More good news
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      Jackson, Clarke County and Southwest Alabama heard more good news Monday as a new $118 million wood pellet plant was formally announced for Jackson. The news has been out for several weeks but it was good to hear Gov.
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Huckabee's shadow
Inside the Statehouse
Steve Flowers
      Mike Huckabee's victory in Alabama was no surprise. If the primary had been held two months earlier he would have won by a larger margin. Polling had him leading by 12 points as late as Jan. 1. Ever since the evangelical vote crystallized around the Baptist minister in Iowa, the word spread thr...
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Best growth in nation said to be Mobile
Congress Reports
      Out of all the metropolitan areas in America, Mobile County will have the fastest growing economy over the next five years according to Moody's Economy.com. Crediting ThyssenKrupp's decision to build a $3.
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Closed meetings
      The public announce- ment of the wood pellet mill was preceded by Gov. Riley meeting behind closed doors with local municipal and county leaders in the council chambers of Jackson City Hall. The intent of the meeting was innocent enough- for the governor to hear the needs of area officials.
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CCHS tempest
      The late rally to save the old 1936 Clarke County High School would be encouraging if it wasn't so late. Kathleen LaFlore and other supporters are trying to have the old school spared even as it is being cleaned out so it can be pushed down.
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Voting in Mitcham Beat
Through The Past
      When Mitcham Beat's voting precinct was established in 1859, north of Chilton and southeast of Forestdale in T10, R2E, Clarke County was very rural, heads of households were mostly transplants from other states with more than a few born in another country or county in Alabama, and the towns that ...
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