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MONTGOMERY – Medicare Open Enrollment begins Oct0ber15 and remains open till December 7. Consumers must enroll by December 7 for coverage beginning January 1,2023. During this time existing Medicare beneficiaries …

MONTGOMERY-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years. This follows the Food and Drug …

TUPELO—The National Park Service will close a section of Natchez Trace Parkway including the John Coffee Memorial Bridge at 8 PM, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The bridge is located 6 …

FLORENCE-The Florence-Lauderdale Public Library has some upcoming events that should be education and fun.  Check out the events here: Lecture series concludes Sunday in the colonnade      Media Release/Florence-Lauderdale …

FLORENCE-Mayor Andrew Betterton, Florence City Council Members, Singing River Disc Golf Club, and InZone Disc Golf,  along with Bill Jordan, Director of the Florence Parks & Recreation, invite you to …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is offering a series of trapping education workshops during select weekends this fall and winter. The workshops provide instruction on the …

FLORENCE – Enrollment at the University of North Alabama has topped 10,000 for the first time in institutional history, with gains across all student types. University officials credit this Fall …

DECATUR-Alabama’s top cross country runners are headed to the Oakville Indian Mount Park next month for the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s (AHSAA) Cross Country State Championship. Hosted by the …

DECATUR-The 2022 Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s King Kat Classic will make an appearance in the River City next month where as many as 100 anglers from across the United States are …

Ever wonder where the Fall traditions come from?  Here are eight origins of Autumn Traditions:  Corn Mazes In 1993, Joanne Marx and Don Frantz created the “Amazing Maize Maze,” a …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) will hold Metallica Scholars Manufacturing Day Wednesday, October 26, on the Shoals campus from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The open house networking …

FLORENCE – Outdoor-recreation organizers have scheduled two public meetings in Colbert County – 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the Sheffield Public Library and 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at …

FLORENCE-What’s under your hat?  The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to present The Tangled Tale of Hats and Hair that begins October 21st and continues through December 27th. Our hats and hair speak …

  FLORENCE – Germanfest, an annual event sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of North Alabama, is scheduled for October 12 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in front …

FLORENCE-As the Salt & Pepper Series moves into SEASON 7, it is honored to be one of the recipients of a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The music series is presented quarterly at UNA’S The Mane Room in partnership with The Music Preservation Society,  the presenters of the annual W.C.Handy Festival, and The Alabama Folklife Association (AFA), a partner of the Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA). Season 7 of the Salt & Pepper is continuing to focus on Traditional and Roots Music and its influence on the Muscle Shoals Music Industry’s contributions to the American Soundtrack. Gospel, Soul, Blues, Country, Rock and Roll, and Folk Music are at the roots of the American Soundtrack and very much a part of the Sound of the Shoals. Russell Gulley, a long time AFA board member and director of the series, along with associates, Dick Cooper, Bob Garfrerick and Tori Bailey are proud to announce the premier of Season 7 on Oct. 28th featuring the Deep Roots of Celtic Music and Blues. The October 28th Presentation will feature Celtic Music, one of the earliest Roots of American Country Music as performed by the internationally acclaimed CHAMBLESS AND MUSE  and introduces The Blues of Music Maker Foundation artist, CHARLES “SUGAR HARP” BURROUGHS. Special Guest, MAXWELL RUSSELL, the Muscle Shoals “Blues Guru”, will open the performance at The Mane Room at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Tickets at the door will be $20.00. Advance tickets are available for $15.00 at Counts Brothers Music in Muscle Shoals,  Ye Ole General Store in Florence, and at WZZA Radio in Tuscumbia. Online advance Tickets are available at https://SaltandPepperpresentsDEEPROOTS.eventbrite.com . Media Release/Russell Gulley

DECATUR-The City of Decatur, Alabama is pleased to announce its inaugural celebration of Día de los Muertos. The event will take place in downtown Decatur on Wednesday, November 2.   …

  MONTGOMERY-In a first of its kind partnership, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and binx health, a healthcare technology and diagnostics company, enables access to routine remote sample …

FLORENCE-Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to present “Art Expressions”, an exhibition of the latest works by the Shoals Artists Guild members from October 14th through November 14th. An …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama has set a record for fundraising, securing $22,865,000 in the most recent fiscal year, which officially concluded Sept. 30. Among the other highlights …

HUNTSVILLE-The Sand Mountain Seed Bank is a critical piece of the Southeast (US) regional seed sovereignty movement. It needs support to transition to a new space that will usher in …