Altoona News

Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 8:20 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 8:20 p.m. Etowah County's annual cleanup campaign has started, although the Etowah County Commission hopes cleaning up county roads will be an ongoing effort.

Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 8:21 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 8:21 p.m. All three of the county's ambulance services will be participating in the city of Attalla's new policy of rotating emergency calls between ambulance services.

Early morning storms Thursday caused some minor storm damage in Etowah County. A strong thunderstorm hit Etowah County on the morning of March 26, 2009.

Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. Gadsden Pilot Club is sponsoring the following day trips: March 28, Chattanooga, dinner and mystery theater, register by Monday; May 2, Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville, Tenn., 'Smoke on the Mountain,' register by April 14.

A sheriff's deputy and a reserve deputy were injured during an altercation with a suspect.

Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 9, 2009 at 9:33 p.m. A few roads remain closed after flooding this week in Etowah County.

Flood waters washed out a water supply line to a community in Etowah county. It happened on Vaughn Road near Mayo Road in the Altoona community.

The Christmas holidays have prompted several businesses and agencies to change their schedules this week.