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Governor Kay Ivey has awarded nearly $17 million to help provide broadband services in primarily rural, unserved areas of Alabama.
The 36 grants awarded by Governor Ivey to multiple broadband providers across the state is the largest amount and number awarded to date from the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund. The fund was created by the Alabama Legislature in 2018.
“The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced what we already knew; that Alabama’s broadband coverage is an issue we must continue addressing,” Governor Ivey said. “Yet, thanks to so many, we are making strides in helping to provide high-speed internet coverage throughout the state. That will make a vast difference for thousands in terms of education, economic development, health care services and everyday life.”
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PELHAM, AL The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Alabama state experienced 2.90 hours without power in 2019 1.80 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
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TRUSSVILLE, AL The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Alabama state experienced 2.90 hours without power in 2019 1.80 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
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VESTAVIA HILLS, AL The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Alabama state experienced 2.90 hours without power in 2019 1.80 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
The story behind these glorious Alabama grits
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
Frank McEwen began grinding his McEwen & Sons grits out of his farm supply store in Wilsonville, Ala., in 2002. (Bob Carlton/bcarlton@al.com)
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The two Franks knew each other, but not for the reasons most people might know them.
Frank Stitt, the celebrated chef and co-owner of Highlands Bar and Grill, first got to know Frank McEwen, the founding father of McEwen & Sons grits, because Stitt bought feed for his horses from McEwen.
McEwen also owns Coosa Valley Milling & Hardware, a one-stop farm supply and mercantile store on the main drag in the small Shelby County town of Wilsonville. Stitt’s farm is a few miles up the highway in Harpersville.