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AEDs can turn bystanders into lifesavers

By Allison Law Quick action and repeated training can help someone in medical distress. And with a little help from technology, they can save a life.  That’s not just anecdotal. At Southern Pine EC, an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a quick-thinking crew helped save...
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By Carrie Banks Alabama has a vibrant, multilayered history, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) has been the caretaker of our individual and collective stories since its inception in 1901 as the first state-funded historical and archival agency in the country. As...
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When your electricity goes off, the first question most of us ask our electric cooperative is: “When will my lights come back on?”  That’s something our linemen get asked quite often, so in recognition of Lineman Appreciation Week this month (April 15-19) we wanted to...
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Ala., Tenn. co-ops to send volunteers to Guatemala Volunteers from three of Alabama’s rural electric co-ops will go to Guatemala from April 8-26 to participate in

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A swing in the woods

When I was growing up, I loved swings. Who didn’t? Kids and swings go together like Clearasil and pimples.  For me, it began on the

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Cook of the Month: Candy Broyles, Baldwin EMC Like many residents of our Alabama coast, Candy Broyles and her husband retired to Gulf Shores after he

Worth the Drive

Electric Cooperatives

Since 1936 electric co-ops have built 2.5 million miles of power lines across rural America – long enough to reach from the earth to the moon five and a half times.

From booming suburbs to remote rural farming communities, Alabama’s electric cooperatives are energy providers and engines of economic development. Statewide, electric cooperatives serve more than 1 million Alabamians in their homes, businesses, farms and schools. Their coverage spans approximately 70% of Alabama’s landmass.

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Worth The Drive: 50 Taters

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