🌱 Breeze Airways Update + $100K Donation to UAH Nursing

Hey, Huntsville! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right, including:

• Updates from Breeze Airways
• Bryant Bank donates $100,000 to the UAH College of Nursing
• A Hazel Green student chosen for the Disney Dreamers Academy

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sun, but cold. High: 41 Low: 21.

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Here are the top 4 stories in Huntsville today:

1. Bryant Bank made a $100,000 donation to the UAH College of Nursing as part of a pledge to donate $3 million over thirty years. (Patch)
2. A Hazel Green teenager was chosen as one of 100 students to participate in the Disney Dreamers Academy. Mackenzie Hill joins four other black students from underrepresented communities in Alabama to be in the program. (WAFF)
3. Breeze Airways, the newest airline with routes out of Huntsville, has purchased new planes and their Charleston route is coming back next month. They are planning more routes, but haven’t announced whether or not they will impact the Rocket City. (WAAY)
4. Lansing Companies has pledged $1 million to the North Alabama Zoological Society. This is the company that bought the land that the organization hopes to purchase to house the zoo. They still have $6.5 million to raise. (WAFF)

Today in Huntsville:

• Arctic Wonder Fun Day @ Cook Museum (10:00 AM)
• Theatre Huntsville’s “Steel Magnolias” (2:00 PM)
• Youth Jersey Night with the Havoc (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Huntsville City Schools and Madison County Schools are both transitioning to remote learning and are set to go back Monday, January 31. moving to remote learning next week (HCS Details/Madison County Details)
• Now that the Downtown Huntsville, Inc. Annual Meeting and Awards is over, check out all the winners! (Details)
• Don’t forget that the Museum of Art’s next Virtual Studio Tour is Friday, February 11 at 1 p.m. (Details)

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— Amy Young