Houston County

Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that Southern Roots Nut Co. plans to open a pecan processing facility in Dothan, where the New Mexico-based company will create 120 jobs in Alabama’s Wiregrass region. Southern Roots will invest nearly $16.6 million to outfit an existing building and construct a new facility in Houston County.

The Alabama Department of Public Health has confirmed that a fox found on Broadway Avenue in the town of Avon in Houston County has tested positive for rabies within the last several days. This is the second case of laboratory-confirmed rabies in the county in 2023.

An Alabama school board is disciplining three teachers accused of sharing offensive text messages about students that were later leaked online. News…

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Tornado researchers want to know more about how tornadoes form from squall lines in the Wiregrass region of Alabama and Georgia.That…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health officials say a south Alabama resident has died from a mosquito-borne virus.The Department of Public Health says the death…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state says $30 million is available for cities and counties around Alabama to use on road and bridge projects.The money…

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — An inmate in Alabama who was mistakenly set free has been taken back into custody ahead of a murder trial.News outlets report…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a location in southeast Alabama to build the state's fifth veterans…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Drought conditions are improving in Alabama, but conditions are still too dry for farmers in the southeastern corner of the…

President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid relief for four Alabama counties affected by Hurricane Michael.The emergency disaster declaration…