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FLORENCE – University of North Alabama professor of geography Dr. Michael Pretes is the most recent recipient of the 2018 Higher Education Distinguished Teaching Award of the National Council for Geographic Education. …

SHEFFIELD-The City of Sheffield will celebrate northwest Alabama’s contributions to World War I on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at The Village School located at 206 Chickamauga Street, Sheffield beginning at …

FLORENCE – Dr. Lisa Keys Mathews, the executive director of Strategic Initiatives and Academic Support at the University of North Alabama, will be one of nine speakers to take the stage Saturday, …

HUNTSVILLE­­ – The Tennessee Valley Authority is inviting the public to attend an open house in Huntsville and provide comment on alternatives for how it will manage vegetation along its …

WILLIAMSON CO, TN – On Saturday, July 8, 2017, Tyler Noe was bicycling on the Natchez Trace Parkway near the park’s northern terminus. A black Volvo passing the bicyclists struck …

RED BAY – State Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow (D-Red Bay) is calling for the State Legislature to pass legislation that would allow the people of Alabama to vote on a state …

FLORENCE– New York Times Best Selling author and Paralympian Amy Purdy will be the featured speaker for the University of North Alabama 2018 Distinguished Event Series. The event will take place …

WHY HAVE 911 SERVICES AVAILABLE IF WE HAVE NO CELL PHONE SERVICE IN RURAL ALABAMA? THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CELL PHONE MAPS ARE WRONG AND CITIZENS MUST MOBILIZE IMMEDIATELY TO …

MONTGOMERY-The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutrition education and supplemental foods, and serves pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women and children up to age 5 …

EUFAULA ─ Main Street Alabama celebrated local program successes at the fifth annual Awards of Excellence on the day that Governor Kay Ivey proclaimed Main Street Alabama Day. The day …

PRENTISS COUNTY, MS – On September 4, 2018, at approximately 4:10 a.m., Lee County 911 received notification of a single motor vehicle collision near Tishomingo, MS (milepost 287). U.S. Park …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey has issued a State of Emergency effective at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2018, for several Alabama counties in preparation for Tropical Storm Gordon. The counties …

TUPELO, MS – To commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Natchez Trace Parkway will host a living history encampment representing the expedition of Hernando de Soto on Saturday, September 22, …

TUPELO, MS – The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Hoot Hoot Hooray” a Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, …

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE – The Natchez Trace Parkway will hold biannual “Car Free Parkway Experience” days for bicyclists and pedestrians between mile markers 429 and 440 following a trial event …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama will welcome Dr. Stephen McNutt to campus for a lecture Thursday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m., in the Science and Engineering Building. McNutt, whose lecture …

FLORENCE – The deadline to apply for the next round of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area community grants is 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 15. Grant awards from $1,000 up to …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama Military Science Department is under new leadership.  Lt. Col. Perry R. Bolding is now serving as the chair of the Military Science Department. Bolding said it’s …

FLORENCE – Mayor Steve Holt and Bicentennial Committee Chair Pat Burney are pleased to announce the Bicentennial activities for the month of September.  Native American heritage is indelibly imprinted in America …

FLORENCE-The Tennessee Valley Historical Society will host a trolley tour Saturday, September 14 at 11:00 a.m. This one hour trolley tour, conducted by Lee Freeman, will visit Florence sites significant …