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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
Two restaurant employees suffer smoke inhalation
Mar 16, 2010 2:35 am
Two employees of Wendy's restaurant on University Drive were taken to Huntsville Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation following a fire at the restaurant Monday afternoon.
Charter schools hot topic at state Rep. Laura Hall's town hall meeting
Mar 16, 2010 2:05 am
Some of the 40 residents at the meeting said charter schools could bring back segregation, but others said charter schools should be an option to improve the education system.
Soulforce Equality Ride comes to Oakwood University
Mar 15, 2010 11:05 pm
"We didn't come here to try to get people to agree with us necessarily, but to have a conversation, to get to know you," -- Caitlin MacIntyre, 2010 Equality Ride director.
Alabama court system laying off 100 employees
Mar 15, 2010 9:20 pm
Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb said Monday the layoffs, involving about 4 percent of the court system's 2,300 employees, are effective March 31.
Rep. Robert Aderholt asks GAO if NASA is violating the law by starting Constellation shutdown
Mar 15, 2010 8:05 pm
Aderholt references the a 2009 law approved by Congress that requires NASA to get Congressional approval before shutting down Constellation.
Radio personality Michael Baisden seeking mentors in Huntsville
Mar 15, 2010 8:05 pm
Free show will be Tuesday night at Alabama A&M.
"Get Google" task force hopes to bring ultra-high speed broadband network to Huntsville
Mar 15, 2010 5:50 pm
Mayor Tommy Battle said Huntsville's history of technological accomplishments and large concentration of tech-savvy professionals makes it the perfect place for Google to test its fiberoptic network.
Isaac Newton meets hip hop in live show at Ed White Middle
Mar 15, 2010 3:20 pm
NASA and Honeywell sponsore the FMA Live! program, which visited Huntsville last week on a 10-week tour
Sunny weather at the beach for Alabama's spring breakers
Mar 15, 2010 2:35 pm
The forecast for Gulf Shores calls for sunny skies and a high near 70 degrees today with only a slight chance of rain. It's much the same for Tuesday, although nighttime temperatures will still be in ...
Alabama transparency advocates target 'serial meetings'
Mar 15, 2010 1:35 pm
As soon as the new open meetings law took effect in 2005, members of various boards began slipping through a loophole: they met in pairs or small groups so a majority wouldn't be present. That meant t...
