Rocket City News

Huntsville Utilities proposes 35% water rate increase Huntsville city council members held a first reading for a proposal allowing Huntsville Utilities to raise water rates by 35%. ... due to inflation. Reference: www.waff.com WE NEED TO VOTE OUT HUNTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL THAT WANTS TO ROB ITS POPULATION THROUGH HIGH ENERGY COSTS

Rocket City Marathon 2022 The Huntsville Track Club and the Huntsville Sports Commission proudly present the Rocket City Marathon, one of the premiere races in the south for over 45 years. Our new course debuts this year, and while it retains many of the same key components of previous years, it also incorporates exciting new ones as well, including a new start line in front of the VBC, longer straightaways, through the campus of the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) and more visibility of the Saturn V. And, just like before, you run through the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, the Huntsville Botanical Gardens, and glide back downtown for an exciting finish inside the Von Braun Center South Hall. RCM serves as a Boston qualifying race REGISTER HERE! Reference: https://rocketcitymarathon.run/

Mike Rogers announces ‘Space Command will officially be assigned to build its headquarters in Huntsville’ After years of politicized delay by the Biden Administration, Alabama Congressman and Chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers announced that the headquarters of U.S. Space Command will officially be built in Huntsville. Speaking on Auburn University’s McCrary Institute’s “Cyber Focus” podcast, Rogers confirmed that the long-awaited decision will be finalized this month. during President Donald Trump’s first administration, the U.S. Air Force announced that Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal in Alabama was the preferred location for U.S. Space Command’s permanent headquarters. That decision followed a comprehensive evaluation process in which Redstone Arsenal ranked first, surpassing all other contenders , including Colorado’s Peterson Space Force Base, which ranked fifth. Reference: yellowhammernews.com