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Dec 5, 2024 | 
living50plusdm.com | Deborah Storey
By Deborah Storey | Living 50 PlusKevin Hamrick vividly remembers the day decades ago when he saw the strange sight of sandhill cranes at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. He was gathered with co-workers in the Visitors Center break room discussing tasks for the day. One said she had seen a couple of sandhill cranes near an area called Penny Bottoms. Maybe they were great blue herons, he wondered. Hamrick and a co-worker rode out to check.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
alabamawx.com | Deborah Storey
By: Deborah StoreyFrom the tiny Lacey’s Spring community in North Alabama, family-made specialty tea blends from Piper & Leaf make their way to customers as far away as California and Europe. “Piper Partner” markets sell a proprietary recipe of black teas from across the globe blended with the earthy goodness of fruits, roots and herbs from the gardens, farms and briar patches of Alabama.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
alabamanewscenter.com | Deborah Storey
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
alabamanewscenter.com | Deborah Storey
A boy fidgets in his seat and bangs on the restaurant table as other diners stare disapprovingly. His parents try to calm him. With an autistic child, though, the threat of punishment when you get home won’t work. Birmingham pediatric critical care doctor and professor Michele Kong grew so frustrated by similar experiences that her family quit eating out. Then their autistic son’s younger brother wanted to know why they couldn’t do things like other families. Good question, his parents agreed.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
businessalabama.com | Deborah Storey
A bale of North Alabama cotton sails on a ship for a month on its way to Vietnam. Workers there fashion it into a men's shirt, pack it up and ship it back to a buyer for a retail store in Mobile. That's not a farfetched scenario, say Alabama bankers who earned a prestigious award for helping make the remarkably complex world of importing and exporting easier for businesses.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thisisalabama.org | Deborah Storey |Haley Laurence
A boy fidgets in his seat and bangs on the restaurant table as other diners stare disapprovingly. His parents try to calm him. With an autistic child, though, threat of punishment when you get home won’t work. Birmingham pediatric critical care doctor and professor Dr. Michele Kong grew so frustrated by similar experiences that her family quit eating out. Then their autistic son’s younger brother wanted to know why they couldn’t do things like other families. Good question, his parents agreed.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
businessalabama.com | Deborah Storey
The cost of business insurance, like almost everything else, is going up - with one interesting exception. But there are ways for business leaders to make sure they have the critical coverage they need at the best price. Two key strategies, Alabama experts say, are to first shop around, then work closely with their chosen agent.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
alabamawx.com | Deborah Storey
By: Deborah StoreyA group of older men sits trading jokes and opinions over cups of coffee on a summer morning at the public library. By paying for that coffee, they are contributing to a program that teaches young people skills that will help them for the rest of their lives. Hatch Café inside the South Huntsville Public Library sells library patrons sandwiches, cookies, kids’ snacks and, of course, coffee.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
alabamanewscenter.com | Deborah Storey
A group of older men sits trading jokes and opinions over cups of coffee on a summer morning at the public library. By paying for that coffee, they are contributing to a program that teaches young people skills that will help them for the rest of their lives. Hatch Café inside the South Huntsville Public Library sells library patrons sandwiches, cookies, kids’ snacks and, of course, coffee. Café proceeds help sustain Hatch, a Huntsville nonprofit organization that works with adults ages 18-24.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
thisisalabama.org | Deborah Storey |Haley Laurence
From the tiny Lacey’s Spring community in North Alabama, family-made specialty tea blends from Piper & Leaf make their way to customers as far away as California and Europe. “Piper Partner” markets sell a proprietary recipe of black teas from across the globe blended with the earthy goodness of fruits, roots and herbs from the gardens, farms and briar patches of Alabama.
