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Cleanup efforts are continuing in the Wiregrass town of Geneva, where a confirmed EF-2 tornado touched down on Sunday.The storm with winds of more than 111 mph, tore through the downtown area of Main Street. Nationally, at least thirty deaths have been attributed to the storm.

Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that Southern Roots Nut Co. plans to open a pecan processing facility in Dothan, where the New Mexico-based company will create 120 jobs in Alabama’s Wiregrass region. Southern Roots will invest nearly $16.6 million to outfit an existing building and construct a new facility in Houston County.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Tornado researchers want to know more about how tornadoes form from squall lines in the Wiregrass region of Alabama and Georgia.That…

Cotton and peanut farmers in Alabama's Wiregrass region are hoping for rain to boost their yields.Agronomist Brandon Dillard told The Dothan Eagle that…