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Several Montgomery residents are upset after discovering 4 or 5 large trees near the Alabama Capitol building were cut down and removed.One woman, who was a self-professed "tree hugger" was particularlyMore >>
Several Montgomery residents are upset after discovering 4 or 5 large trees near the Alabama Capitol building were cut down and removed.More >>
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With the governor signing the education budget into law last week and the window to veto other bills having expired, we felt now is a good time to revisit parts of the legislative session to address someMore >>
We revisit parts of the legislative session to address some high profile measures that passed and failed in the final days and moments of the legislative session.More >>
More than 100 people were still unaccounted Wednesday several hours after a ferry carrying 476, most of them high school students, sank in cold waters off South Korea's southern coast, killing at least two and...More >>
Fears rose Thursday for the fate of 289 passengers still missing more than 24 hours after their ferry flipped onto its side and filled with water off the southern coast of South Korea.More >>
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn University's aviation programs have become the sixth in the nation to receive a Federal Aviation Administration exemption related to training.
The Opelika-Auburn News reports (http://bit.ly/1gqsEjg) that the FAA exemption means the programs are allowed to have lower flight time requirements for aviation graduates.
Aviation students in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business are now eligible to earn an Airline Transport Pilot certification with as few as 1,000 flying hours instead of the typically required 1,500 hours.
Dale Watson, director of flight education at Auburn, said this is an opportunity for graduates of either the aviation management program or the professional flight management program to be hired sooner than they would without the exemption.
