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Once a cold front moves through North Alabama this afternoon, much quieter weather settles in for the holiday weekend.

Alabama shuts down poultry waste sludge operation north of Birmingham Updated Mar 10, 2021; Facebook Share Alabama’s environmental regulator has ordered an out-of-state company to stop spreading poultry processing waste as fertilizer at an old coal mine north of Birmingham. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management issued a cease and desist order Wednesday night to Arkansas-based Denali Water Solutions, requiring the company to stop depositing poultry waste at the old Knob No. 1 mine site off Mt. Olive Road in northern Jefferson County. Nearby residents complained of offensive odo...

What is the foul-smelling sludge being sprayed north of Birmingham? Updated Mar 07, 2021; Facebook Share But it smells like death. The odor of degrading food processing waste wafts through the car’s air conditioning vents driving along Mt. Olive Road and slaps you in the face when you open your car door near the old Knob No. 1 mine site, a surface coal mine that closed in 2010. The reclaimed mine about 20 miles north of Birmingham is being sprayed this week with waste from an undisclosed food processing facility by an Arkansas-based company called Denali Water Solutions. There aren’t man...

Side streets and secondary roadways still have ice and snow in the Shoals Franklin and Colbert County roads are still considered impassable. Posted: Feb 19, 2021 6:15 PM Updated: Feb 19, 2021 6:53 PM Posted By: Breken Terry Main roads and state highways in the Shoals are starting to clear up Friday, but county roads in Franklin and Colbert Counties are still impassable, and Lauderdale County roads are treacherous to drive on. Many secondary roadways still look like there is a blanket of ice and snow on them. That's why officials are still asking people to avoid unnecessary travel. The good ...

Roads are becoming hazardous to drive on in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties.