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North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally thought to include these 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 937,059.

The anchor city of this region of the state is Huntsville, but other cities of notable size include (in order of population): Decatur, Florence (along with its sister cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia), Madison, and Athens.

Decatur is considered a quasi anchor city for western North Alabama, being the largest economic center north of Birmingham, and west of Huntsville.

Locals tend to refer to this area as the "Tennessee Valley" in reference to the Tennessee River, which flows through the northernmost part of the state. A section of East Tennessee shares the "Tennessee Valley" moniker.

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Woman tells police of attempted kidnapping

Sep 7, 2008 3:31 pm

UPDATED: 10:29 a.m. CT, September 07, 2008

Upcoming flight too late for veteran Horace White

Sep 7, 2008 9:34 am

Horace White was a good man who loved his country and almost died for it in World War II.

Battle lines drawn on jobs

Sep 7, 2008 9:33 am

Then-Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, seated in front of an American flag, looks into the camera and promises: "I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cu...

Series continues on workings of our state courts

Sep 7, 2008 9:22 am

A two-week series of discussions and lectures on how Alabama's court system works continues this week with events Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The series, sponsored by the Women's Economic Develop...

Memorial flags to make trip, too

Sep 7, 2008 9:22 am

Next Saturday, 128 World War II veterans from the Tennessee Valley will visit their memorial in Washington, D.C., and they'll be accompanied by the spirits of 20 more former soldiers for whom the trip...

Hanoi Hilton was no resort

Sep 7, 2008 9:21 am

MADISON - Leo Thorsness was in Minnesota last week to see his friend and former Hanoi Hilton cellmate John McCain accept the Republican Party's nomination for president.

Why they chase these things

Sep 6, 2008 4:16 pm

Storm researcher Joshua Wurman - one of those crazy guys you see running toward, not away from, tornadoes on the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers" - was at the Von Braun Center Friday to e...

Man hit on road

Sep 6, 2008 4:03 pm

A man was hit by a vehicle and killed as he tried to put gasoline in his car late Thursday night. It happened on U.S. 431 at Dug Hill Road. Five pounds of marijuana was found in a shipping company's w...

Daytime break-ins have Madison on the lookout

Sep 6, 2008 9:39 am

MADISON - Daytime burglars are being targeted by Madison police and the city's homeowners' associations. According to an alert issued by the Madison Homeowners Association Network, 19 home break-ins w...

United Way sets its goal at $6 million

Sep 6, 2008 9:39 am

The United Way of Madison County is hoping to raise $6 million for local charities this year.

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