Brenda Cantrell, the brand ambassador at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro said it best.

“I encourage you to go out and see your state,” she said. “There’s a lot of great things to see here.”

She’s right.

We certainly found plenty of wonderful things to share this week as we put the spotlight on north Alabama.

Thank you to HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for hosting our live Road Show on Wednesday from the 2018 Genomic Medicine Conference.

Alabama NewsCenter’s North Alabama Road Show recorded live at the 2018 HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Conference from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo.

In case you missed it, here are some of the stories we brought you from there:

Alabama NewsCenter brings Road Show to HudsonAlpha 2018 Genomic Medicine Conference

Mazda-Toyota $1.6B auto plant to create new supplier pull toward north Alabama

This Alabama Maker produces mixed media art from the heart

Purveyor Huntsville provides great food and more

Unique BLT and spring roll salad makes list of 100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die

Lost items land in Alabama at the Unclaimed Baggage Center

LEGO sculptures connect the public with nature at Huntsville Botanical Garden

NASA Marshall advances 3-D printed rocket engine nozzle technology

Huntsville-area median home sales price up 3 percent from a year ago

February median sales price of Shoals area homes increases 5 percent from 2017

Cullman home sales rise 9 percent from February 2017

Average home sales price in Morgan County up sharply from a year ago

Marshall County’s median home sales price up 2 percent from a year ago