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Conservationists try to protect delta from development
Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a lush, vibrant and surprisingly intact more than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers. It's a place of astonishing plant and animal diversity and a critical conduit between the rest of Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico. But it's also facing pressure from development and climate change. So residents, scientists and environmentalists are working to protect the entire watershed from northern Alabama to the Gulf. Mitchell Reid, director of The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, says they'd rather preserve what's still here rather than later trying to restore what's lost.
Proficiency measures of local school districts vary widely
Aug. 17—Although the percentage of students proficient in English language arts rose in all area school districts, scores on the 2024 Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program, released to the public last week, show declining math and science proficiencies and scores below the statewide average in some local districts. Statewide, 52.8% of all students were proficient in English language arts ...
Huntsville City extends unbeaten streak to three with 3-2 win against New York Red Bulls II
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Huntsville City Football Club earned a 3-2 win against New York Red Bulls II at Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium through a Jony Bolaños brace. Huntsville got on the board early after a series of passes ended with Woobens Pacius finding Bolaños, who fired the ball into the far corner for his sixth goal of the season. Watch Bolaños’ first goal here.
Grace Anello's Saturday Night Forecast 8.17.24
Dangerous heat and humidity in store to close out the weekend. Sunshine and humidity sticks around Sunday before work-week weather bliss!. Sunday is going to be a beautifully sunny, but very sunny day after all. High temperatures w…
Changes to impact the real estate industry go into effect nationwide
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Thinking of buying a home with the help of a real estate agent? You can no longer take it for granted that a seller will cover the cost of your agent’s commission. Home sellers have traditionally offered a blanket commission to a buyer’s agent when...
Alabama chooses to preserve the last slave ship where it sank, citing structural decay
The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) plans to keep the last known vessel to transport enslaved Africans to the United States in its current location in the Mobile River, saying the ship is too deteriorated to be raised above water. The Clotilda transported 110 Africans from what is now Benin to Mobile, Alabama, in 1860, more than 50 […]
Alabama Tourism honors the best and brightest in the industry
Last month in Tuscaloosa, the Alabama Tourism Department recognized its 2024 award winners during the annual Alabama Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Read on to learn more about the awards + the winners. 15 Alabama Tourism Awards for 2024. This year’s banquet was by all accounts one of the best-attended...
Alabama Faces Heat, Damaging Wind Threat, Hail, & Heavy Rainfall
Heat levels and severe weather conditions could be an issue this weekend. The current environment is set to support showers and thunderstorms this weekend, predominantly in the afternoon and early evening. Some of these storms may intensify, posing risks of damaging wind gusts, hail, and heavy localized rainfall. Heat Advisory...
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