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TUPELO, MS-The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Trees Have Families, Too” a Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center at 10:00 am …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday released the report of recommendations from the Governor’s “Securing Alabama’s Facilities of Education” (SAFE) Council. The report focused on improvements in three areas: physical …

                       North Alabama meets Gulf Coast in an exciting new exhibition in Tuscumbia   TUSCUMBIA-The Tennessee Valley Museum of Art …

KNOXVILLE, TN -For the fourth year, Tennessee Valley Authority is hosting BioBlitzes on its managed lands, and the public is invited to participate.  The events will be held on June …

FLORENCE-On Friday, May 25th, 2018 The American Legion Post #11 of Florence / Lauderdale County, at 318 South Court Street, Florence, Alabama will host an open house and Veterans Appreciation …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Toyota recently donated two 2014 Toyota Corolla sedans to the Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) Automotive Collision Repair program. The cars will be used to train students on …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) cautions the public about the hazards of synthetic cannabinoids after the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) linked serious complications including death to …

FLORENCE – Nearly 800 students from 19 high schools competed in the Wilson Dam Section of the American Chemical Society. The section administered the first competitive high school chemistry exam in 1939, …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that Alabama’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan was approved by the U.S. Department of Education. Governor Ivey received a phone call …

FLORENCE – Today the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi announced that the University of North Alabama (UNA) has made it to the finals and is in the top three for …

SHEFFIELD – The eighth annual Sheffield Street Party will be held Saturday, May 19th, in downtown Sheffield (on Montgomery Ave.). The concert will benefit the Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) Foundation scholarship …

TUPELO, MS – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 7,034,487 visitors to Mississippi’s National Park Service units in 2017 spent $192 million in local communities. That spending …

TVA is proposing a new rate structure that will help families by making power bills more stable.  TENNESSEE VALLEY-Tennessee Valley residents enjoy electric rates lower than 70 percent of the …

Andrew Sorrell is a 32-year-old entrepreneur, private pilot, advanced SCUBA diver, Eagle Scout, and well-known local anti-tax activist…NOT a politician. Andrew is seeking to be the first Republican elected to …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that the Department has successfully prosecuted several Alabamians for unemployment compensation fraud. The following individuals were charged with a …

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that workers who became unemployed as a direct result of recent severe storms and tornadoes in Calhoun, Cullman and …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is working in conjunction with Auburn University to review cases of uveal melanoma among former Auburn students and employees in the area.   …

FLORENCE-The TVA Board of Directors will hold a public meeting on May 10, 2018, at the Shoals Marriott and Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence, Alabama. The public may comment on …

MONTGOMERY-Far from what today’s crowd calls civilization, Conservation Commissioner gained a new appreciation for America’s symbol of greatness. Blankenship had the honor to release a rehabilitated bald eagle into the …

FLORENCE-The Tennessee Valley Strummers will return to the Florence/Lauderdale Visitor Center in McFarland Park to play folk dulcimer music in the Gallery on Friday, May 18, from 2 to 4 …