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Environmental group to preserve peninsula near old coal mine in Jefferson County
Drummond Company donated another 107 acres in the Black Warrior River basin.
Birmingham’s far-flung suburbs add thousands of new residents as city center shrinks
Even the suburbs in Jefferson County, those closest to the core of the Magic City, are shrinking as cities in Shelby County welcome new residents by the thousands.
Here are Birmingham suburbs with the highest, lowest monthly housing costs
In most Birmingham suburbs, the cost of housing surpasses the statewide average.
Baby rescued from near drowning at Destin beach, Florida sheriff says
A family member and a bystander performed CPR until the Coast Guard arrived, officials said.
Longtime Huntsville pastor dies at 84: ‘A statesman among Alabama Baptists’
Pastor Jimmy Jackson, former first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, died Friday.
Alabama woman killed, 2 injured in roadside collision
Troopers said two trucks left the roadway and crashed.
Alabama virtual school graduate competing in Paris Olympics for Singapore
Levenia Sim, who graduated from Baldwin County Virtual School in May, will swim the 4x100m medley relay for Singapore.
1 in 4 residents in this lower Alabama city have postgraduate degrees
Cities in Baldwin and Mobile counties tend to be better educated than the rest of Alabama
More than half of adults have a college degree in this Birmingham suburb
See the Birmingham metro cities with the highest percentage of college degrees
World games, buses, venues: How will Birmingham spend remaining pandemic recovery funds?
Birmingham sill has millions to spend as a major deadline approaches. “One thing that we do not want to do is have to send money back to Washington.”
21 new fire trucks, tourism, recreation: How Huntsville spent pandemic recovery money
Huntsville has already most of the federal funding toward projects as a major deadline looms.
Hundreds helped by pandemic relief funds in Mobile: ‘an incredible opportunity’
Housing impacts “everything from just quality of life for residents to economic development.”
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