Ivey appoints Smitherman to Alabama’s top EMA post
Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced she is appointing emergency management veteran and West Point alumnus Jeff Smitherman as Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) acting director. Current AEMA Director Brian Hastings is taking a new opportunity and will lead the agency through Friday, May 20. Smitherman will take the helm immediately following with his appointment... Read More
Black Warrior Electric awards scholarships to 10 Alabama students
d As it has done the previous five years, Black Warrior Electric Membership Corporation recently awarded scholarships to high school graduating seniors in West Central Alabama. This year, Black Warrior presented scholarships to 10 students. The scholarships, $500 each, are awarded through the Electric Cooperative Foundation, which was created by Alabama’s electric cooperatives as a... Read More
Ivey says Alabama’s unemployment near record lows
Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate is 2.8%, down from March’s rate of 2.9%, and well below April 2021’s rate of 3.6%. April’s rate represents a new record low unemployment rate for Alabama. “I am thrilled that after 202 years of trying, Alabama has once again reached... Read More
Eight Alabama restaurants vie for ‘Bama’s Best Tomato Dish’
They specialize in serving tomatoes in the form of pie or green ones they fry. Now, eight Alabama businesses will compete to earn a prize for creating dishes people like to eat. Semi-finalists for the Bama’s Best Tomato Dish contest were selected through nominations received on Facebook May 2 – 18. They are: Walters’ Gas... Read More
Alabama names Choctaw native Reggie White as Teacher of the Year
The music and cheers hailed achievements in the field of academics as students and administrators celebrated one of their own — fifth grade math teacher Reggie White, Alabama’s 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year. As this year’s Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) award recipient, White received a year’s use of a new 2022 Chevrolet Traverse,... Read More