Area Spotlights

Snapshots of the past and future on a stretch of road the author grew up traveling.

Technology means more here. Just ask the folks behind chip and quantum projects up and down the corridor.

Multiple projects show why Oak Ridge National Lab is a catalyst behind resurging interest in nuclear power.

Larry Lewis and Kim Caudle Lewis are a power couple with purpose in northern Alabama

Ron Starner talks to top executives at a sustainable aviation fuel maker and an AI cloud hyperscaler about why they’re betting big on small Midwest towns.

How Michigan engineered a lightning-fast turnaround in its talent pool.

Home to the nation’s best business tax climate for the fifth year in a row, the state sees multiple projects land in Laramie.

Film production projects keep discovering the Big Sky State, including a new complex in the same town where Edison made the first Montana film 127 years ago.

Every clogged highway today was once pristine. Where the next wave of priority Interstate corridors are forming.

A pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle program takes on in North Dakota, while an earthmoving equipment company expands in South Dakota.

The state’s invaluable milk supply secures major project wins.

Liebherr Group lands in Tupelo, and a new medical cannabis program launches at the University of Mississippi.

ImagiNE Nebraska, the state’s newest incentive program, is paying dividends. Just ask 3M and Mutual of Omaha.

These five fast-rising boomtowns are making a splash in the desert.

The new Kansas City International Airport terminal means just as much to Kansas as it does to its neighbor. Plus a look at Panasonic’s megaproject and logistics industry momentum.

Hot off the Presses: Cool projects make the news on properties that used to print the news.

Collins Aerospace’s local GM sheds light on the company’s decision to invest in Spokane, home base for one of the nation’s new Tech Hubs.

Why a UK maker of roadsters chose a small Virginia town; and a conversation with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Louisville and Cincinnati top this year’s rankings with major assists from communities across the river.

Why the Boston area’s life sciences sector is outperforming national growth rates.

Population growth is helping meet a growing demand for labor in the Lehigh Valley.

Federal Tech Hub status stokes Nevada’s clean energy dreams.

Offshore wind doubles down against adversity.

Sites along this Interstate are proving to be the right ones for data centers, especially in northern Indiana.