Friday 3rd September, 2010
Cigarette smoke may cause inflammation through a new chemical pathway
Cigarette smoke causes a key enzyme that regulates the body's response to inflammation, to shut off, according to a new study.esearchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham found that smoke causes the enzyme to shut down white blood cells following a successful response to inflammation.
Cherokee Medical Center gets new CEO
A native of Florida, Trammell earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration/management at the University of West Florida. He earned master’s degrees in business and hospital admini...
Etowah school board to meet Tuesday
The Etowah County Board of Education will convene for its regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday inside the board office, 3200 W. Meighan Blvd., Gadsden. A hearing on the 2010-2011 budget takes place at 4:...
GRMC to add psychiatric beds
Gadsden TimesGadsden Regional Medical Center has been awarded a certificate of need for additional adult psychiatric beds, according to the State Health Planning and Development Agency.
Etowah County GOP to open headquarters
Gadsden TimesThe headquarters is located at 708 S. Fourth St. and will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thourgh Friday. The phone number is 256-547-5055.
Center Stage sets charity bingo
Gadsden Timesbingo will begin with a grand opening Tuesday through Thursday.Those three evenings, Charity Bingo at Center Stage will feature free meals — including a wings meal Tuesday, hot dogs Wednesday an...
Alabama takes top spot in preseason USA TODAY poll
USA TodayThe USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 football coaches' poll, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week's poll.
Bright, Roby agree to two debates in October
Dothan EagleBright to consider five debates throughout the Second Congressional District."I'm excited about these debates and I hope there will be several more opportunities. Alabamians deserve to hear from the c...
Troy University sees increase in ROTC students
Dothan EagleMajor Bob Holmstrom, Chairman of the Department of Military Science at Troy University talks with cadet David Yoon inside an office at the university on Friday morning.
Alabama AG, governor at odds again over oil spill
The Miami HeraldMONTGOMERY, Ala. -- In a new twist to their increasingly bitter relationship, Attorney General Troy King has accused Gov. Bob Riley of trying to let BP get off cheap for the Gulf oil spill and Riley ...
Protective Life leads local stocks
Birmingham Business Journalled Birmingham stocks Friday in Wall Street trading. The Birmingham-based insurance giant (NYSE: PL) gained 67 cents or 3.4 percent to close at $20.61. It was a generally positive day for most local...
Alabama Power launches Heat Relief initiative
Birmingham Business JournalAlabama Power Co. has launched a new initiative to assist customers struggling with high electricity bills due to the summer's heat wave. The utility's Heat Relief initiative includes providi...
Digital Hospital on 280 to glow red
Birmingham Business JournalTrinity Medical Center said it is lighting up the top floor of the unfinished hospital in a red glow as a sign of the community’s need for full-service hospital care in the southeast area of Bir...
Law Firm Selected to Advise State on Legal Matters Concerning Gulf Oil Disaster
Office of the GovernorMONTGOMERY -- The prominent Birmingham law firm of Balch & Bingham has been retained by the state under a competitively selected, hourly contract to protect the stateÂ’s interests and to advise st...
Governor Riley Announces $15 Million Grant to Help Build State's New Veterans Home
Office of the Governoron Wednesday to announce construction of the new veterans home would begin before the end of the year. The announcement took place at the St. Clair County Economic Development Council.
Ala. Supreme Court explains bingo case change
Associated PressMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court is responding to public allegations by saying it reassigned an electronic bingo case from one justice to another in the interest of judicial economy.
Feds open more fishing in Gulf off Fla. Panhandle
Associated PressRoughly 88,000 square miles of federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were closed after the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers.
Tuskegee hosting economic development summit
Birmingham Business Journal's Cooperative Extension Program is preparing to host the Booker T. Washington Economic Development Summit. The event will focus on promoting economic development through private enterprise and procu...
Delta traffic up again in July
Birmingham Business JournalBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport , said Friday its system traffic in July rose 1.1 percent on a 1.2 percent increase in capacity. Load factor, or how full its planes were, was flat at 86...
Volunteers working to clean up Ridgeville Community Cemetery
Gadsden TimesThis hand-carved headstone, seen Thursday, is one of several hundred that have been obscured by brush and weeds at the Ridgeville Community Cemetery. Much of the older part of the cemetery has become...
EMA offers free weather radios
Gadsden TimesEMA Tips • Get an Emergency Supply Kit: This is a kit of emergency supplies that will allow you and your family to survive for at least three days in the event an emergency happens.• Make ...
Birmingham boss McLeish reveals Zamora interest
SoccernetBobby Zamora has been attracting attention. The Blues added to their ranks on the final day with the additions of Barcelona's Alexander Hleb, Chilean star Jean Beausejour and Spartak defender Martin J...
Report: 2,400 jobs for needy in Ala at stake
Associated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A new report says nearly 2,400 jobs probably will be lost to otherwise unemployed adults and young people in Alabama if a federal stimulus program is not extended by Congress.
Mercedes hiring temps for Vance, Ala. plant
Associated PressVANCE, Ala. (AP) -- Mercedes-Benz has hired the agency North American On-Site LLC to handle the hiring of more than 400 temporary production employees for its automotive assembly plant in Vance.
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