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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the expansion of its successful Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative to 150 additional communities as part of President Biden’s Investing America agenda. This includes Greene County and Lowndes County in Alabama.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has begun administering Environmental Health Assessments to Lowndes County residents as part of the initial phase of an agreement to help residents install new septic systems.
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The Alabama Department of Public Health created a legal agreement with the U.S. to take immediate action on raw sewage exposure issues in Lowndes County last month. ADPH recently announced the details of its moratorium in a press release.
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A project named for a Black man who was lynched in Lowndes County is receiving a federal grant.The National Park Service civil rights grant program is…
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Gardeners in Lowndes County are getting to show off their green thumbs. The Alabama 4-H foundation is sponsoring a summer gardening project contest with…
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HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sparsely populated Lowndes County has the sad distinction of having both Alabama's highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst…
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Former Vice President Al Gore and the Rev. William Barber II, co-chair of the national Poor People's Campaign, held a town hall in Alabama Thursday to…
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There’s a new school superintendent in Lowndes County, Alabama.The Lowndes County Board of Education announced yesterday that Jason Burroughs has signed a…
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Gov. Robert Bentley is creating a study commission on gambling.The governor made the announcement Monday, a little more than a week after saying…
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A new report on sanitation and drinking water has singled out Lowndes County, Alabama for its widespread lack of sewage systems for its…