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Alabama Legislature SB9 Provides a Vaccine Mandate Exemption

Jackson County Announces Participation in TVA ED Innovation Academy

Jackson County, Alabama is one of 8 communities taking part in this year’s TVA Economic Development Community Innovation Academy, a program and experience to help economic developers create breakthrough ideas together to better their communities. Developed by TVA...

Experience Bats Emerging at Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge

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DISCOVERING BATS SERIES Join a refuge naturalist for a presentation at Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge near Scottsboro and experience hundreds of thousands of bats departing Sauta Cave at dusk to begin their nightly forage for insects. Tuesday, June 29th at 7:30PM...

Get Lost Visiting Jackson County

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Get Lost (leave your baggage behind, follow the signs, and be kind) visiting Jackson County, Alabama. Staying at Sarah’s House Lodge, we had the chance to visit a less crowded place offering a lot to do at a much-needed change of pace. “Life moves pretty fast,...

NACC President to Join Roundtable of Regional College Presidents

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NACC President Dr. David Campbell was recently invited to join a roundtable of college presidents from the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Dr. Campbell will be one of twelve presidents selected to participate in the roundtable...

Local Trails for Every Traveler

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Bordered by a National Monument, three State Parks, multiple wildlife refuges, and boasting more public land access than anywhere else in the State of Alabama – it’s safe to say there are plenty of opportunities to keep you in and around the Jackson County Alabama...