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FLORENCE-You are invited to join the ALCD 5 as they host a Democratic Town Hall series. The fifth event of the series will take place Tuesday, April 24th,at the International Union …

FLORENCE—The University of North Alabama chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi hosted initiation ceremonies April 19 for 138 new members to the national academic honorary. Phi Kappa …

FLORENCE – Officials with the University of North Alabama announced that the University has completed its first comprehensive campaign, and well ahead of schedule. Not only did UNA reach the $35 million …

MONTGOMERY-Jason Downey has been named Chief Enforcement Officer for the Marine Resources Division (MRD) of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR). Downey’s promotion was effective April 16, …

TUPELO, MS – Professor Amy Gantt and six students from Southeastern Oklahoma State University visited the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) as a part of a class about the Natchez Trace. …

MONTGOMERY – Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that over the year, Alabama’s wage and salary employment increased 20,100, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+4,400), the professional …

MONTGOMERY-About half of Alabama residences have an onsite sewage disposal system to collect, treat and dispose of wastewater. Septic tank systems are used where municipal sewers are not available or …

TUPELO, MS – A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at …

MONTGOMERY— Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama’s Opportunity Zone nominations have received full approval from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. The governor submitted the …

HOHENWALD, TN – The Meriwether Lewis Visitor Information Center on the Natchez Trace Parkway will operate on summer hours starting Sunday, May 6, 2018. Summer hours of operation will be …

MUSCLE SHOALS– Chance Hunt, of Florence, Ala., received Northwest-Shoals Community College’s (NW-SCC) most prestigious honor last night at the annual Shoals Campus Honors and Awards Night. He was awarded the …

HUNTSVILLE-Alabama A&M Dean’s Speaker Series 2081 will be Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 12:30 pm in Arthur J. Bond Hall, Room 233 at Alabama A&M University. The April Keynote Speaker will be Oyedeji …

There’s a new future in store for TVA’s Muscle Shoals reservation, which was returned to the private sector for economic development in the Quad Cities area.COLBERT COUNTY-The Tennessee Valley Authority …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey is applauding the announcement that for the 12th year in a row, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program is being hailed as one of the nation’s highest …

Montgomery–Alabama My Home Sweet Home, a bicentennial book for young readers, will premiere at the Alabama Book Festival on Saturday, April 21. Attendees of the Alabama Book Festival will be the first to …

NASHVILLE, TN-Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA) headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the United States to resolve violations of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. …

MONTGOMERY-Eighteen men and women from across the state won cash prizes in the team grand prize drawing for Scale Back Alabama participants. In addition, the names of 40 individuals were …

MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL– Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) President, Dr. Glenda Colagross, was chosen to speak at a United States Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C., last Tuesday, April 10, …

FLORENCE – Dr. Eric Kirkman ’97, University of North Alabama alumnus and current Sheffield Junior High principal, will soon be at the helm as the new director of Kilby Laboratory School. Kirkman …

FLORENCE – A recent gift to the University of North Alabama College of Business will help toward years of future success. Mr. and Mrs. John (’69) and Glenda O’Connor provided the UNA …