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8 steps to personal empowerment

How can you, as an individual, live the most empowered life possible? By working. Work to make a ...

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A Revolutionary Cause for Celebration

As I write this, America has just celebrated another Memorial Day – observing what is known as the ...

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Hogs, chickens, veggies help with child’s medical expenses

So you’ve got a demanding professional career, an executive husband and two kids—and you privately get a tad ...

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Helena Market Days opens for 2017 season

A beautiful morning dawned on Saturday, June 3 for the opening day of the 2017 Farmer’s Market. As ...

Arts in Shelby County

Shelby County Shindig set for July 15

Calling all barbecue enthusiasts for the 2017 Shelby County Shindig BBQ Cookoff!

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Join Pelham Community Read

“I’m passionate about this community read,” said PHS senior English teacher Ryan Dye. A PHS alum, Dye’s energy ...

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Homecoming held for Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

“Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1856,” wrote Shelba Shelton Nivens in Early Settlers of the ...

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Creek project fights erosion in Montevallo

The stretch of Shoal Creek that burbles though Montevallo’s Orr Park really, really rocks—literally.

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Helena History

Logging crew. Logging was a hard and dangerous job.

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Signs you are ready to take your business to next level

Growth is an important part of any business. Every company needs to be aware of growth and have ...

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‘Making friends is easy. Keeping friends is difficult.’

It caught my eye at a recent estate sale. I must admit the plain gray box in the ...

Arts in Shelby County

Learning how to photograph art

If you are looking for exciting summer art classes and workshops, look no further than the Shelby County ...

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Students partner to create children’s books

As spring ’17 rushed towards us, many new versions of old stories unfolded. Pelham High School writing students ...

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Kids on campus for art, music, computer coding

Don’t get upset this summer if you see teens drawing and painting all over the side of a ...

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Helena History

Covered in coal dust. Fred M. Draper Sr. posed for this photo after a long day working underground ...

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