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FLORENCE-Friends Bookstore is having aHalf-Price Sale in Florence-Lauderdale Public Library from Friday, February 2 until Sunday, February 11. Fall in love with some great books!  All books, movies, music, and magazines …

MARION COUNTY-Marion County Public Fishing Lake will temporarily close on February 1, 2018. The lake will reopen in the following weeks under the operation of new lake manager Barbara Goggans. During …

FLORENCE– The University of North Alabama Department of English will welcome author Joy Harjo as the featured guest of the 2018 Writer’s Series.    Harjo, who is known as a …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey joined U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and Alabama Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington in urging employers to recruit and employ Alabama’s veterans.   A new federal …

Money from State House of Representatives Education Trust Fund Budget Would Be Matched with $250,000 from Board of Education MONTGOMERY– Representative Johnny Mack Morrow, from Red Bay, introduced Franklin County …

FLORENCE– The University of North Alabama Human Performance Research Group is set to host its fifth annual Bad Kitty 10-k Trail Race and 5-k Fun Run, Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 …

FLORENCE– The University of North Alabama is set to host a two-day display of the Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels in the GUC Performance Center on campus. The museum, sponsored by …

FLORENCE-Shoals Spark, an idea competition for middle school, high school, and college students living in the Shoals, was created to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in our community’s young people to …

MONTGOMERY-You might not associate wildlife with doing your state income taxes, but there is a connection. The Alabama Nongame Wildlife Fund check-off box on the state income tax form provides …

MONTGOMERY-Every hunter at the 2018 Buckmasters Life Hunt at Sedgefields Plantation went home with great memories. And with a snowstorm approaching, each hunter bagged a buck before the three-day event …

TUPELO, MS – “There’s a tractor trailer on the Parkway,” reported the caller to the Parkway Dispatcher. “It’s heading north from Highway 82.”  This was the eighth call of the day …

FLORENCE-Do you like chocolate and shopping? Then we’ve got a deal for you! Grab your date or group of friends and enjoy a day filled with chocolate treats & good …

ATHENS – Everyone who lives in or loves Limestone County is invited to join the party at the Limestone County Bicentennial Celebration, 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, February 6, at …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday awarded more than $6.3 million in Community Development Block Grants to assist 26 Alabama towns, cities and counties in improving their communities. Governor Ivey said the …

MONTGOMERY—Co-chairs of the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council, Attorney General Steve Marshall, Commissioner Lynn Beshear of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, and Acting State Health Officer Dr. Scott …

TUPELO, MS – Weather depending, the Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct a prescribed fire (controlled burn) on Friday, January 26 at the Chickasaw Village site. This prescribed fire will help …

FLORENCE – The minds behind TEDxWilsonPark say the idea for the program, slated for Sept. 8, 2018, in Florence, started with discussions about change. “We noticed that our little corner of …

MONTGOMERY-Beginning in March at the state capitol, Alabama’s history, culture and humanities will be a part of an impressive traveling exhibit making stops in all 67 of the state’s counties …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) has designated February 3, 2018, as one of the 2017-18 hunting season’s Special Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days. On that day, youth under …

MONTGOMERY – Today, both houses of the United States Congress passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey released the following statement regarding Congress’ reauthorization of …