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Jasper, Alabama is located in Walker County. Zip codes in Jasper, AL include 35504, 35501, and 35502. The median home price in Jasper is $143,000. More Jasper information.

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Saturday Jun 15 | Daily Mountain Eagle

Additions made to contracts for new school

During a Jasper City Council work session Friday morning, city attorney Russ Robertson announced changes the city had made to contracts related to the new Walker High School project.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Work starts on Full Moon BBQ

Land grading has begun at the future location of Full Moon BBQ in Jasper. The store's owner said it should open by mid-October.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Opening more doors

Gov. Robert Bentley signs into law a bill that will allow physician-nurse teams to more efficiently provide care for the state's patients and create more jobs in Alabama's growing health care industry.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Jasper charity drop box thefts up

JASPER, Ala. - Thieves are targeting donation drop boxes leaving these charitable organizations with less to help those who need it most.

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Musical theatre: 101

Bevill State Community College is hosting a summer theatre camp on its Jasper campus.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Thefts from donation boxes on the rise

Several area businesses whose purpose is to help the less fortunate are being targeted by thieves.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Bentley signs Medicaid reform bill

Gov. Robert Bentley signs Senate Bill 340 in Montgomery. Also in attendance were, from left, Rep. Jim McClendon; Mike Horsley, president of Alabama Hospital Association; Dr. Don Williamson, State Health Officer; Sen. Greg Reed and Stephanie Azar, acting Medicaid commissioner.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Walker band gives to Hope for Women

Members of the Walker High School Band are learning lessons about giving back. After each of the group's Christmas and spring concerts, the band donates funds to an area charity.

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Sun Jun 02, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Army of Ants' Dash raises funds for ailing JPD - Sofficer

More than 100 people turned out to participate in the inaugural 'Army of Ants' Dash in support of Jasper Police Officer Anthony Hammond, who is currently battling a rare form of blood cancer.

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Sat Jun 01, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

WBMC earns an - A' in patient safety

Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper was awarded an 'A' rating from The Leapfrog Group, and independent national nonprofit run by employers and purchasers of health benefits, for the hospital's patient safety record.

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Fri May 31, 2013

WIAT-TV Birmingham

1,500 Bibles for inner city kids in Birmingham

The distribution is a part of the revenue sharing plan established for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, which is set to end August 31, 2013.

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Thu May 30, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Exercise tests participating agencies' ability to respond to hazardous incidents

Members of several law enforcement agencies, Emergency Management Agencies, local fire departments, emergency medical personnel and volunteer actors participated in the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program held Wednesday in downtown Jasper.

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Tue May 28, 2013

The Fairfield Ledger

Lester Wayne Mayer

Lester Wayne Mayer, 86, of Haleyville, Ala., died Friday, May 24, 2013, at Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper, Ala.

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Daily Mountain Eagle

Sgt. Roger Smith of Jasper is a Vietnam War veteran. - " Photo by: Jennifer Cohron.

By JENNIFER COHRON Daily Mountain Eagle The world knew Major Gen. George Smith Patton best as the son of the famous World War II commander of the same name.

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WLOX-TV Biloxi

Sentencing phase continues in Hutto murder case

The jurors who convicted James Hutto of capital murder over the weekend are now charged with deciding whether he should be sentenced to death.

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Sun May 26, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Simmons making her mark in Washington

A middle school trip to Washington, D.C. in 1993 started a dream to work in politics for one Jasper student.

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Sat May 25, 2013

Alabama Live

Jasper man convicted of capital murder in Mississippi, still faces Alabama murder charge...

A jury today convicted a Jasper, Ala., man of capital murder in the 2010 death of an 81-year-old Mississippi woman, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger has reported.

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Daily Mountain Eagle

Drug abuse report released

A report released Friday shows work done by the Alabama Legislature has had a major impact on reducing methamphetamine production in the state.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Daily Mountain Eagle

Fibro Walk in the Park set for Saturday

The second annual Fibromyalgia Walk in the Park is scheduled for Saturday at Gamble Park in Jasper.

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Daily Mountain Eagle

Jasper hosting regional disaster drill

A regional disaster training drill is scheduled for Wednesday in Jasper. Jasper Police Chief Connie Cooner Rowe said the Alabama Department of Homeland Security is sponsoring a simulated disaster experience Wednesday in an effort to have first reponders as prepared as possible should an actual disaster take place.

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