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(Column) Hoover continues to flourish under mayor’s leadership

The City of Hoover was founded in 1968 as a suburban bedroom community of the Over the
Mountain area. ... Read more

Lifestyles

Athens Rotary Club honors Jeff Hodges with top award

The Athens Rotary Club presented its highest honor, the Martin-Young Paul Harris Fellowship Award, to Jeff Hodges. This ... Read more

Lifestyles

(Dave Says) Take time to get involved

Dave: I’ve run my own small business for about five years. So far, we’re doing pretty well. At ... Read more

Lifestyles

(Dave Says) Help, don’t enable

Dear Dave: We’ve been following your plan, and it’s been a real blessing to us. Last week, my ... Read more

Opinion

(Another view) You can’t reach great heights by standing in a hole

We are not perfect, we Americans. We have never been. Our founders tended toward bombastic exaggeration that even ... Read more

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Alabama report shows monthly and yearly increases in home sales

According to the January 2025 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report released Feb. 20, by the Alabama Association ... Read more

Local News

Athens native named COO at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

HudsonAlpha Institute for Technology has named Russell Smith as its new Chief Operating Officer. Smith will lead strategic ... Read more

Opinion

(Another view) Measles is serious and surging; as vaccination coverage declines, protect others

Decades ago, a preschool girl lay in a dark room writhing in pain for weeks. She can barely ... Read more

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Move Alabama Physical Activity Challenge kicks off March 1

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — It’s time to move, Alabama. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s fourth annual Move Alabama Challenge begins ... Read more

News

Update: Mooresville Road siren malfunction

According to Limestone County officials, the siren at Mooresville Road and Craft Road malfunctioned throughout the night, Feb. ... Read more