Free Paddling Event Ideal for New Kayakers By John N. Felsher Just in time to welcome the summer season, a free, family-friendly event will allow paddlers of all levels of ability the chance to set out on the open water, connect with like-minded lovers of...
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Bringing European garden style to Alabama Story & Photos By Vikki Moran When you wander through a garden in Europe, perhaps a Tuscan hillside village, a lavender field in Provence, or a stone-walled Irish cottage, it is impossible not to be swept up in the...
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40-plus years of craftmanship The first thing you notice about Andrew McCall are his hands. They are constantly in motion, pulling, bending and twisting long ropes of vines into the base, sides and handles of his famous baskets.  These same hands have been pulling wisteria...
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Statesman Oscar Underwood is Born Although born and raised elsewhere, Oscar Underwood was among Alabama’s most important 20th-century politicians. He was a powerful figure in

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I was swinging on my tire swing in the backyard, because that is what bored 10-year-old boys do on a summer afternoon. It wasn’t my first

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Food prepared, styled and photographed by Brooke Echols Cook of the Month Beth Lewis, Joe Wheeler EMC Beth Lewis’s mother, Alice Bass,  had two or three

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Electric Cooperatives

Since 1936 electric co-ops have built 2.5 million miles of power lines across rural America – long enough to reach from the earth to the moon five and a half times.

From booming suburbs to remote rural farming communities, Alabama’s electric cooperatives are energy providers and engines of economic development. Statewide, electric cooperatives serve more than 1 million Alabamians in their homes, businesses, farms and schools. Their coverage spans approximately 70% of Alabama’s landmass.

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What Gardeners and Outdoor Lovers Should Know This Spring Spring in Alabama invites gardeners and nature lovers back outside, but it also brings renewed growth of

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