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Applications are open in the city of Auburn for the 2025 Class of the Auburn Citizens’ Academy. The seven-month program is billed as giving residents a closer look at how their local government operates.

The Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, are filing a lawsuit against Bluestone Coke. The environmental groups allege the company is in violation of the Federal Clean Water Act.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — More than 50 people have been sent to hospitals around Birmingham, Alabama, following a chemical spill at a water treatment…