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NASHVILLE, TN― Site Selection Magazine recently announced its 2020 Mac Conway Award winners, including a longtime Tennessee Valley Authority economic development partner, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. With this …

  MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that ADOL has disbursed nearly $2 billion in COVID-19 related unemployment compensation benefits. Alabama is paying benefits under all three …

ATLANTA, GA-COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person. Some people without symptoms may be able to spread the virus. We are still learning about how the …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 9.9%, down from April’s REVISED rate of 13.8%, and above May 2019’s rate of 3.0%.  May’s rate represents 221,811 unemployed persons, compared to 302,535 in April and 68,057 in May 2019. “This month’s …

ATHENS– On Friday, June 19 at 5:00pm The Square Arts & Entertainment District will open in Downtown Athens!   The Athens City Council voted unanimously at the June 8th City …

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Labor released the official count for initial claims filed during the week of June 7 – June 13, 2020. 18,367 initial claims were filed either …

  KNOXVILLE, TN  ̶   Members of the public interested in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s mission and how it approaches energy-related activities, including its COVID-19 response, are invited to attend public …

ATHENS-Celebrate summer by enjoying all Downtown Athens has to offer the entire family!   Fridays After Five will be on selected Fridays of each month in June – August, beginning …

TUSCUMBIA-The Tennessee Valley Art Association Summer Art Camp for 2020 will be held July 6 through July 9 at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 North Water Street in …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) State Lands Division announces four Open Woods Weeks at the Forever Wild Sipsey River Complex located in Tuscaloosa County near Buhl, …

MONTGOMERY-Expanding Medicaid to cover adults with low incomes would build on the program’s successes and save hundreds of lives every year, according to a new report that Alabama Arise released …

WASHINGTON – Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.) today led a bipartisan commemorative reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail in the United States Senate chamber. After a special introduction from …

The Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff Elections are still scheduled to take place on July 14th, and many voters are understandably concerned about trying to vote while Alabama is seeing …

TUPELO -The Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct several small prescribed fires (controlled burns) during the month of June, 2020  in the Tupelo Area.  All fires will be small scale and …

FLORENCE – Commencement ceremonies at the University of North Alabama will take place following a hybrid format in Norton Auditorium on Friday, July 31 and Saturday, Aug. 1. The event …

MONTGOMERY-Alabama families may qualify for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as WIC. If you are a woman who is pregnant, who had a …

MONTGOMERY-Alabama taxes remitted by sellers located in and outside our state declined almost 4.5% in April compared with the same month last year. April was the month most of Alabama’s …

  BIRMINGHAM – U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.) today wrote to President Donald Trump to urge him to appoint members to the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board. While Congress passed …

WASHINGTON, DC-Throughout the past few months, it has seemed like only negative news gets reported anymore. It’s a sad reality of the 24-hour news cycle that we constantly are subjected …

  FLORENCE – Four University of North Alabama students have been offered Fulbright grants for the upcoming 2020-2021 year. The Fulbright Program is the United States government’s flagship international education …