Northeast Alabama filled with outdoor adventures As the temperatures warm up, northeast Alabama offers many options to enjoy the area’s natural beauty. Trails, parks, caverns, and waterfalls beckon and, as spring passes into summer, you can find a cool reprieve…
Preparedness Is Key to Safety April is the peak of spring’s severe weather season in Alabama, and the key to staying safe is being prepared and keeping an eye out as conditions change. The spring severe weather season can start…
Pink Hard Hats Career program gets girls on board When you see a worker in a hard hat, chances are the person wearing that hat is male. Women account for only about 1 in 10 people working construction and about a third…
Reliable service is a priority at North Alabama Electric Cooperative. NAEC crews continually work to maintain equipment by removing trees from the right of way and upgrading the cooperative’s power system. Sometimes Mother Nature strikes with severe and unusual weather.…
A Luxury Glamping Resort Offers Relaxation Troy Hopkins believes he’s the luckiest person in the world. “I get to drive a 4-wheeler to work every day,” he says. Hosting and customer service are 2 of Troy’s greatest joys, and he…
Kevin Dukes Career & Innovation Academy Helps Students Excel The Kevin Dukes Career and Innovation Academy — located at the heart of the Hollywood community in the Jackson County Industrial Park — is so much more than just a school.…
Firearms Course Aims to Educate In the Deep South, hunting is a way of life. Many people become familiar with handling firearms long before they can legally drive, often learning gun safety from family members or friends. In Alabama, however,…
Shop With a Hero Lets Children Pick Gifts The joy of Christmas means different things to different people. Some relish time-honored family traditions of sharing special meals, bundling up, and piling in the car to ride around looking at Christmas…
Steve Gill believes there’s no place like home, and he’s so happy to be back in Bridgeport. The feeling is clearly mutual — he was chosen as the grand marshal of the 2023 Citizens United for a Better Bridgeport Christmas…
Enjoy the outdoors responsibly this fall As the temperatures start to fall and the leaves begin to change colors, it can only mean 1 thing — hunting season is near. No matter what type of game you’re after, hunting near…