The just-discovered near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU (about five meters in size) will sweep extremely close to Earth today (January 26, 2023). It’ll pass less than 3% of the moon’s average …
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Winners of 2023 ‘Share Your Smile with Alabama’ competition announced, third graders’ smiles promote good oral health
MONTGOMERY-The Oral Health Office of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announces the winners of the sixth annual smile photo contest for third grade students in Alabama. A boy …
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Let the Good Times Roll in Downtown Decatur Twelfth Annual Carnegie Carnival Set for February 18
DECATUR-North Alabama’s premier Mardi Gras style celebration will hit the streets of downtown Decatur February 18, 2023, when the Carnegie Visual Arts Center holds its annual Carnegie Carnival. Now in …
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‘You Do Have a Choice’ National Passenger Safety Week ALEA Joins National Campaign to Empower Passengers to Take Responsibility for Their Own Safety
MONTGOMERY – Passengers accounted for 62 percent of traffic fatalities nationwide in 2019, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. It’s imperative that passengers take responsibility for their own …
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MONTGOMERY – Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that as of December 2022, the yearly comparison of online job ads is …
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ARAB – The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking for public input on proposed transmission system improvements to prepare for growth and increase power reliability in the Arab area of Marshall …
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FLORENCE – University of North Alabama sophomore Lauren Vance, of Muscle Shoals, has been crowned Miss UNA 2023 at the Miss UNA program, “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” Saturday …
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Retirement might be the end of your career, but it doesn’t have to be the end of financial security or life satisfaction. Retirement generally coincides with the age at which …
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Regardless of where you find them — be it on a beach, along a riverbank, or in a garden — most shells share a common feature: 90% of them coil …
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MONTGOMERY-The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has designated Saturday, February 4, 2023, as the second of the 2022-2023 hunting …
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Governor Ivey Announces Another Record High Jobs Count, Alabama’s December Unemployment Rate is 2.8%
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 2.8%, up slightly from November’s rate of 2.7%, and well below December 2021’s rate of …
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Spring 2023 Brings 15th Consecutive Term of Record Enrollment, Launch of Workforce-focused Academic Programs
FLORENCE – Although official figures are weeks away from being finalized, the Spring 2023 term at the University of North Alabama is already breaking enrollment records with a greater than …
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ATHENS – An Athens metal manufacturing company plans to expand in 2023. Morgan Metals Inc. President Patrick Townsend says this expansion is to serve the growing number of industries …
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KNOXVILLE, TN ― The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Inc., a TVA retiree organization, is awarding $1 million in grants to educators in public schools to develop …
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MUSCLE SHOALS – The Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) Alabama Career Essentials (ACE) Program will host the first student information session of 2023 on Tuesday, January 31, on the Shoals campus …
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MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Senior Services Commissioner Jean Brown announced today that the State Combined Charitable Campaign (SCC) exceeded its 2022 goal by 102.5%. Gov. Kay Ivey appointed Brown to …
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ATHENS – Do you love all things chocolate? Do you love great places to shop and dine? If so, you will not want to miss Athens Main Street’s popular Chocolate …
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No two planets are the same — even when it comes to their sunsets. As the sun dips below the horizon on Earth, the sky blossoms into warm hues of …
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Average college student in 2023 has to work about 4x as many hours on minimum wage as a student 30 years ago to access the same education.
MyElearningWorld released a new report showing that the average college student in 2023 has to work about 4x as many hours on minimum wage as a student 30 years ago to access the …
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MONTGOMERY – Over the course of 2022, Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division investigated crashes that resulted in 19 fewer lives lost on Alabama’s roadways. …