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Two Auburn City Schools Teachers are finalists for Alabama Teacher of the Year

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Two Auburn City Schools teachers were named finalists for the 2018-2019 Alabama Teacher of the Year Award. According to a press release from the Alabama State Department of Education, Dr. Brittney Duncan from Wrights Mill Elementary School and Dr. Blake Busbin from Auburn High School made the list of 16 finalists. The release says those teachers who made the list, “exemplify teaching at its best.” Auburn City Schools reacted to the news on their Facebook page posting, “CONGRATS: Auburn City Schools is proud to announce that we have not one, but two teachers reach this year's "Sweet 16" in the Alabama Teacher of the Year program!” The 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year will be announced May 9 at a ceremony in Montgomery.


Kay Ivey - New Alabama Governor
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Ivey expands behavioral health services for Alabama youth

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that Alabama has set aside $11 million in its recently passed budgets for the Alabama Department of Mental Health to expand behavioral health services for Medicaid-eligible children and youth.


Marshall presents award to Opelika Middle School
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Opelika Middle School wins award for safety

OPELIKA, Ala. (EETV)- Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall Tuesday presented Opelika Middle School for the second year in a row with the Attorney General’s Safe School Initiative Award of Excellence for Alabama State Board of Education District 2.


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Downtown height approved to 75 feet, design now issue at hand

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - The Auburn City Council approved the downtown height proposal from 65 to 75 feet at Tuesday’s meeting. The meeting was attended by a host of the Auburn community representing a diversified people. Mayor Bill Ham opened the meeting by addressing the proposed height increase in downtown Auburn and offered a new angle to the 75 feet proposal saying maybe height is not the biggest issue, but design.


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Web Extra: Sen. Gerald Dial

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Longtime Alabama Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, stops by to discuss his run for the Republican nomination to be Alabama's next Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.


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LEATH: Auburn to add 500 faculty, boost housing and dining

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Auburn University President Dr. Steven Leath announced drastic new plans to hire an additional 500 faculty members along with major campus housing expansions during his installation speech Thursday. Leath, who is Auburn’s 19th president, focused much of his speech on his vision for making Auburn University into a “world-class academic, research, and service university.” See the full speech, here. The vision included helping to turn Auburn into, as Leath described, a “top-tier” research-heavy institution. One way Leath plans to accomplish that goal is by hiring roughy 500 new tenure-track faculty members who would be scholarship and research focused.