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North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally thought to include these 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 937,059.

The anchor city of this region of the state is Huntsville, but other cities of notable size include (in order of population): Decatur, Florence (along with its sister cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia), Madison, and Athens.

Decatur is considered a quasi anchor city for western North Alabama, being the largest economic center north of Birmingham, and west of Huntsville.

Locals tend to refer to this area as the "Tennessee Valley" in reference to the Tennessee River, which flows through the northernmost part of the state. A section of East Tennessee shares the "Tennessee Valley" moniker.

 

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Video: Astronauts talk about Marshall's station role

Nov 22, 2008 12:40 pm

International Space Station and shuttle Endeavour crewmembers worked this week to install a water processor unit to expand the station capability to support six crewmembers....

 

Video: Lighting Bridge Street's Christmas tree

Nov 22, 2008 12:40 pm

It was cold, but that didn't keep families from flocking to Bridge Street Friday night to watch the city's Christmas tree lighting.

 

Huntsville's Saturday weather forecast

Nov 22, 2008 11:10 am

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Calm wind. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind be...

 

Huntsville's Saturday road watch

Nov 22, 2008 11:10 am

Huntsville and Madison County road repairs GOVERNORS DRIVE Crews have begun paving operations for the Governors Drive widening project between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily. It is anticipated that eas...

 

Robber takes cash but leaves ID

Nov 21, 2008 8:25 pm

A Huntsville man is suspected in Thursday's robbery of a Madison check advance store, where he apparently left a photo ID and Social Security card before fleeing with the case.

 

East Clinton dismisses at noon

Nov 21, 2008 4:55 pm

StaffEast Clinton Elementary SchoolEast Clinton Elementary School will dismiss today at noon, Huntsville schools spokesman Keith Ward said. Ward said a problem with the school's heater is prompting th...

 

Shuttle crews prepare to unload station supplies

Nov 21, 2008 3:10 pm

As space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station sail above Earth today, the crews will work on transferring equipment and supplies from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to th...

 

Squirrel blamed for outage

Nov 21, 2008 3:10 pm

Perhaps in a vain attempt to keep warm, a squirrel in a Huntsville Utilities substation caused a small outage this morning in the Blossomwood and Medical District neighborhoods.

 

Markets open high on investor hopes

Nov 21, 2008 2:55 pm

Stock indexes are rising on the news that debt-drowned bank Citigroup is looking to cast off parts of its crumbling business via a sale, and hopes retail sales rebound during the holiday season.

 

Investors look to bailout and retail sales

Nov 21, 2008 2:10 pm

Wall Street found some relief Friday with markets up more than 200 points headed into morning trading on reports that Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale and the possibility that low prices wi...

 
 

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