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AHSAA director Heath Harmon announces hires, change in executive staff
Alabama High School Athletic Association executive director Heath Harmon has made changes in the association’s executive staff with two hires from the Oxford City School System and a shift in one position. In a news release, the AHSAA said Brian McRae, the principal at C.E. Hanna School Elementary School...
DOC staff face criticism from lawmakers over ongoing violence in state prisons
A member of the Legislature’s Contract Review Committee Thursday asked an attorney for the Alabama Department of Corrections to respond to what he said was an extortion threat to a constituent whose child is in prison. Rep. Chris Pringle, R-Mobile, told Mandy Speirs, assistant general counsel for the Alabama Department of Corrections, that the constituent […]
ADEM says federal funding for water, sewer projects will be spent before deadline
The state’s environmental agency told lawmakers Thursday that it has plans in place to spend a tranche of federal money before a coming deadline. Lance LeFleur, director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), told lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Committee on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Funds that ADEM has multiple contingency […]
Happenings in North Alabama the weekend of September 6-8
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — This weekend has some events to keep in mind!. Yoga by the River - Every Saturday in September from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Enjoy a free yoga class by the Flint River at Hays Nature Preserve. Hayden’s Hope Craft Fair (Fayetteville) - 4th Annual Hayden’s...
Duck Hunters Should Take Advantage of This Year’s Special Teal Season
By David Rainer, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Although overall duck numbers are up in the latest Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey, those waterfowlers who hunt the special teal season better plan to take full advantage of this year’s early season of 16 days, set for September 14-29. Seth Maddox of the Alabama […]
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