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SHEFFIELD-The Ritz Theatre announces open auditions for our SummerStock 2021 production of The Last 5 Years. Auditions will be held April 10 & 11 with artistic director Suzanne Reese-Mills. Call 256-383-0533 …

KNOXVILLE, TN – With spring just around the corner, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s seasonal campgrounds are ready and waiting for visitors to return to the outdoors as the 2021 camping …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced Friday that starting March 22, ADPH will extend eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations to include people age 55 and …

MONTGOMERY-The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will reduce poverty while expanding health care, housing and nutrition protections across Alabama, according to analyses by Alabama Arise and other research organizations. …

FLORENCE—The Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area is accepting applications for community grants. Application deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, April 15. Grant awards from $1,000 up to $7,500 are available for …

MONTGOMERY-By learning some basic kayak fishing tips, you can be out on the water and fishing from a kayak sooner than you might think. Can’t you just picture yourself reeling …

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor released the official count for initial claims filed during the week of February 28 – March 6, 2021. 13,592 initial claims were filed either …

Getting COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of Alabamians as quickly as possible is our goal. ADPH is conducting clinics daily, including drive-though clinics in some counties. Limited vaccine remains the greatest …

ELKMONT – The 15th Annual Elkmont Beauty walk will be on April 24 and 25. Registration is going on now and the deadline to register will be April 6. Entry forms …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced the Alabama Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion are now open to the public effective immediately. All were previously closed to unscheduled visits due …

DECATUR-Downtown Decatur is ready to paint the town green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with plenty of fun and entertainment for everyone. Set for Saturday, March 13, 2021, Downtown Decatur’s …

MONTGOMERY-This year’s Free Fishing Day is June 12. Each year, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources schedules a day that everyone can fish recreationally in public waters without …

MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL– Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) student Savannah Berryman, of Tuscumbia, was selected as one of 20 college students nationwide to the prestigious All-USA Academic Team. She …

ATLANTA, GA-COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some …

FLORENCE– University Health Services at the University of North Alabama has received doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Alabama Department of Public Health that will allow for clinics to …

  MONTGOMERY-As part of Governor Ivey’s activation of the Alabama National Guard to support the state’s COVID-19 response, guardsmen will deploy to rural Alabama to administer the vaccine. The ALNG’s …

MONTGOMERY-Getting COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of Alabamians as quickly as possible is our goal.  ADPH is conducting clinics daily, including drive-though clinics in some counties. Limited vaccine remains the …

MONTGOMERY-As the bald eagle population continues to expand, unfortunately, so do the number of instances an eagle is injured or killed by an anthropogenic force. While the bald eagle population …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) adopts the Prevention Access Campaign‘s Undetectable = Untransmittable(U=U), a national movement to dismantle HIV stigma, improve the lives of people with HIV, and …

MONTGOMERY-Social media has been filled with smoke and fire lately as many land managers, like the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), conduct controlled burns to enhance the …