ATHENS – A full night of shopping, eating and dancing is on tap Friday After Five in Athens. The downtown business square transforms into the Square Arts and Entertainment District […]

ATHENS — A recent award was right up Athens’ alley. Merchant’s Alley, that is. The entertainment and arts venue in historic downtown Athens received the AIA (American Institute of Architects) […]

HUNTSVILLE – Legacy Park will officially open to the public today with a community celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The $4.6 million park completes the reimagining of the former J.O. Johnson […]

MADISON — The Madison Police Citizens Advisory Committee is accepting District 5 applications for the remaining two years of the current term. The committee meets monthly to promote dialogue between […]

ATHENS — Thirty years is a great milestone in the retail business. Let’s face it, businesses still announced their grand openings in the – what? – an old yellowed newspaper! […]

HUNTSVILLE – The United Community Bank Foundation, driven by employees of United Community bank, has donated $20,000 to four nonprofit organizations in Alabama – including three in the Tennessee Valley. […]

HUNTSVILLE – And away we go! Mayor Tommy Battle had your six this morning when he signed his annual proclamation declaring this Armed Forces Celebration Week. The ceremony takes was […]

HUNTSVILLE – Heart of the Valley YMCA is locked and loaded for a week of savings and fun honoring Armed Forces personnel and their immediate families this week during Huntsville’s […]

HUNTSVILLE — Many kids enter foster care with little more than a few items stuffed in a garbage bag. Lee Marshall’s Kids to Love “More Than a Backpack” program believes […]

HUNTSVILLE — The latest trends and best practices in preventing fraud and combatting abuse toward senior adults will be at the forefront of a conference next week in Huntsville. The […]

SHEFFIELD – School may be out for the summer, but Bank Independent is launching its  10th annual School Share drive next week. The “$5 Helps Carry the Cost” campaign to benefit […]

HUNTSVILLE — While fireworks and rockets are still illegal in city limits, Huntsville has modified its restriction on pyrotechnics. Just in time for the Fourth of July. “We feel like […]

MADISON — It was summer 2021 and, after a tumultuous 18 months of COVID, people were itching to get back to some semblance of normalcy. The “over 60′ population was […]

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SHEFFIELD – Bank Independent set a lot of dog and cat tails wagging this week when they announced the final tally this week for its 10th annual Bank Independent Shelter Share […]

HUNTSVILLE — Mazda Toyota Manufacturing has awarded $150,000 from its MTM Grant Fund to 12 Madison County nonprofit organizations. In a ceremony Tuesday that included a tour of the plant, […]

ATHENS — CASA of North Alabama is hosting a “Coffee with CASA” for potential volunteers to learn  about advocating for abused and neglected children in local court systems.    The “come […]

BIRMINGHAM — Huntsville women professionals have the “momentum!” With the first class of 16 cohorts graduating from the Huntsville Momentum Leaders program, the Alabama women’s leadership organization has selected Amy […]

ATHENS – It’s that time of year to celebrate small business. The Athens/Limestone County Chamber of Commerce is officially putting out its call for nominations for the 2023 Small Business […]

HUNTSVILLE – The arrival of summer is about more than hot weather, hanging by the pool and grilling in the backyard. It’s also the optimal time for outdoor landscaping. While […]

HUNTSVILLE — He wasn’t as prolific as Mozart, have the range of Whitney Houston, the soul of Billie Holliday, or as legendary as Elvis and Michael Jackson, but when it […]

HUNTSVILLE – Give your world’s greatest dad an out of this world experience at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center on Father’s Day. Dad gets in free with one paid […]

HUNTSVILLE – Is there anything that has taken to rocking and rolling like food trucks in the Tennessee Valley? The Clampetts’ would have called it vittles on wheels, every third […]

MADISON — The Gabriel, a 288-unit multifamily property, is under construction on Balch Road in Madison. Eastern Union’s Mid-Atlantic Group, a Maryland commercial real estate brokerage firm, recently secured a $49.5 […]