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July is Smart Irrigation Month, and area farmers have an opportunity to try the technology on their own operations with funding support....

Perry will schedule ribbon cutting on Avery building

Retired District Judge is Hale Co. native The Perry County Commission will schedule a ribbon cutting for the Judge Richard M. Avery...

Second utility-scale solar project taking shape in Hale, records show

A second utility-scale solar project has been quietly taking shape on farmland in Hale County for four years, according to a review...

City says no application has been submitted for former DG building

City officials say no public hearing has been scheduled on a proposed business at the former Dollar General building on Tuscaloosa Street,...

M’ville boat ramp now open after renovation project

The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has reopened the Moundville Public...

Cooking in the Black Belt

If you thought my canning days were through, well, maybe you need to start canning to get a taste of my own...

Mattie Cora Rollins Howard

Mattie Cora Rollins Howard, 80, of Greensboro, died Sunday, July 19. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 25, at 1 p.m....

Back-to-school ‘Prep Rally’ set for Saturday at Newbern Library

Hale County families are invited to the FREE Newbern Back-to-Learning “PREP” Rally on Saturday, July 25, 2026, from 3:00–6:00 p.m. in Newbern,...

Black Belt Birding Festival returns next weekend, July 31 through Aug. 2