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When all else fails, amateur radio club stays on air

Ashley Tripp January 28, 2013

In today’s technological age, being prepared means a fully charged phone battery and a backup electronic device in case that fails. Members of a local amateur radio club, though, know relying on modern...

Smoke-free hiring policies becoming more popular

Smoke-free hiring policies becoming more popular

Judah Martin January 24, 2013

Significant changes to The University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine’s hiring polices of tobacco users are affecting The University of Alabama and local Tuscaloosa medical facilities. On July 1,...

Vaccines still available during heavy flu season

Sarah Robinson January 24, 2013

With Alabama classified as one of 30 states with high influenza-like illness activity, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Alabama students may want to consider getting vaccinated...

Pell Grant effects not expected in Alabama

Jon Vincent January 17, 2013

Recent changes to Pell Grant requirements have caused a decrease in enrollment at Mississippi community colleges, but similar effects are not expected in the state of Alabama. The Consolidated Appropriations...

UA grad to appear on hit TV shows

Adrienne Burch January 10, 2013

University of Alabama alumna, Sonequa Martin-Green, is seeing her dreams come true before her very eyes. Five years ago she spoke the line, “True I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle...

Tuscaloosa to host 1st hovercraft race in Alabama

Marc Torrence November 29, 2012

Lake Lurleen State Park has been chosen as the site of a national hovercraft rally, which will include a race between Alabama and Auburn. The race will be held on Saturday, March 16 and open to the public...

Plans underway for 1st Tuscaloosa dog park

Tori Linville November 29, 2012

Popular Munny Sokol Park in Northport will soon be the home of the first dog park in the Tuscaloosa area, a project known as T-Town Unleashed developed by Fresh St-Art. Fresh St-Art, a nonprofit that...

Downtown Tuscaloosa will undergo renovations

Adrienne Burch November 29, 2012

With enrollment at The University of Alabama growing each year, the city of Tuscaloosa has responded with major additions and renovations to the downtown area to help better serve this influx of students....

Students head home for game

Sarah Elizabeth Tooker November 29, 2012

Many University of Alabama students have been waiting for the Crimson Tide to return to the SEC football championship, and for a lot of these students, it’s because the Atlanta area is what many of them...

Volunteers building dream playground for community

Morgan Taylor November 29, 2012

The Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority and United Way of West Alabama are working with KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to building playgrounds for children, and PNC Bank...

Alabama to receive $335 million from BP settlement

Mark Hammontree November 27, 2012

In a recent settlement over criminal charges regarding the 2010 oil spill, British Petroleum agreed to pay more than $4 billion over the next five years. “BP’s agreement with the U.S. Department of...

Social media effective for PRSSA in relief program

Ashley Tripp November 26, 2012

A text message was all it took for Nicole Schimmel to understand the full extent of the devastation left by Hurricane Sandy in late October. Schimmel, a junior majoring in public relations at The University...