Government officials gathered in Northport on Friday to celebrate the grand opening of the city's new Visitors Center and Heritage Museum near its historic downtown district.
The Northport community and fascinated onlookers around the region got their longest look to date at updated plans for University Beach - the notorious $350 million lagoon resort the city council rushed to approve last year.
The Northport City Council begrudgingly voted on Monday to give an extra $100,000 to the Tuscaloosa Public Library after its board voted last month to cut some online services to citizens there.
The Tuscaloosa Public Library is reducing the virtual offerings available to residents of Northport over a disparity in funding from local governments, its leaders announced Thursday.
The Tuscaloosa City Council joined other prominent voices calling on Governor Kay Ivey to purchase the Black Warrior Parkway Toll Bridge and eliminate the fees required to traverse it.
The Northport City Council voted unanimously Monday to enter into contracts awarding over $17 million to companies for the last major construction projects at their signature sports complex, River Run Park.
Northport's newest city councilman got a heaping helping of the city's politics Wednesday at a town hall meeting spent almost exclusively discussing the infamous $350 million University Beach resort project championed by his predecessor.
Elected officials in Northport hired an Indiana firm to develop a 100-room hotel and a 100,000 square-foot indoor sports facility on the bank of the Black Warrior River Monday.