Annual meeting canceled due to risk of COVID-19 The North Alabama Electric Cooperative board of directors canceled the August annual meeting of the membership, a decision to protect the health and safety of members, employees, and the community during the…
Interruptions for improvements — planned outages benefit all members Like any electric provider, our cooperative aims to make your electric service as reliable as possible. Planned power outages — though rare — help us achieve that goal. First, regular maintenance…
Paint Rock Senior Center thrives Jane Guerin devotes her life to looking after others. For over 20 years, she operated a daycare center in Marshall County. Today, she’s the director at the Paint Rock Senior Center, run by the Jackson…
Business ripens each season at Crow Mountain Orchard As a child, Brett Wyse spent summers at Crow Mountain Orchard, helping his grandparents bag and sell apples. To this day, he cherishes his memories of playing among the trees in his…
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.…
North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) members braved the summer heat for the 2024 annual meeting on August 17 at the Stevenson Park Amphitheater. While no quorum was reached with only 167 members in attendance, the Saturday morning event provided plenty…
Robotics Mixes Science With Creativity Beside a pond across from Grant’s Kate Duncan Smith DAR School campus, 8 students gathered after class to launch a bright yellow Lego buoy. But this outing wasn’t just for fun. These middle schoolers were…
Campers Pampered at Graham Farm & Nature Center 2 eye-catching Conestoga wagons might make Graham Farm and Nature Center visitors wonder if they stumbled upon a campsite along the Oregon Trail instead of in Alabama’s Paint Rock Valley. But other…
Each year in March, cooperatives around Alabama send groups of high school juniors to the state’s capital for the Montgomery Youth Tour. This year, North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) is sending 2 student representatives, Hudson Broadway, of Kate Duncan Smith…
Veterans service in Vietnam documented Army Cpl. Ronald Lovelace held his M16 rifle as he looked across the open field toward North Vietnam. Early morning mist rose from the scorched earth. Fires smoldered, and the haze sil- houetted barren trees…