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Community colleges play vital part in rural areas economic development, professor says

Alabama Notes — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:08:14 +0000

During a recent trip to Washington, D.C., University of Alabama education professor Steven Katsinas stressed the importance of community colleges in the economic development of rural areas while making the case that Pell Grants are vital in making these institutions more accessible.

Dothan area churches assist in disaster relief

Alabama Notes — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:14:28 +0000

TUSCALOOSA – They sawed trees and moved limbs until their muscles ached, unloaded scores of cases of water and helped patch roofs in the hot sun, but the hardest thing a group of Dothan-area volunteers did during their recent trip here was tell a woman her

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Letter: What’s the difference?

Alabama Notes — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:03 +0000

On a recent trip to a Dothan Wal-Mart, I noticed a couple of machines flashing red lights inside the store. It seems that if one puts money in a slot on these machines, they may win a prize. How is this different from bingo machines? Are they…

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