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Trees from Toomer's Corner in Scottsboro

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 17th, 11:32 am

This tree is from Toomer's Corner and is now in front of Southern Heating and Cooling in Scottsboro. As you can see it's been rolled by Auburn fans!

The second photo is from Ashley Sentell of Scottsboro. Thank you for your photos!

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Social media fundrasier for no-kill animal shelter

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 27th, 6:52 pm

Safe Haven is non-profit organization that rescues pets, and today they received $5,000 from dealsnews.com to help their cause.

Save Haven is a no-kill organization has been locally established since 2006 and rescues pets that have been abandoned or abused.

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Alabama's December unemployment rate

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, January 21st, 10:55 am

Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees announced today that Alabama's December 2010 unemployment rate is 9.1%, a slight increase from November's rate of 9.0%. The rate is significantly lower than the year-ago rate of 10.9%.

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Blood donations needed due to winter weather

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 12th, 9:00 pm

The recent winter weather has impacted blood collections in our area. The freezing rain, sleet and snow resulted in more than 470 units of blood that could not be collected due to blood donation center closures, cancelled blood drives and the inability of donors to attend blood drives.

Donors are encouraged to donate as soon as possible after conditions have improved enough to allow for safe travel. There is a special need for type O and type B blood donors.

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Much of Alabama still recovering from snow and ice

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011, 10:08am

Much of Alabama still recovering from snow and ice

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Schools, government offices and businesses remain closed for the second day in much of the northern half of Alabama as the state continues to recover from what was a near record snowfall in some areas.

Gov. Bob Riley ordered state offices north of Clanton to remain closed for the second straight day Tuesday.

In the Huntsville area, where 8.9 inches of snow was reported late Sunday and early Monday, the sprawling Redstone Arsenal Army base remained closed to all but essential personnel.

Many businesses, offices and schools remained closed in the Birmingham area.

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Governor Riley celebrates company expansion

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 4th, 3:49 pm

Governor Bob Riley will be in Scottsboro on Wednesday, January 5th to celebrate the announcement that Heat Transfer Products Group (HTPG) is expanding its operations and adding new jobs.

HTPG is a leading manufacturer of commercial refrigeration units, coolers, evaporators and condensing units for the heat transfer industry. The company currently has 319 employees and will add approximately 120 new jobs.

The event at 10:00 a.m. at the HTPG Facility, 201 French Drive in the Scottsboro Industrial Park.

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