Huntsville’s Biggest Stories This Week | SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS — September 9, 2026 (Vol. 46 | No. 44)
Welcome to Speakin’ Out News—Huntsville and North Alabama’s trusted source for multicultural news and community stories since 1980. This week, Wednesday, September 9, 2026 edition: Visit, click, and subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0-kZgdQ8LlcHuntsville’s Flock cameras fight crime—but who is watching the watchers?Prostate cancer’s deadly impact on Black Alabama menDistrict 3 Runoff Set as Huntsville Certifies Municipal Election ResultsAlabama’s legal diversity at a crossroadsNew
Calhoun Celebrates Launch of Aviation Maintenance Program and FAA Certification
Calhoun Community College officially opened its new Aviation Maintenance Technology hangar Tuesday, August 18, 2026, with a ribbon cutting ceremony, marking a significant milestone in the college’s expansion of aviation education and the region’s workforce development efforts. The ceremony also included a formal certification presentation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officially recognizing Calhoun’s new Aviation Maintenance Technology program as an FAA-certified training facility. The
Sentar Selected for $278M NIWC Pacific Multiple-Award IDIQ Contract
Huntsville, AL – Sentar, Inc. (Sentar), a leading provider of advanced cybersecurity and intelligence solutions, today announced it has been awarded a position on a $278 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), multiple-award contract supporting Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific. Through the contract, Sentar can compete for task orders supporting operational exercise design and construction, operations and requirements analysis, concept formulation and development,
BAILOR Named Founding “Mission Accelerator” Partner of Freedom Fighter’s Great Loop Record-Breaking Attempt
Huntsville growth strategy firm backs Veterans Against Suicide’s 6,000-mile awareness mission on an incredibly short timeline, and calls on other businesses and individuals to join the challenge HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 10, 2026 — Veterans Against Suicide Inc. and BAILOR today announced that the Huntsville-based growth strategy firm has been named the founding “Mission Accelerator” sponsor of the Freedom Fighter mission, a 6,000-mile endurance record attempt around America’s Great Loop designed to bring
