James E. Carr, county school superintendent, announces funds are available to provide services through community agencies to at-risk students. Alabama legislation specifies that such community agencies must be “nonprofit – 501(c)(3) status, nongovernment” and that the programs of the agencies will “directly assist in improving academic performance.” More...

In February 2008, a federal appeals court ruled that an undisclosed settlement agreement between Georgia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which would have re-allocated a large portion of water from Lake Lanier's federal reservoir to feed the growing thirst of Atlanta's bulging population, was illegal under federal law. More...

On June 15, I left my home at 8:45 for the county shop to prepare for the impending storm. After arriving at the shop and assessing the situation with the Blount County Emergency Management Agency, I began the preparation process, which included calling my crew out at 9:30 p.m. The storm hit around 10:15 causing damage. More...

The Blount County Sports Hall of Fame is now taking nominations for new members. The induction ceremony will be Thursday, Sept. 24, at Twin Oaks in Oneonta. Nomination forms may be picked up at the Blount County-Oneonta Chamber of Commerce, located across from the Blount County Courthouse, or by calling Oneonta Rotary Club president Barbara Andersen at 559-2206. More...

It’s back-to-school time ... the perfect time to spend with a new friend. More...

Background Scripture: Leviticus 8:1-13. Devotional Reading: Romans 11:33 through 12:2. If you are not already familiar with the Book of Leviticus, let me prepare you for what you will find: one of the least coherent and pleasing books of the Old Testament, for it speaks from a perspective that appears to be relevant today to neither Jew nor Christian. More...

If there appears to be a disagreement among family members about information to appear in an obituary, The Blount Countian reserves the right to decline to publish any of it. More...

PINE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE will be held Saturday night, July 25, at the former two-room school. Jam sessions are planned between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Participants are invited to bring favorite recipes for the homemade ice cream supper at 4:30 p.m.; cobblers will be cooked in oldfashioned Dutch ovens. Behind the Times from Cullman will be featured group. More...