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Natalie Fox, CEO of USA Health, was elected chair of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Board of Trustees

Natalie Fox, chief executive officer of USA Health, was elected chair of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Board of Trustees on Oct. 22, succeeding Mike Warren as the statewide residential high school enters its next phase of growth. Fox brings experience in nursing, health care administration and medical education...

Alabama · 7d

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Seniors 65 and older in Alabama’s Blount and Covington counties vote Tuesday on freezing their homes’ assessed value for property taxes

Voters in two Alabama counties decide Tuesday, Nov. 3, whether homeowners 65 and older can freeze the assessed value of their homes for property tax purposes. The questions are on the ballot in Blount County and in Covington County. Each is a separate constitutional amendment, and each is worded almost the same way. What a […]

Blount County, AL · 10d

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Pate requests federal fuel relief for Alabama loggers

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner Rick Pate has formally requested that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allow loggers to participate in the already approved $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief (HFR) Program to help offset rising fuel costs and provide relief to Alabama’s logging industry.

Alabama · 7d

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Two Credit Union Associations Vote to Merge, Creating a 458-Member Network Across Six Regions

Say you run a mid-sized credit union in Richmond, and you’ve spent years wishing your trade association had more muscle when regulators or legislators come calling. Or maybe you’re in Mobile, wondering why peer connections seem to stop at the state line. A newly approved merger is aimed squarely at both problems.

Florida · 10d

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Georgia lender who funded Alabama politicians gets 15 years

Chief U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Edwin Brant Frost IV to serve 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Frost, 69, of Newnan, Georgia, founded First Liberty Building and Loan. He must also pay $76,454,374.39 in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud on May 12.

Alabama · 10d

Calhoun Journal

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Alabama Attorney General Warns Consumers About Unlicensed Engineers Advertising on Freelancing Websites

MONTGOMERY, AL — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and the Alabama Board for Engineers and Land Surveyors are urging consumers to verify professional credentials before hiring engineers through online freelancing platforms, citing concerns about unlicensed individuals misrepresenting their qualifications. The warning applies to websites such as Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer, where individuals can advertise professional […] The post Alabama Attorney General Warns Consumers About Unlicensed Engineers Advertising on Freelancing Websites appeared first on Calhoun Journal .

Alabama · 8d

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Missed Maintenance Check Cited in T-38 Accident

A U.S. Air Force investigation has attributed a May 12 T-38C Talon crash in Alabama to improperly secured horizontal stabilizer hardware and maintenance inspection failures. According to the investigation report, released Oct. 30, a loose actuator attachment allowed the aircraft’s horizontal stabilizers to develop aerodynamic flutter and separate during a training mission. Both pilots ejected and sustained minor injuries.

Alabama · 9d

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Early Freezes a Concern for Alabama Strawberry Producers

Alabama’s strawberry crop is planted for the 2026-27 season, says Edgar Vinson, assistant research professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University. One immediate concern he has is the potential impact of cold temperatures in the next few weeks. With all the strawberry plants still...

Alabama · 8d

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Lambda announced as data center builder

Lambda, Inc., an AI infrastructure company also known as Lambda Labs, announced plans Wednesday to build the proposed Red Clay Technology Center Campus in Burkville. Developed by Cloverleaf Infrastructure, the project is estimated to yield a $33.1 billion investment and created more than 1,000 construction jobs. According to Cloverleaf, the...

Lowndes County, AL · 8d

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Techstars EnergyTech Accelerator brings new innovators to Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama — Since launching in 2019, Techstars Alabama EnergyTech has quietly built a bridge between early-stage founders and the industrial backbone of the Southeast. . Now entering its seventh year, the 13-week program is run in partnership with Alabama Power, Innovate Alabama and the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama....

Alabama · 7d

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Pate requests federal fuel relief for Alabama loggers

Alabama · 8d

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Gumptown Spotlight Patricia Thomas- From Lemonade Stand to Fashion Destination

Some entrepreneurs stumble upon a business opportunity. Others have been preparing for it since childhood. For Patricia Thomas, owner of Patricia’s Boutique, the entrepreneurial spirit showed up early—at just five years old, when she started selling lemonade. Growing up as one of eight siblings, Thomas quickly learned the...

Montgomery, AL · 17d

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Auburn business owner Jessica Pittman wins 2026 retail award

The Alabama Retail Association has named Jessica Pittman, owner of J. Pittman Interiors in Auburn, the winner of its 2026 Emerging Retailer of the Year “Gee Award.”. Pittman launched her interior design business four and a half years ago and opened a storefront a year later. The business offers home decor, furnishings and gifts that reflect her design aesthetic.

Auburn, AL · 9d

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Blue Origin picks Alabama to debut first space manufacturing apprenticeship in the U.S.

Alabama workers are getting the first shot at a new Blue Origin program that pays them to learn how to build spaceflight hardware – with full-time salaries, benefits from day […] The post Blue Origin picks Alabama to debut first space manufacturing apprenticeship in the U.S. appeared first on 256 Today .

Alabama · 10d

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Alabama loggers impacted by high diesel prices, want to be included in fuel relief program

Alabama loggers impacted by high diesel prices, want to be included in fuel relief program.

Alabama · 8d

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Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers

CODEN, Ala. (WALA) - Alabama oystermen hit the water Monday as the 2026 season began in south Mobile County. For the second year in a row, the outlook is not good. Alabama’s limited oyster season will last only until a quota is met. That could take a couple of weeks. Fishermen who spoke with FOX10 News on Monday said they are disappointed in what they are finding.

Mobile County, AL · 10d

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Alabama Proposes 90-Hour Cap on Digi Power X Diesel Engines

Each of the 42 diesel engines planned for Digi Power X's data center in Columbiana would get 90 hours to run in any rolling 12 months under draft air permits the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) proposed Oct. 29. The public notice covers synthetic minor operating permits for the site at 130 Industrial Parkway in Shelby County, and comments and hearing requests are due within 15 days after publication.

Columbiana, AL · 10d

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Colder weather begins to freeze Chilton unemployment rate

Chilton County’s unemployment rate went up a bit in September as the colder weather rolls into the area, but the county still sits in the bottom tier of rates across Alabama. Chilton County saw its unemployment rate spike a bit from August to September, jumping from 3.1% to 3.4%....

Chilton County, AL · 9d

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U.S. Small Business Administration offers disaster loans for drought-impacted Alabama small businesses

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to eligible small businesses and private nonprofit organizations impacted by a drought that began April 21, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Eligible Alabama Counties:. Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Chilton, Clarke, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson,...

Alabama · 10d