Continuing-Care Communities (CCRC)
North Alabama
Area Info
North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally thought to include these 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 937,059.
The anchor city of this region of the state is Huntsville, but other cities of notable size include (in order of population): Decatur, Florence (along with its sister cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia), Madison, and Athens.
Decatur is considered a quasi anchor city for western North Alabama, being the largest economic center north of Birmingham, and west of Huntsville.
Locals tend to refer to this area as the "Tennessee Valley" in reference to the Tennessee River, which flows through the northernmost part of the state. A section of East Tennessee shares the "Tennessee Valley" moniker.
Articles
Local News from The Huntsville Times via Yahoo! News
Army's unmanned aircraft set to fly past the million-hour milestone
Mar 18, 2010 6:35 pm
Contractors and others at the 21st annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Pathfinder Symposium got an overview of improvements to current Unmanned Aircraft Systems and the impor...
Phillips and Wilson seek to replace Dennis Miller as Jackson County sheriff
Mar 18, 2010 6:35 pm
Chuck Phillips, a Democrat, and Billy Wilson, a Republican, are currently the only candidates for the position now held by Dennis Miller, who recently announced that he will not seek a second four-yea...
Mediation in Jackson County engineer dispute set for April 7
Mar 18, 2010 6:05 pm
Chairwoman Sadie Bias said today that she and the four district commissioners will meet with attorney W. N. Watson at his Fort Payne office, starting at 1:30 p.m.
Library briefly evacuated over fire alarm, everyone back inside
Mar 18, 2010 4:35 pm
The main branch of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library was briefly evacuated this morning after a fire alarm went off.
Greater Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's annual Montgomery trip set for April 7-8
Mar 18, 2010 3:50 pm
To make reservations or for more information, call the Chamber at 800-259-5508 or 256-259-5500.
Kay Ivey touts job recruitment plan at Phoenix vocational and manufacturing services
Mar 18, 2010 2:50 pm
Ivey, a Republican, commended Phoenix CEO Bryan Dodson for his agency's mission of training and providing jobs to people with physical difficulties and other challenges.
Red Cross volunteers respond at all hours
Mar 18, 2010 2:50 pm
It's about 4 a.m. and the pager on the nightstand begins blaring. Beep. Beep. Beep. A long pause. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Madison County jailers averaging 11 weeks of overtime per year
Mar 18, 2010 2:20 pm
In just five months, detention officers and other jail workers have racked up 25,848 overtime hours, records show, supplementing their salaries by $577,782. That's well over the County Commission-appr...
Woman wakes up to ex standing over her bed
Mar 18, 2010 12:50 pm
Police said a woman woke up in the middle of the night to find her ex-boyfriend in her apartment.
Mar 18, 2010 10:05 am
Unless otherwise noted, the following incidents were reported to Huntsville police Tuesday and Wednesday.
