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Deep in Trump Country, Biden Plan Creates Hundreds of Green Jobs
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(Bloomberg) -- The papermill in Courtland is gone. The railcar factory in Cherokee too. Here in...
Community worried about imminent closure of R.A. Hubbard
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoApr. 27—NORTH COURTLAND — A court ruling that will allow Lawrence County Schools to close R.A. Hubbard High left the community concerned Tuesday about the impact on self-esteem, businesses and ...
Superintendent: First Solar money to lift Lawrence education
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 27—MOULTON — The planned First Solar plant in Lawrence County is expected to produce more than $43 million in new tax revenue for the county's school system in the next two decades, and ...
Solar panel maker bringing 715 jobs to Lawrence County
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 17—MOULTON — A solar-panel manufacturer is bringing 715 jobs to Lawrence County with production beginning in 2025, according to state, county and company officials who gathered to make ...
First Solar to 'transform' Lawrence with $900 million investment, $40 million payroll
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 23—First Solar Inc. will make a capital investment of $900 million in the plant it announced last week it is building in Lawrence County and will have an annual payroll of almost $40 million ...
Lawrence commission could get new look
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOct. 30—A dozen candidates on the Nov. 8 general election ballot could give the Lawrence County Commission a drastically new look with two of the five incumbents already heading off the commission ...
'So many memories': Iconic Lawrence coliseum set to be demolished
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 19—MOULTON — Hank Williams Jr. once performed at the A.W. Todd Coliseum, former Gov. George Wallace spoke there and countless high school basketball games were played in the once-iconic ...
Inside story: How Lawrence County won a $1.1 billion plant in project 'US 4'
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 1—MOULTON — It all began in April with an email for Lawrence County. It ended in November with the rural county landing a $1.1 billion plant that'll make modules for solar panels, eventually ...
Local Black residents remember the trauma, rewards of desegregation
The Decatur Daily, Ala. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFeb. 29—Desegregation was traumatic, several local residents remember, as students were pushed from underfunded Black schools to white schools that often were hostile and actively discriminated ...
