HALEYVILLE - A new method of communication between the public and the City of Haleyville goes live this week, creating an easy way to report suspicious activity or any form of safety concerns to the proper authorities.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Rosco has reached the end of the road in Winston County.

BEAR CREEK - A water project in the works at least the past five years has finally become a reality with a $1 million grant to revamp the remainder of Bear Creek’s outdated water system.

WINSTON COUNTY - Winston County Commissioner wants to dispel rumors that the county has been paving school campuses.

LAKESHORE - A revival is about to take place at the site which once housed Looney’s Tavern complex and amphitheater, and it is not a church meeting.

HALEYVILLE - The contract renewal for Haleyville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Holly Sutherland has been approved on a 4-1 vote by the board of education, four months before the board was required to notify the superintendent of the renewal.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The town of Double Springs is reminding dog owners, who let their dogs roam freely, that the issue is becoming a major problem, they are violating terms of the town’s ordinance and are subject to consequences.

 Summer Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits are rolling out this week to families with children who receive free or reduced-price school meals through the National School Lunch Program.

Qualifying households will receive $391 for each participating student to purchase SNAP-eligible food at stores that accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. The benefits cover the summer months retroactively.

ARLEY - The Arley Town Council voted unanimously to participate in the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program administrated by ADECA at its monthly meeting on Aug. 1.

CAMP MCDOWELL - Last week, the bats of the Bankhead National Forest had their moment in the sun—or rather, the moonlight.

Nearly a hundred bat experts and others from at least ten states, plus Norway, converged at Camp McDowell for the 2022 Bat Blitz, an intensive survey of the bat population. Bat Blitzes are organized every year by the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network (SBDN) and a state group, in this case, the Alabama Bat Working Group (ABWG).

HALEYVILLE - Lakeland Community Hospital will soon experience a change at the helm, but the focus on high quality patient care will remain the same.

WINSTON COUNTY - Amid swirling rumors on social media about a policy regarding cell phone use in Winston County Schools, the board of education took a major step in a special-called meeting to approve amendments to a policy already in place.

HALEYVILLE - Haleyville City Schools is greeting a new school year starting today, Wednesday, Aug. 10, with a renewed sense of enthusiasm by raising the bar even higher.

WINFIELD - Northwest Regional Health and UAB Medicine have partnered to open a new UAB surgery clinic to serve patients in Northwest Alabama.

HALEYVILLE - A two-vehicle crash on Highway 13 on Burnett Hill in Haleyville Tuesday afternoon, August 9, resulted in one injured from each vehicle, a swarm of emergency first responders at the scene and traffic brought to a standstill for over an hour.

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DOUBLE SPRINGS - For several years the volunteers at the Winston County Archives have been collecting news articles about churches in the county, past and present, to compile a Winston County church book, and they are seeking the public’s help to make the book the best it can possible be.

HALEYVILLE - After a year of being vacant, the place 2 seat of the Haleyville Board of Education was officially filled, when Boo Haughton was sworn into office, during a special-called meeting early Monday morning.

WINSTON COUNTY - Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $316,000 to help provide training and resources that ensure victims of domestic violence have access to professional assistance through local law enforcement and nonprofit agencies.