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FLORENCE– Officials with Minority Access announced this week that the University of North Alabama has been recognized as an institution committed to diversity for 2017.   This marks the second …

FLORENCE – Official enrollment numbers are in and the University of North Alabama has the second largest fall enrollment in the School’s 187-year history.   This year’s total fall enrollment is …

MONTGOMERY-National Hunting and Fishing Day will be celebrated across the nation Saturday, and Alabama will join the festivities with special access to the abundant natural resources in the state. At …

FLORENCE-The Furry Fall Festival & Fundraiser is a family friendly event presented by the Halfway Home for Animals. The Festival will be held on Saturday, October 14 from 10am-2pm and is easily located at 1505 …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama Collier Library is hosting an archives exhibit for UNA’s Homecoming, Saturday, Oct. 7, from noon until 2 p.m.  The event will be located in …

FLORENCE-Registration is open for Nature CORE, a new University of North Alabama continuing-education program that teaches entrepreneurs how to start and manage outdoor adventure businesses.   Nature CORE participants can …

 FLORENCE-The excitement is building around the Northwest Alabama BEST Robotic Competition this year! This coming Saturday, September 23, 2017, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.– 1: p.m. at Florence Mall, the Shoals …

FLORENCE– The Presidential Mentors Academy (PMA) at the University of North Alabama will celebrate “A Night of Class and Elegance, Celebrating 20 Years of Success,” at the Radisson in Sheffield, October …

MADISON-On Sunday, September 24, 2017, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) will host an “Academy Day” for high school students interested in attending a United States Service Academy. The event will take place at …

HUNTSVILLE-Alabama A&M University’s Dean’s Speaker Series will be Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 12:30 pm in the Arthur J. Bond Hall, Room 233 at Alabama A&M University. The September Keynote Speaker will be Margot …

FLORENCE– The University of North Alabama campus will be the setting for the Alabama Council for the Social Studies’ fall conference, October 13.    The conference will feature a day …

FLORENCE–The University of North Alabama and the Shoals community lost a good friend with the passing of Billy Don Anderson this weekend.   Anderson graduated from UNA in 1962 with …

FLORENCE-October, 2017 Alabama Renaissance Faire Lecture Series: Sunday, October 1, at 2 pm, in the colonnade of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Dr. Jeffrey Bibbee of the University of North Alabama …

MONTGOMERY-Contrary to what your buddies at the hunting camp have said or what you’ve read on social media, it is still illegal to bait deer in Alabama. Similar to previous …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) encourages annual vaccination of all people 6 months of age and older against influenza. A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to …

MUSCLE SHOALS – Avoid the long registration lines by pre-registering at nwscc.edu for the second annual Northwest Alabama Job Fair to be held October 17 and 18 at Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC). …

FLORENCE–Art Expressions, an exhibition of works by members of the Shoals Artists Guild, will be on display at Kennedy-Douglass Center of the Arts in Florence from October 1 through November …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate is 4.2%, down from July’s rate of 4.5%, and well below August 2016’s rate of 5.9%. “After …

Removing Social Security numbers strengthens fraud protections for about 58 million Americans WASHINGTON, D.C.-On Thursday, Septyember 14  the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave the public its first …

MONTGOMERY-A potential problem exists with mosquitoes during the recovery phase after Tropical Storm Irma and the threat of flooding in the state. The Alabama Department of Public Health continues to advise caution to …