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Civic/City relevant stories to the state of Alabama.
Record $24.9B spent by Alabama tourists in 2025
Alabama reported nearly 30 million tourists visited the state in 2025, spending almost $25 billion.
Alabama native Margaret Renkl ends long-running NYT column
🍃 TO GREENER PASTURES: Margaret Renkl concluded her nine-year tenure as a New York Times opinion columnist, where her work focused on environmental issues and Southern culture
Wiregrass Innovation Center celebrates opening
State and local officials were in Dothan Monday to celebrate the ribbon cutting at the Wiregrass Innovation Center.
New $82M athletic complex coming to Gadsden
Gadsden's latest project will include a 161,000-square foot indoor facility + upgraded natural grass athletic fields.
Alabama unemployment remains below 3% in first report of 2026
Average weekly wages in Alabama has increased to a new record high + the unemployment rate remains well below the national average.
New $4.3M streetscape project starting on Greensboro Avenue in Tuscaloosa
Road closures are expected to begin May 4 but pedestrian access to local businesses will remain open.
Auburn’s new $22M facility to be first step toward manufacturing research district
Officials broke ground on the new research facility this week, making way for a new 45-acre advanced manufacturing research district.
Space Command’s new temporary facility in Huntsville now open
A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility for U.S. Space Command has officially opened at Redstone Arsenal.
New $15M STEM Academy approved in Troy
The Troy City Schools Board of Education approved a lease agreement for the project which will completely renovate the historic Academy Street School.