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TUPELO, MS – The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2018. …

FLORENCE-Florence Lauderdale Tourism and Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area will host the Tennessee Valley Strummers August 17 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  The free event will be held in …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has indefinitely suspended future commercial paddlefish fishing seasons on the Alabama River. Paddlefish mature slowly and have low reproductive rates making …

PHIL CAMPBELL– For some youth, finding a way forward into successful adult employment seems impossible. The Youth Success Program (YSP) at Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) has proven to be exactly …

FLORENCE – The Shoals Mountain Bike Club is offering you a chance to win a kayak/canoe race or a treasure hunt while you help clean up Cypress Creek, in Florence—and …

MONTGOMERY-Good oral hygiene, reading and regular bedtimes are three simple life skills that pediatricians in 12 Alabama practices are reinforcing through Brush, Book, Bed (BBB), a new statewide program of …

TUSCUMBIA-The Alabama Music Hall of Fame will reveal its latest display dedicated to Alabama’s hip hop Achievers on August 28th. As part of the event, a number of North Alabama …

TENNESSEE VALLEY-As the nation’s largest public power utility, TVA works around the clock to ensure that information and industrial control systems are well protected, but cybersecurity threats are real. Over …

MONTGOMERY-Three Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) employees were honored at the recent Alabama Wildlife Federation Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards banquet. Chuck Sykes, director of ADCNR’s Wildlife and …

MONTGOMERY-Those lucky enough to draw a tag for Alabama’s 2018 season will soon head out into the rivers, bays and bayous in search of an American alligator. Chris Nix, Alabama …

MONTGOMERY-Registration is now open for the next Alabama Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources sponsored event takes place at the 4-H Center near …

FLORENCE – “The Earth will pass into the orbit of the comet Temple-Tuttle and we will see the annual Perseid meteor shower reach its peak,” said Dr. Mel Blake, UNA associate …

SHEFFIELD– The fifth annual Bank Independent School Share drive was conducted from July 9 through July 20.  Thanks to the many local citizens who donated school supplies at Bank Independent’s …

FLORENCE—James Dolan announces his candidacy as an Independent candidate for Alabama House District 1. Dolan, 26 years old, is committed to bringing new insight and energy to his district. “It’s …

– The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant has achieved the new rated thermal power limit of the Extended Power Uprate on Unit 3, which is now capable of generating an …

SHELBYVILLE, TN-Nestled near an elementary and high school, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, stands a farm. This is no ordinary farm—it is where community solar started in the Tennessee Valley in 2012. …

CHICKASAW COUNTY, MS – On August 6, 2018, at approximately 7:03 a.m., the Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a motor vehicle collision near Houston, Mississippi (milepost 223.5). …

FLORENCE-As the City of Florence continues to celebrate its Bicentennial, the focus for the month of August is the very interesting history of educational opportunities in our great town. The …

MONTGOMERY-Parents, a new school year is beginning. The Alabama Department of Public Health reminds you it is time for parents to make sure that their children have everything they need …

CULLMAN COUNTY-The 650-acre Duck River Reservoir in Cullman County is now open to fishing. The lake was stocked by the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Fisheries Section …