a gray sky and fog covering the top …
Redstone’s new Food and Beverage Entertain…
Once nearly shuttered after World War II, …
Military
A Space and Missile Defense Command team played an important role in supporting the Air Force’s latest Glory Trip.
The Space and Missile Defense Command’s Soldiers and civilians raised a Gold Star flag Thursday to honor local families who lost loved ones while serving in the armed forces.
The Army has a new centralized manager for capability development associated with strategic missile defense.
In his final patient town hall at Fox Army Health Center, its commander reviewed improvements in access to care and other highlights for him and his staff over his two-year tenure there.
The Garrison and Huntsville Utilities drinking water compliance and supply team are committed to providing you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. During 2025, we monitored your drinking water continuously for potential contaminants to ensure it met the stringent requirement…
Community
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Calhoun Community College has received a $60,000 grant to cover the acquisition of a truck to replace the aging vehicle used by Calhoun’s Coast Guard Auxiliary detachment to tow their boat.
The splash of summer at Redstone returned Memorial Day weekend as the Goss Road pool opened for the 2026 season with swim lessons, a water slide, diving boards and enough sunshine to send families scrambling for sunscreen and pool noodles.
For 46 years, Cotton Row Run has been downtown Huntsville’s traditional Memorial Day running event.
A retired Navy veteran who once maintained aircraft for the Blue Angels has been appointed to lead veterans’ services across Northern Alabama.
Federal
Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of Space Command, told lawmakers Space Command is readying to hold its first ribbon cutting on Redstone Arsenal in April, during a recent Senate Armed Services Committee meeting, according to a release from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s office.
The Army is the largest user of space capabilities in the Department of War, and the Space and Missile Defense Command is the Army’s proponent for space, as well as the Army service component command to U.S. Space Command. Between history-defining launch capabilities and modern space interdi…
Beneath the sweeping dome of the Intuitive Planetarium, surrounded by the same immersive screen that has carried hundreds of thousands of visitors across galaxies, leaders at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced that Huntsville’s window to the universe is now officially ranked No. 1 …
Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 director, visited the FBI’s National Training Center for counter-small unmanned aircraft systems in Huntsville on Feb. 12 to solidify a strategic alliance to protect the nation from unmanned aerial threats.
The Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise is supporting headquarters Corps of Engineers with a complex environmental and munitions financial audit focused on future cleanup costs to ensure the Army meets its environmental and munitions response obligations.
Sports
The Bomb Busters hit the softball well but their defense in the last inning stole the show.
After he started working with Blue Origin in January, Jake Helvey figured that joining one of the company’s coed softball teams would help him fit in.
The Rocket City Trash Pandas (21-20) bounced back on May 20 with a 6-2 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts (24-17) at Toyota Field in Madison, fueled by home runs from Matthew Lugo and Cole Fontenelle. The win evened the six-game series at 1-1 and pulled Rocket City back within 3.0 games o…
Want a hiking or cycling challenge for the rest of the summer?
Air Force Maj. Ashley Haug wants to help defend the Target Destroyed trophy.
Dale Murphy was the best player on some awful Atlanta Braves teams.
It’s been several weeks since my wife, Anna, has had a trial.
The first half of May felt like a blur. Between Mother’s Day, family outings, packed calendars, community events, and trying to keep up with everyday life, it feels like many of us have spent the past few weeks moving from one thing to the next without much time to slow down. Now, with June …
Erin Elise Enyinda chats with Ashli and Michaela of A.M. Collective about The Hunt: A Women-Owned Vintage and Makers Market, happening this weekend on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Back Forty Beer Company. The event will spotlight women-owned vintage brands, makers, and creatives in a vibrant c…
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Sports
A C-17 Globemaster drew oohs and aahs as it flew directly over NASA…
The countdown to the big game began May 12 with the first practice …
The Trashed Pandas coed softball team took a strong start to a deci…
Drew Hutchison set the tone in the bottom of the first inning of th…
Bomb Busters captain Michael Melton liked his team’s chances of get…
Community
The future growth of Redstone Arsenal may depend as much on electri…
Members of the Madison County Legislative Delegation have announced…
Redstone MWR Library’s summer reading program kicked off May 19 wit…
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said last week that since she took office in …
The Redstone Thrift Shop has announced recipients of its grant moni…
Military
For many Americans, Memorial Day is a single day set aside to remem…
There’s a change in the program used by Garrison and tenant organiz…
The Garrison is already preparing for a black start exercise that’s…
The Aviation and Missile Command’s Business Transformation Office h…
The Engineering and Support Center Huntsville’s Medical Division we…
Federal
The Army is the largest user of space capabilities in the Departmen…
Beneath the sweeping dome of the Intuitive Planetarium, surrounded …
Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 director, vi…
The Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise is supporting h…
A utility company contracted by Engineering and Support Center, Hun…
Weekly Cartoon
Huntsville, AL
Right Now
68°
Partly Cloudy
- Humidity: 98%
- Feels Like: 68°
- Heat Index: 68°
- Wind: 0 mph
- Wind Chill: 68°
- UV Index: 6 High
- Sunrise: 05:35:41 AM
- Sunset: 07:52:03 PM
- Dew Point: 68°
- Visibility: 9 mi
Today
Areas of dense fog early. Cloudy skies this morning followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. High around 85F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 50%.
Tonight
A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Cloudy. Low near 70F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow
Thunderstorms likely in the morning. Then a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 79F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
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Heat Index: 68°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 7 mi
Dew Point: 68°
5 AM
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Precip: 15% Chance
Humidity: 98%
Wind Chill: 68°
Heat Index: 68°
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Visibility: 5 mi
Dew Point: 68°
6 AM
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Precip: 15% Chance
Humidity: 99%
Wind Chill: 68°
Heat Index: 68°
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Visibility: 4 mi
Dew Point: 68°
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Precip: 15% Chance
Humidity: 98%
Wind Chill: 70°
Heat Index: 70°
UV Index: 0 Low
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Dew Point: 69°
8 AM
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Wind: E @ 2 mph
Precip: 15% Chance
Humidity: 92%
Wind Chill: 72°
Heat Index: 72°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 7 mi
Dew Point: 70°
9 AM
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Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 74°
Heat Index: 74°
UV Index: 2 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
10 AM
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Precip: 8% Chance
Humidity: 79%
Wind Chill: 77°
Heat Index: 77°
UV Index: 4 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 70°
11 AM
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Wind: E @ 3 mph
Precip: 17% Chance
Humidity: 74%
Wind Chill: 80°
Heat Index: 85°
UV Index: 6 High
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 71°
12 PM
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Wind: E @ 4 mph
Precip: 20% Chance
Humidity: 67%
Wind Chill: 83°
Heat Index: 88°
UV Index: 4 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 71°
1 PM
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Wind: NE @ 4 mph
Precip: 23% Chance
Humidity: 64%
Wind Chill: 84°
Heat Index: 90°
UV Index: 4 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 71°
2 PM
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Precip: 37% Chance
Humidity: 64%
Wind Chill: 85°
Heat Index: 91°
UV Index: 6 High
Visibility: 7 mi
Dew Point: 71°
3 PM
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Precip: 46% Chance
Humidity: 65%
Wind Chill: 84°
Heat Index: 91°
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Visibility: 7 mi
Dew Point: 71°
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