Pea River News Today

The Elba Hydroelectric Dam was finished in 1913 to bring electricity to southeast Alabama, but is no longer functional.

On Monday at 5:23 a.m. a flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid from 7 a.m. until Tuesday 11 a.m. for Coffee and Dale counties.

ELBA, Ala. (WDHN) – Crews rushed on Saturday afternoon to save a man, who was injured tubing, on the Pea River in Coffee County. The call came in just after 3 p.m. on Saturday to reports of a man on the Pea River who had lacerated his foot while tubing on the river. Elba Fire […]

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey announced Feb. 27, the awarding of nearly $150 million to continue the expansion of high-speed internet service to unserved areas across Alabama.

Governor Kay Ivey announced today that close to $150 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been allocated to sixteen Alabama internet service providers for the purposes of expanding high speed internet into portions of 48 counties in the state.

WIREGRASS (WDHN) — Governor Ivey’s office has recently awarded nearly $150 million to continue the expansion of high-speed to rural areas across the state including Dale, Houston, Henry, Geneva and Barbour counties. The 66 Capital Projects Fund grants totaling $148.3 million were awarded to 16 internet service providers that will expand high-speed internet availability to […]

Josh Chambless, Dustin Wise, and Kyle Kennington were hunting in Alabama's Pea River when they snagged the gator with a weighted treble hook.

SAMSON, Ala (WDHN) — On the night of Saturday, August 19, three Wiregrass men journeyed onto the Pea River in Samson and hooked the catch of a lifetime. This was the first year Joshua Chambless of Kinston, Kyle Kennington of Enterprise, and Dustin Wise of Samson went hunting for alligators, and boy, was it a […]

Three Wiregrass men harvested a 474 pound alligator from the Pea River.

Governor Kay Ivey continues to make strides in one of the top priorities of her administration expanding broadband internet access across the state of Alabama.