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TravelAwaits Jul.19.2021 With a cool autumn breeze blowing across the rocky outcropping known as the King’s Chair, and the hardwood trees glowing with brilliant fall colors, you really get a true impression of the city of Birmingham. On the horizon, you see the skyscrapers that mark the city as a bustling business center. But there is another side of the Magic City that is often overlooked — the natural beauty that encircles it. Enveloping the city are gently rolling mountains, tumultuous white water and tranquil flatwater rivers and streams, and much more. There are myriad ways to visit ...

Reply Only four species of venomous snakes can be found in the Birmingham area. (Shutterstock) BIRMINGHAM, AL — As the weather gets warmer in Alabama, snake sightings are more plentiful. And while they are not cuddly or cute, snakes are vital to Alabama's ecosystem despite the stigma people may have about them. Around this time each year, Birmingham area residents report on social media a snake sighting around their homes, usually with the question, "What kind of snake is this? Is it poisonous?" Typically, a snake sighting in Birmingham results in the snake meeting an untimely death, becau...

Advertisement CEMEX USA has wrapped up its first national Sustainability Month, promoting awareness and hosting activities across the US aimed at inspiring positive action for our planet while celebrating the company’s longstanding commitment to sustainability and environmental excellence. From the end of March throughout the month of April, CEMEX USA held events across the country such as tree distributions, tree plantings at its facilities and virtual educational seminars to encourage its employees, customers and communities to contribute to a more sustainable future. Many of the initiati...

How Libby’s Friends is helping families across Alabama Updated Feb 24, 2021; Posted Feb 24, 2021 Libby's Friends was inspired by and named for Libby Hagan, center, seen with her younger brother Drew, 5, and sister Grace, 3. (MaryBlan Moore Photography) Facebook Share Libby Hagan is only six years old, but she already has a legacy of helping others all over her home state of Alabama, thanks to Libby’s Friends, the nonprofit organization her parents have started in her name. In June of 2014, when she was 12 days old, Libby received an overdose of insulin in the neonatal intensive care uni...

This one is for all the dogs of 2020, but especially Cahaba Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020 Cahaba was a good boy. He enjoyed lying around in the Cahaba River near the Cahaba lilies.Joseph Goodman Facebook Share This was a shining year for America’s dogs, and our good and loyal friends deserve extra treats as we roll into the New Year and leave 2020 behind. I’ve read and watched a lot of stuff about this past year as it finally comes to an end. Some of it has been encouraging. Most of it has not. Most of it hasn’t been very dog-like, in other words. We needed a column about ...