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BIRMINGHAM– Alabama residents may soon be able to show their commitment of supporting local businesses with a distinctive car tag. The Shop Local Support Small Business tag will be produced …

  LIMESTONE COUNTY-Limestone County has been selected to participate in the Rural Recovery Accelerator, a new community-oriented technical assistance program designed to help rural communities build the economic resiliency strategies …

FLORENCE-Well, it’s been awhile since we’ve had any news to share. Covid-19 has been rough on the entertainment industry as a whole but we are surviving for now thanks to …

Starting at 5 p.m., all bars in Tuscaloosa will closed for the next 14 days in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the area. The decision by …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, is pleased to announce three Alabama properties that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places: Bricklayers Hall in …

Right now, in our country, there are 21.3 million rural Americans who live without reliable broadband. Here at home access to broadband is below the national average, with almost a …

FLORENCE – The next City of Florence municipal election will be held on August 25, 2020. Polls will be open from 7 am to 7 pm. Please note the three changes that are …

FLORENCE-UNA Planetarium and Observatory has tentatively scheduled their first public night! The night’s topic will be the fall constellations and observation through the telescope if the weather allows. The event …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is 7.9%, up from June’s rate of 7.6%, and above July 2019’s rate of 2.8%.  July’s rate represents 176,637 unemployed persons, compared to 166,668 in June and 63,414 in July 2019. “Following …

LIMESTONE COUNTY – The Limestone County Economic Development Association would like to congratulate two companies in Limestone County that made the annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing …

ATHENS – Patrons in downtown Athens can win hundreds of dollars’ worth of prizes as the inaugural Win the Window contest is set to take place from August 22 through …

MONTGOMERY-As more is learned about COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is providing updated guidance about testing priorities, listing and defining types of tests, and quarantine and isolation …

MONTGOMERY-Learning to hunt may seem out of reach for those who didn’t grow up with hunting as part of their family tradition. For those individuals, the Alabama Department of Conservation …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) hosted a Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) drive-through Signing Day last night (8/20) on the Shoals Campus as 18 students were sponsored …

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor released the official count for initial claims filed during the week of August 9 – August 15, 2020.   11,048 initial claims were filed …

FLORENCE – Officials at the University of North Alabama have today announced plans to postpone Homecoming events until the Spring 2021 semester in order to maintain health and safety measures …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama will submit its application to participate in the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA)  Program …

I am Fred Mason a lifelong resident of Sheffield.  1972 graduate of Sheffield High School and retired  Chief Financial Officer at Sheffield Utilities. I am running for Sheffield City Council District …

MONTGOMERY-Due to ecological, economic, and human health and safety concerns related to the potential impacts of nonnative animals, Alabama Administrative Code 220-2-.26 has been amended to prohibit any person, firm, …

I’ve spent the last 10 weeks talking to citizens about running for mayor and listening to their views, concerns and issues. It was most important to hear from them before …