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North Alabama: Communities
North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally thought to include these 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 937,059.
The anchor city of this region of the state is Huntsville, but other cities of notable size include (in order of population): Decatur, Florence (along with its sister cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia), Madison, and Athens.
Decatur is considered a quasi anchor city for western North Alabama, being the largest economic center north of Birmingham, and west of Huntsville.
Locals tend to refer to this area as the "Tennessee Valley" in reference to the Tennessee River, which flows through the northernmost part of the state. A section of East Tennessee shares the "Tennessee Valley" moniker.
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News from The Birmingham News
Citigroup Global modifies proposal for Jefferson County sewer debt with second option
Aug 8, 2008 7:01 pm
Newest option offers possible 4-percent sewer rate increases after 2012.Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the New York bank working with the Jefferson County Commission on its financial crisis, modified ...
Aug 8, 2008 6:54 pm
Only one county commissioner attends full hearing. Three attend briefly and one misses hearing.News staff/Joe SongerFrank Denney of Hoover is escorted from the Wright Center at Samford University this...
One reactor shut down at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
Aug 8, 2008 5:46 pm
Device that monitors steam produced by reactor to be repaired.Unit 1 reactor at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens was shut down at 5:30 this morning for repairs to a device that monitors the temp...
Jefferson County lawmen raid 2 Forestdale businesses, seek electronic gaming machines
Aug 8, 2008 4:51 pm
Bingo machines targetedAuthorities raided two Forestdale businesses this morning, confiscating more than a hundred electronic gaming machines. The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, along...
U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus says nation must develop diversity of energy sources
Aug 8, 2008 4:34 pm
More oil alone isn't the answer, lawmaker says U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus this morning told a gathering of metro Birmingham officials and state legislators from Jefferson and Shelby counties that he th...
Friday eye-openers : Highlights from today's Birmingham News
Aug 8, 2008 3:41 pm
Birmingham's mayor acknowledges DA's concerns with filming of "First 48" but says the city has put safeguards in place. The Voice of Legion Field, Simpson Pepper, is remembered. Not many cou...
Aug 8, 2008 1:37 pm
Foggy morning, warm afternoon for metro Birmingham
Aug 8, 2008 12:55 pm
Expect patchy fog for today's morning commute. The fog is expected to be gone by 9 a.m. Today is expected to be sunny with a high near 90, and tonight's low around 60. Saturday: Sunny, with a high ne...
Jefferson County DA fears "First 48" TV cameras in Birmingham may hurt prosecutions
Aug 8, 2008 11:30 am
TV cameras will follow homicide detectivesJefferson County's top prosecutor says participation by Birmingham police in filming homicide investigations could compromise murder cases. District Attorney...
200 attend forum on Jefferson County sewer crisis
Aug 8, 2008 2:19 am
A Jefferson County Commission plan to raise taxes and fees to address the county's financial crisis will never pass the state Legislature, and the only option remaining is bankruptcy, two county commi...
Local News from The Huntsville Times via Yahoo! News
Take a Caribbean cruise and help our vets
Aug 8, 2008 9:19 am
Carnival to donateportion of costsfor trips to D.C. Cruising the western Caribbean can help World War II veterans.
Rescue shuttle fuel tank shipped
Aug 8, 2008 9:19 am
State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, told a group here Thursday that she once said she would never run for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Lincoln County mayor keeps her position
Aug 8, 2008 9:19 am
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. - Peggy Bevels, appointed county mayor by the Lincoln County Commission when Jerry Mansfield resigned two years ago, won her first countywide election to retain her seat in Thursda...
Aug 8, 2008 9:19 am
Cafeteria workers in Huntsville schools want better pay now, but the already-tight school system budget would take a hit somewhere else. "Right now, we have a balanced budget," finance chief...
Mussel species believed extinct
Aug 8, 2008 9:19 am
Three mussels once found in the Tennessee River, two of them in Alabama, are presumed extinct because they have not been found in more than 25 years.
Aug 8, 2008 9:18 am
MADISON - The new Mill Creek Elementary School may become the first LEED-certified school in North Alabama.
Aug 8, 2008 9:18 am
MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Ethics Commission has ruled that it's permissible for an Alabama A&M University trustee to sell cookies on campus through a third party as long as he has no direct busines...
Rescue shuttle fuel tank shipped
Aug 8, 2008 9:18 am
A key piece of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission began its ocean voyage Wednesday to Kennedy Space Center. Built by Lockheed Martin Co., the external fuel tank was shipped from NASA's Michoud ...
Group drops lawsuit idea for mission site
Aug 8, 2008 9:18 am
The president of the business association that's fought the planned relocation of the Downtown Rescue Mission to its northwest Huntsville neighborhood won't be suing anyone about the move.
1 twin dead; 2nd still critical
Aug 8, 2008 9:18 am
A 12-year-old Huntsville girl is dead and her twin sister is still in critical condition in a New Jersey hospital after their uncle allegedly attacked them Tuesday morning.
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