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Wage and Salary Employment Only 10,000 Away from Two Million Benchmark MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted March unemployment rate …

FLORENCE –Wendell Wilkie Gunn (’65) will serve as the University of North Alabama’s spring commencement speaker Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., in Flowers Hall.   In addition to …

FLORENCE-Florence/Lauderdale Tourism and the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area will host the Muscle Shoals Reader Riot events featuring Travis Wammack and Jerry Masters on Friday, April 28, 2017. The free …

MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries would like your opinion about the annual Alabama Hunting and Fishing Digest. This publication contains the seasons and bag limits for hunting and …

MONTGOMERY – Muscle Shoals business owner, former Muscle Shoals City school board member and Alabama Association of School Boards President Pam Doyle has been elected to serve on the 2017-18 …

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama College of Business students had a successful trip April 7 and 8 at the annual Phi Beta Lambda State Conference this year. 14 College …

MUSCLE SHOALS & PHIL CAMPBELL – Kaylen Bishop and Ashley I Dulce Rosa Figueroa-Cifuentes were selected to the 2017 All-Alabama Academic Team for Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) and honored last …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday, April 18, signed a proclamation to move the special election date for the US Senate seat vacated by now-US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. …

FLORENCE-Every third weekend in May, Wilson Park in historic downtown Florence comes to life with the Southeast’s foremost fine, folk, and craft artists. Presented by the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the …

TUSCUMBIA-The annual Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Tuscumbia Oakwood Cemetery, at the Confederate Rest. Sponsored by the Sons of …

HUNTSVILLE-Alabama A&M University’s Dean’s Speaker Series  will be on Thursday, April 27 at 12:30 PM in Arthur J. Bond Hall, Room 233 at the University.  The keynote speaker will be …

Students win 1st, 3rd,and 4th place in state finals of Science Olympiad Tournament FLORENCE-An academic team of St. Joseph 7th and 8th graders brought home awards in four individual events, …

CHEROKEE, AL – The Natchez Trace Parkway will partner with the Chickasaw Nation and the Natchez Trace Parkway Association to celebrate the unveiling of the American Indian themed wayside exhibits. …

TUPELO, MS-Do you like nature and learning about the world we live in? Do you like playing bingo? The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Nature Bingo,” …

PHIL CAMPBELL – The Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) Music Department has been a staple for rural Northwest Alabama for approximately 40 years. Saturday, April 29th, NW-SCC will hold a Homecoming …

FLORENCE-Masterpiece.   That is the word Dr. Terrance Brown, director of opera at UNA, uses to describe Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohéme,” UNA Opera’s spring 2017 production.   “‘La Bohéme’ is …

TUPELO, MS-In 1991, Congress proclaimed the second week of April as “National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week,” bringing well-deserved attention and recognition to public safety telecommunicators who are invaluable to the …

GUNTERSVILLE-Lake Guntersville State Park has three more guided walks and hikes  planned for the remaining days in April. Bring water and explorer’s attitude.  Wear appropriate clothing and comfortable sturdy footwear. …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey released the following statement in support of the legislature’s effort to better fund roads and bridges:   “I support the legislature’s bold move to invest …

PORT GIBSON, MS  – This spring, Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) officials and visitors have witnesses increased feral hog activity from milepost 0-40. The number of feral hogs is on the rise …