Made in Alabama Showcases Homegrown Businesses
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Governor Kay Ivey, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Commerce, honored a dozen homegrown businesses at the Inaugural “Made in Alabama” Showcase.
To celebrate October as “Manufacturing Month,” Governor Ivey selected...
2022 Industrial Hemp Grower and Processor Applications Now Available
By Katie Nichols
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala.— Hemp applications are available from Oct. 12 through Nov. 29. for those wishing to become a grower or a processor/handler for the 2022 growing season.
Applications will be accepted online...
2021 Forage Conference Set for Early December
By Maggie Lawrence
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – The Alabama Forage Conference returns this year as a three-day event. Held every two years, this year’s conference is Dec. 1 through 3 at the A.W. Todd Centre...
County Extension Programs
Calendar of Upcoming Programs & Events
BioBlitz!
October 16th, 7:00 a.m.-5:00p.m.
Red Mountain Park, 2011 Frankfurt Dr. Birmingham
This free, come-and-go event is open to anyone who loves nature and learning about the natural world, students, teachers, and...
Body Found In Mahan Creek in Bibb County
On Sunday morning October 10, 2021 the Bibb County Sheriff Department received a report from a passing motorist of a deceased body floating face down in Mahan Creek, in the Brierfield area. Subsequently, the...
Unknown Victim Found in Bibb County Parking Lot
An unidentified 21 year old was found deceased in a church parking lot off Camp Branch Road in the Woodstock area on Sunday, October 10, 2021. The victim had multiple gunshot wounds. The death...
Extension Flood Safety and Recovery Resources
Alabama Cooperative Extension has flood recovery information on everything from damaged agricultural buildings to health concerns about mold to livestock and hay exposed to flooding. This information is available online at https://www.aces.edu/go/floodrecovery .
Safety After...
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE PASSES NEW PRISON CONSTRUCTION ACT IN SPECIAL SESSION
October 5, 2021
H.B. 4 passed by the Alabama Senate today on a vote of 29 Yea, 2 Nay, and 4 abstentions. The bill previously was passed by the House on a vote of...
Facebook Outage Affects Customers
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error
Just as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company over a whistleblower’s accusations and its handling of research data suggesting Instagram is harmful to teens, the company’s entire network of services...