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Visitors to the city of Auburn may have to make room for dinosaurs. The community is hosting its twenty-second annual CityFest. The theme of this year’s festivities is “Jurassic Journey” tomorrow in Kiesel Park.
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Registration opens today statewide for young fishermen and women to show off their skills. The Auburn Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its twenty-ninth annual Fishing Rodeo
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A new 53,000 square foot service station officially opens this morning in Auburn. The new Buc-ee’s will bring more than two-hundred jobs to the community.
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Community members are invited to nominate their favorite tree for the City of Auburn's third annual Outstanding Tree Awards.
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Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee says a kidney issue cut short her college career, but she still has her sights set on the Paris Games next year. Lee already had announced plans to leave college and resume training at the elite level this spring. She missed the end of the season because of what Auburn described as a “non-gymnastics health issue.”
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The third annual Eggcellent Easter Scavenger Hunt begins on Saturday, April 1, and runs through Wednesday, April 5. The hunt will take place at a different City of Auburn park or facility each day.
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The Auburn City Council has reopened applications to fill a vacancy on the East Alabama Mental Health Board. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on April 10.
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It will be an overwhelmingly crimson and white crowd at Thursday’s South Region game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Alabama has the No. 1 overall NCAA Tournament seed, one of the best players in college basketball and likely a couple of games in its own backyard.
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A company that makes charging stations for electric vehicles is announcing plans for its first U.S. facility.
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The rock group Toto won the Grammy for record of the year in 1982 for their hit song Rosanna. That was the same year Alabama Public Radio first went on the air. The APR news team is observing this fortieth anniversary with encore airings of the best of our stories. That includes this one from 2020. It’s college football season. APR student intern Jamie Jefferson examined the economic impact of football on the Tuscaloosa area during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s that story from the APR archives.