Saturday, May 18 2013 1:00 PM EDT2013-05-18 17:00:11 GMT
The inaugural River Bend Brewfest on May 18 at Riverfront Park will be a never-before experienced beer tasting event in Montgomery. The event will feature over 70 locally, regionally and nationally producedMore >>
The inaugural River Bend Brewfest on May 18 at Riverfront Park will be a never-before experienced beer tasting event in Montgomery. The event will feature over 70 locally, regionally and nationally produced craft, seasonal, specialty and microbrew beers for sampling.More >>
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in...More >>
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and...More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:48 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:48:41 GMT
The Police Department is presently investigating the City of Montgomery's 24th Homicide that occurred in the 3900 Block of Oak Street. Multiple police units were dispatched to a single dwelling residenceMore >>
The Police Department is presently investigating the City of Montgomery's 24th Homicide that occurred in the 3900 Block of Oak Street.More >>
South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles.More >>
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy...More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 10:11 AM EDT2013-05-18 14:11:11 GMT
A tornado touched down in Athens, causing minor structural damage. More >>
A tornado touched down in Athens, causing minor structural damage.More >>
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama transportation officials hope they have the answer to preventing landslides on Lookout Mountain near Fort Payne: Giant nails.
The state Department of Transportation has hired Soil Nail Launcher Inc. of Grand Junction, Colo., to shoot long, nail-like tubes into slumping soil inside the Fort Payne city limits.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/11wG9JD) that the company repairs landslides around the country, including in Tennessee.
Officials say the work will cost a little less than $3 million.
Johnny Harris, the state agency's division engineer for nine northeastern counties, says that amount is three to five times less expensive than going the standard route of building a rock buttress below a soft spot and using rock fill above the buttress to stabilize the slope.
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