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Sharing Alabama’s Good News From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners

Sharing Alabama’s Good News From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners

| June 17, 2016 @ 7:45 pm

From Deontay Wilder to Winston Groom and from Project Sunrise to Milo’s Tea, there is a bit of good news for everyone at Alabama NewsCenter this past week.  Because of all the severe weather posts today, we are re-posting these excellent stories. Here’s some of what you might have missed. Deontay Wilder readies for world […]

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Sharing Alabama’s Good News From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners

Sharing Alabama’s Good News From Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners

| June 17, 2016 @ 10:16 am

From Deontay Wilder to Winston Groom and from Project Sunrise to Milo’s Tea, there is a bit of good news for everyone at Alabama NewsCenter this past week.  Here’s some of what you might have missed. Deontay Wilder readies for world boxing title defense in Birmingham Jefferson County out to lure $120 million ‘Project Sunrise’ […]

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More Good News from Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners

More Good News from Our Alabama NewsCenter Partners

| June 10, 2016 @ 11:08 am

Pastries, performers, patients and pianos all came together to make up the latest stories from our Alabama NewsCenter partnership. Birmingham pastry chef’s delectable delights draw national recognition for Highlands Bar and Grill Kristin Chenoweth on her upcoming concert, ‘Wicked’ and the Birmingham actor who helped her through her Broadway debut ‘Three Acts’ featuring Ira Glass, ‘This American […]

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An Abundance of Good News from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

An Abundance of Good News from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

| June 3, 2016 @ 9:37 am

Bear Bryant’s ring, banjo strings, artistic things and lineman kings are among the abundance of good news from Alabama NewsCenter this week. Bear Bryant ring returned to All-American Crimson Tide player nearly 50 years after it was stolen Rickwood Classic is ‘old-time baseball’ for young and old alike in Alabama Birmingham Barons add former pitcher […]

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From SEC Baseball to Balloon Festivals, Alabama NewsCenter Captures Alabama’s Best!

From SEC Baseball to Balloon Festivals, Alabama NewsCenter Captures Alabama’s Best!

| May 27, 2016 @ 11:56 am

From Cane Creek Canyon to Cahaba lilies and from crab cakes to red snapper there are many things that make Alabama beautiful and tasty. Alabama NewsCenter captures what’s best about our state. Here were some of those things from this past week. Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program wins national attention, but families get real rewards […]

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Teeing Off With Some Good News From Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

Teeing Off With Some Good News From Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

| May 20, 2016 @ 10:51 am

This week our friends at Alabama NewsCenter went from the Regions Tradition to regional economic development with a few ships, planes, coffee, Champs stew, a medical breakthrough and Condoleezza Rice thrown in for good measure. Saban, Malzahn, other celebs go clubbing at Greystone for Regions Tradition Pro-Am Celebrities, coaches ignite Twitter for Regions Tradition Pro-Am […]

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Good News Stories from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

Good News Stories from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

| May 6, 2016 @ 11:17 am

From pine beetles to quesadillas, from Honda to Highlands and from Nike to concertinas, our friends at Alabama NewsCenter were busy this past week reporting good news. Nike signs Crimson Tide’s Derrick Henry, many more from NFL draft Bo Bikes Bama cyclists pedal again, raising money for a good cause Rain couldn’t keep crowds away from […]

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Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter Remember the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes & Report Current Good News in Alabama

Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter Remember the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes & Report Current Good News in Alabama

| April 29, 2016 @ 11:01 am

Alabama NewsCenter helped us mark the somber fifth anniversary of the April 27, 2011 tornadoes but also brought us plenty of good news from around Alabama this past week. Images of devastation tell story of April 27, 2011 tornadoes’ fury Looking back at the day Alabama survived Armageddon From ‘Armageddon’ to restoration after April 27, […]

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A Busy Week Over at the Alabama News Center

A Busy Week Over at the Alabama News Center

| April 23, 2016 @ 11:16 am

Our friends at Alabama NewsCenter were busy this past week offering up positive stories about the state. Barber Motorsports Park prepares for Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, tops out museum expansion Who are the Alabama Crimson Tide ‘Assassins’ to watch this A-Day? Toni Tennille: Alabama native on Auburn, stardom and an affectionless marriage to ‘the […]

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Scholarship Opportunity For Alabama Meteorology Students

Scholarship Opportunity For Alabama Meteorology Students

| April 18, 2016 @ 10:52 am

The Central Alabama Chapter of the National Weather Association is pleased to announce that we are offering two college scholarships for the Fall of 2016. Each scholarship will be worth $500. The scholarships are available to undergraduate or graduate students who are a full-time resident of Alabama and attend an accredited college or university that […]

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Plenty of Good News from Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

Plenty of Good News from Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends

| April 15, 2016 @ 12:07 pm

From football to golf to business, there was plenty of good news in the state from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter this week. Alabama A-Day impact expected to hit $10 million Auburn fans ready to see defense, quarterbacks at A-Day game AHSAA passes ‘Tim Tebow rule’ to allow home-schooled students to play sports at public […]

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Storm Spotter Xtreme 2016

Storm Spotter Xtreme 2016

| April 11, 2016 @ 2:59 pm

Miss the big annual spotter training? Here are the sessions. Part one features the basic training from Brian Peters… part two is “polygonology” from Kevin Laws of the NWS Birmingham, and part three is James Spann’s talk on lessons learned from April 27, 2011, and the advanced training from Brian Peters. Thanks to the huge […]

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Exploring Vikings, Ventures, Vehicles & Vittles with Alabama NewsCenter

Exploring Vikings, Ventures, Vehicles & Vittles with Alabama NewsCenter

| April 8, 2016 @ 11:36 am

Vikings, ventures, vehicles and vittles were the subjects of some our favorite stories from Alabama NewsCenter this past week.  Do yourself a favor and spend some time exploring some of the good news from across the state. Possible Viking discovery by UAB archaeologist could rewrite North American history Kamtek on schedule to produce BMW parts […]

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Good News Stories from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

Good News Stories from Our Friends at Alabama NewsCenter

| April 1, 2016 @ 10:51 am

Some inspiring individual stories and some collective accomplishments mark this week’s collection of good news stories from our friends at Alabama NewsCenter. Birmingham-Southern track and football star is off and running Chicago teen who arrived at UAB Hospital on Christmas Eve set to go home after miraculous recovery BL Harbert uses Barber Museum expansion to […]

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