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06/23/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board has approved a $38 million bond issue to finance improvements and upgrades to the system's water treatment and sewer treatment plants.
06/09/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The cleanup of the slag piles at the former Gulf States Steel site not only is going to improve the environment, but will help the local economy and help the federal government pay for the work, according to A. Stanley Meiburg, deputy regional administrator for the Environmental Protection.
05/16/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Republican primary for District 4 on the Etowah County Commission is a rematch of the 2006 primary election with the same two candidates, Jeff Overstreet and Randall Green, seeking the GOP nomination.
05/04/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer David Derrick, regional extension agent for the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, said he is seeing a shift back to more cotton being planted, but he does not expect area cotton acreage to reach previous totals.
04/14/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Medal of Honor recipient Col. Ola Lee Mize of Gadsden will be recognized by the Etowah County Commission by a portion of Steele Station Road being named in his honor.
04/01/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Farmers are hoping for a few more sunny days to begin field work preparing for planting later this month, David Derrick, regional extension agent for the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, said.
03/25/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Two new restaurants and a closeout store are coming to Gadsden, Lesa Osborn, director of the Gadsden Commercial Development Authority, said.
03/22/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Southside City Council at its meeting Monday night named Scott Stewart the city's municipal judge.
03/14/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Work on two local highway projects could be delayed because of funding issues, Alabama Department of Transportation officials said Thursday.
03/04/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Keystone Foods has laid off 118 employees at its Gadsden plant to reduce costs.
02/11/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Tourism in Alabama was down in 2009 by about 7 percent, according to Lee Sentell, director of the Alabama Tourism Department, who hopes 2010 will show some improvement.
02/01/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Bankruptcy Judge James Robinson will decide Thursday when East Gadsden Golf Club will be required to submit a reorganization plan to come out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
02/01/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Etowah County Circuit Judge Allen Millican said Monday a hearing on electronic bingo will be held at 9 a.m. March 3.
01/26/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Etowah County Commission is considering helping the financially troubled Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Alabama by imposing a $1 admission to attending paper bingo sessions.
01/18/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Etowah County Commission is working with the Federal Highway Administration to find a new home for the Hokes Bluff ferry. The ferry was purchased by the county using a FHWA grant but it has never been used because of the cost of operation, County Engineer Tim Graves said.
01/17/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Etowah County Commission is working with the Federal Highway Administration to find a new home for the Hokes Bluff ferry.
01/12/10 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Two hearings have been set in River Trace Golf Course's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
12/28/09 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer While there were no new major industrial announcements here in 2009, two industrial expansions announced earlier were completed this year.
12/20/09 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Etowah County's new animal shelter is ready to open. It has been approved by the state and all required licenses have been obtained, according to county Animal Control Director William Chapman. Chapman said the shelter, which is about six miles east of Hokes Bluff on U.S. Highway 278, should open by Jan. 4. He is waiting for paperwork and licenses...
12/18/09 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Etowah County's unemployment rate dropped for the second straight month, according to information from the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
12/16/09 By Andy Powell Times Staff Writer The Etowah County Commission might be moving two polling places for the 2010 elections. | 
