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 MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) has deployed six self-service Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) sampling stations in north Alabama as part of its increased CWD sampling surveillance …

FLORENCE-Local artists Craige Goode, Tom Moye, and Nicholas Strong present Light and Land: 3 Artists at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts this January 11 – February 15, 2019. A reception to …

 FLORENCE– The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is a unique and growing program within UNA’s Continuing Education curriculum where student volunteers determine the courses and speakers for the eight …

THE SHOALS-Elementary and middle school students from across northwest Alabama will descend upon Northwest-Shoals Community College on Saturday, January 12 to play the 2018-2019 VEX IQ Challenge Next Level. Nineteen teams …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama’s fifth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and March will take place Monday, Jan. 21, on UNA’s campus. The Day of Service will …

 FLORENCE-The classic Tennesse Williams drama, The Glass Menagerie, will give you a look back to 1937 through the memory of Tom Wingfinld. It examines the family relationship between him, and …

 MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday that the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education was awarded $10,620,000 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of …

THE SHOALS-Due to the local weather forecast, temperatures falling below freezing, and spilling water, the roadway crossing the Tennessee River on the Wilson Dam Roadway will be closed to traffic …

MONTGOMERY – Federal employees who have been furloughed due to the partial government shutdown can apply for unemployment compensation benefits.  Employees who are not working due to the shutdown should …

 MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) continues investigating multiple hepatitis A cases in Jackson and DeKalb counties. This outbreak may continue to spread to other surrounding counties. Persons at …

 FLORENCE – Mayor Holt is pleased to announce that four new brick-andmortar businesses received their business license during December 2018. The business list includes a regional hospital, computer programmer, a …

MONTGOMERY – Alabamians who received unemployment compensation benefits in 2018 can now view and download their form 1099-G online at www.labor.alabama.gov. The Form 1099-G details how much unemployment compensation claimants received …

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ATHENS-Please join us for a community breakfast of remembrance and reflection with guest speaker Dr. Carolyn McKinstry, Survivor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham 1963.   The breakfast will …

 SHEFFIELD – Over 3,275 toys and $1,016 were donated to the eighth annual Bank Independent and WAFF48 Toy Share toy drive over the holidays, meeting 2018 goal totals and helping hundreds …

MONTGOMERY – On Friday, December 28, Governor Kay Ivey released a statement on the appointment of Brad Mendheim to fill a vacancy on the Alabama Supreme Court created by the election …

MONTGOMERY – Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for retail salespersons, registered nurses, and …

TVA’s River Management team is continuing its work over the holidays by doing what it’s been doing a lot this year: handling above average amounts rainfall and runoff across the …

FLORENCE-Plein Air painter and Birmingham artist Amy R. Peterson will display her new collection of work at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts January 8 through February 15. The gallery talk will …

MUSCLE SHOALS – With the spring semester right around the corner, Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) will host a registration event next Saturday, January 5, 2019, on the Shoals Campus. Next …