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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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Vive le Livre is slam dunk with Kareem

Sep 5, 2008 9:43 am

UPDATED: 4:43 a.m. CT, September 05, 2008

Honestly! No students were skipping

Sep 4, 2008 5:23 pm

So much for perfect attendance this year. Parents of every student at Buckhorn High and Riverton Middle schools received calls telling them their children were absent Wednesday, the first day of servi...

Vacation at the convention has been tiring but energizing

Sep 4, 2008 9:26 am

Spending my vacation at the RNC in the Twin Cities has hardly been relaxing, but it is energizing. When you are almost worn out from activities, something exciting happens to give you a second wind.

Mayor-elect charged

Sep 4, 2008 9:26 am

GRANT - Grant Mayor-elect Larry Walker has been charged with harassment after a woman claimed he inappropriately touched her, Marshall County Sheriff's Department spokesman Heath Thomas said Wednesday...

Mayfair group joins to write to soldiers in Iraq

Sep 4, 2008 9:26 am

Each Monday and Wednesday night, about 20 people meet in Room 203 at Mayfair Church of Christ in southeast Huntsville.

2nd liquor referendum for Arab?

Sep 4, 2008 9:25 am

ARAB - Another liquor referendum may be on the ballot in Arab in November. Two years ago, residents elected to keep the city dry by only 18 votes, 1,566 to 1,548.

Schmitz deliberations continue

Sep 4, 2008 9:25 am

DECATUR - Government attorneys called state Rep. Sue Schmitz "a thief" during closing arguments in her trial Wednesday, while a defense lawyer said it was not proved she intended to commit a...

Private, wife welcome baby Kinsey into world

Sep 4, 2008 9:25 am

Pvt. Ryan Winkelmann came home from Iraq Aug. 22 for the sole purpose of being here for the birth of his first child. That joy came Tuesday at 12:36 p.m., when he and his wife, Shay, welcomed 7-pound,...

Federal Impact Aid for schools

Sep 4, 2008 9:25 am

Fill out the forms. Return them. Get money for your kid's school. That's the message from Army Col. Robert Pastorelli, the new garrison commander at Redstone Arsenal, who wants parents in local school...

Cafe manager saves man's life

Sep 4, 2008 9:25 am

Army first aid training paid off for a Redstone Arsenal worker after a lunchtime call for help at the Sparkman Center's cafeteria last month.

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