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SpaceX files $300M worth of permits for Colossus

editors@dailymemphian.com ( The Daily Memphian Staff) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:02:23 -0500

The permits come as Anthropic, the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, is expected to ramp up its usage of Colossus as part of its leasing agreement with SpaceX.

The AM/DM podcast: Memphis real estate has a new place to shine

mcashiola@dailymemphian.com (Mary Cashiola) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:09:39 -0500

Today we’re joined by Andy Ashby to talk about a new trend in real estate as well as changes to area Wendy’s and a company that specializes in cleaning up old industrial sites.

Movers & Shakers: Leader honored and other moves

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:16:19 -0500

An engineering and architecture leader is honored by his alma mater in this week’s Movers & Shakers.

Former Tigers wide receiver named AutoZone Liberty Bowl president

blagrone@dailymemphian.com (Brandon LaGrone II) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:34:41 -0500

Wayne Dowdle, a native Memphian who graduated from White Station High and was a wide receiver for the Tigers in the 1970s, succeeds outgoing president Shone Bynum.

Current airport board takes care of business in what may be last meeting

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:45:51 -0500

Commissioners approved an additional $2.6 million for design of a new baggage system and administration building.

Movers & Shakers: Baptist earns cybersecurity award

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:06 -0500

Baptist Memorial, Methodist Le Bonheur and Burch, Porter & Johnson are featured in this week’s Movers & Shakers.

SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI

editions@dailymemphian.com (The Associated Press) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:37:38 -0500

SpaceX said that Cursor will become a wholly owned subsidiary when the deal closes in the third quarter.

US government says Grok helped it bomb Iran

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:59:03 -0500

The legal fight over SpaceX’s private power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, became a matter of national security on Monday, June 15.

SpaceX says Mississippi regulators approved turbines

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:09:01 -0500

In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, attorneys for SpaceX argued that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality had signed off on the natural gas turbines and that Mississippi’s air-quality regulations allowed the turbines.

SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

editions@dailymemphian.com (The Associated Press) — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:16:47 -0500

Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX, which also operates Memphis data centers, soared in Wall Street’s biggest initial public offering of stock.

SpaceX adds more turbines as court fight continues

hardiman@dailymemphian.com (Samuel Hardiman) — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:27:08 -0500

The Southern Environmental Law Center filed new documents in the NAACP’s lawsuit against SpaceX, claiming the company had added 24 more turbines.

Movers & Shakers: Moves made in senior living, environmental consulting and financial management

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:14 -0500

This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a director of sales and marketing, a geologist, an environmental scientist and a financial manager.

WK Kellogg laying off more than 100 in Memphis

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Tue, 9 Jun 2026 15:06:20 -0500

Layoffs include union and non-union employees.

Memphis advisory board finalizes 11 community priorities for $3 million AI fund

blagrone@dailymemphian.com (Brandon LaGrone II) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 09:41:09 -0500

The board’s recommendations — which still need to pass the City Council — include a $1 million allocation for a pre-weatherization assistance program to help residents with critical home repairs, mold remediation and indoor air quality improvements.

Connecting the new housing dots and vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 06:57:04 -0500

Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.

Ducks Unlimited raises billions for waterfowl protection

nmclane@dailymemphian.com (Noah McLane) — Thu, 4 Jun 2026 08:24:34 -0500

Seven years ago, Ducks Unlimited launched “Conservation For A Continent” to protect North American wetlands. With more than 2 million donors, the nonprofit blew past its fundraising goal.

Movers & Shakers: A2H, Turner Construction and Colliers make announcements

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 17:57:41 -0500

Memphis firms announce promotions.

Practicing on plastic: Methodist University Hospital unveils simulation lab

sbohnel@dailymemphian.com (Steve Bohnel) — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 08:09:22 -0500

Modern mannequins provide various types of lifelike practice situations for nurses, physcians and other healthcare professionals.

Horseshoe Tunica operator closer to $17B merger

nmclane@dailymemphian.com (Noah McLane) — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 06:34:12 -0500

Caesars Entertainment, which operates the Horseshoe casino in Tunica, is being acquired by a Houston-based entertainment company for $17.6 billion.

Methodist hospital back to normal admissions, surgeries after early morning transformer fire

jcallahan@dailymemphian.com (Jody Callahan) — Thu, 28 May 2026 17:35:29 -0500

Methodist University Hospital back to normal admissions, surgeries after early morning transformer fire caused damage