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Shop & Splurge: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
Shop & Splurge: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
Workplaces: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
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Workplaces: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
Best technology workplace, healthcare workplace, small business workplace, and more from Birmingham magazine's annual reader-voted poll.
People & Places: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
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People & Places: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
Our city's best doctors, lawyers, wedding planners, doggy day cares, and more.
Family & Kids: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
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Family & Kids: the results of 2019 Best of Birmingham
Best public school, hospital NICU, library, and more results from Best of Birmingham 2019.
Blue Bell releases new flavor for limited time
Blue Bell releases new flavor for limited time
The flavor is available in the half gallon and pint sizes.
Johnson: Detention of immigrants rights group board member brings national shame home
Johnson: Detention of immigrants rights group board member brings national shame home
Three years after Marcos Baltazar fled Guatemala with his teenage son and crossed into the United States in search of a better, safeer life, which he found in Alabama, he and his son are in an Etowah County Detention Center because his son turned 18 years old. What a said tragic shell of a nation we've become.
First death linked to lung illness tied to vaping
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First death linked to lung illness tied to vaping
Health officials are investigating the death of an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping. The death is considered the first in the U.S. linked to e-cigarettes.
These 25 Alabama school districts have the best teachers
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These 25 Alabama school districts have the best teachers
A recent ranking has listed the 25 Alabama school districts with the best teachers.
Tropical Storm Dorian 2019 path update: Dorian gains strength as it tracks closer to Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Dorian 2019 path update: Dorian gains strength as it tracks closer to Caribbean
Dorian’s path could steer the weaker storm into Bahamas and near Florida by the weekend.
Heavy rain and flooding hit Florence area
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Heavy rain and flooding hit Florence area
Reports say up to six inches of rain have swept through the area and closed several roads
Flash flood emergency extended for Shoals metro area; widespread flooding reported
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Flash flood emergency extended for Shoals metro area; widespread flooding reported
Four to 5 inches of rain has fallen in a short time.
‘Day of Healing’ has special ring in Africatown
‘Day of Healing’ has special ring in Africatown
Slave ship discovery earlier this year heightens sense of new beginning.
Alabama, Michigan researchers to study heat waves
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Alabama, Michigan researchers to study heat waves
A University of Alabama researcher and scientists at Michigan State University will study the relationship between the size of heat waves and what causes them across the United States.