The Alabama Provider Capacity Project held both an in-person and virtual focus group last week in Etowah County to discuss the impact of substance abuse within the community.
Representatives from the David Mathews Center for Civic Life, the Behavioral Health Group and New Life for Women met during the focus group to discuss the barriers for treatment for substance abuse, what substances they are seeing in their centers and the various resources available to those who deal with addiction.
Because of privacy and confidentiality within the focus group, the names of those who participated were not disclosed, and specific details about conversations within the group also were regarded as confidential.
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With a perfect storm of aging residents, low birth rates, COVID-19 deaths and immigration cutbacks, 16 states saw population decreases last year as the United States experienced the slowest national population growth since the Great Depression.
The nation grew only about 7% between 2010 and 2020, similar to the previous historic low between 1930 and 1940, according to new Census Bureau estimates, which do not reflect the 2020 census counts. The agency will release the final 2020 census tally in March.
California, Massachusetts and Ohio had been growing throughout the past decade until last year, while Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania began slides in 2019. Longer-term losses continued for Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia.
Alabama vacation properties in high demand as COVID pandemic rages on
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Posted Jan 14, 2021
Crowds at Alabama’s public beaches were modest this Memorial Day afternoon, with strong winds, overcast skies and single red flags keeping people away.
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The last year has been a busy one for Terry Norton.
A real estate agent for the past 13 in Randolph County, Norton sells properties around Lake Wedowee, one of the top ten marketplaces for lake property in Alabama.
And inventory is hot right now, due to the market effects of COVID-19.
“It was a great year for us,” Norton said. “We’ve had buyers mostly from Atlanta, but we’ve seen them from all over the U.S.. This week, we’re showing to people from Nashville and Florida.”