| 12/29/08 | GALAXY OF LIGHTS EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 3RD |
| 12/28/08 | 6th Annual Dancin' in the Streets in Fairhope
New Year's Eve Celebration |
| 12/22/08 | GOVERNOR'S MANSION TOURS DRAW 4,000 |
| 12/22/08 | TOP 10 EVENTS FOR 2009 FOCUS ON YEAR OF ALABAMA HISTORY
Alabama Tourism Department Releases List |
| 12/18/08 | WHAT'S NEW IN ALABAMA
Tourism Venues Continue to Expand Across State |
| 12/05/08 | Historic Victorian Front Porch Christmas Goes Digital |
| 12/05/08 | Step-Daughter of Hank Williams to Unveil Historic Marker in Andalusia |
| 12/02/08 | "YEAR OF ALABAMA HISTORY" BOOK SHOWCASES STATE'S COLORFUL HERITAGE |
| 11/17/08 | Seeing the state's soul in a journey through Alabama's heart
Anniston Star article on Alabama's Scenic River Trail |
| 11/17/08 | CELEBRATE IN DECEMBER WITH 10 HOLIDAY EVENTS ACROSS ALABAMA |
| 11/11/08 | HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FROM SWEET HOME ALABAMA |
| 11/06/08 | Alabama Tourism Wins 3 National Awards for Year of Arts Campaign
Governor Bob Riley announced Wednesday that the Alabama Tourism Department has won the Travel Industry Association’s highest honor |
| 10/27/08 | ALABAMA'S HOLIDAY LIGHT FESTIVALS |
| 10/26/08 | Decatur-Morgan County CVB Launches New Walking Trail in Historic Districts |
| 10/24/08 | HANK WILLIAMS LOST RECORDINGS COME TO LIFE AFTER
CDs Available at Hank Williams Museum |
| 10/21/08 | ALABAMA’S FIRST LADY UNVEILS COOKBOOK
When the Dinner Bell Rings at the Governor’s Mansion |
| 10/21/08 | FIRST KAYAKER TO PADDLE SCENIC RIVER TRAIL NEARING END |
| 10/20/08 | Fairhope’s Lighting of the Trees
An Enchanting Evening Captured on Canvas |
| 10/17/08 | Economic Recovery Spa Treatments TO BE Offered by Alabama Resorts |
| 10/17/08 | Opelika and Prattville Sites Rank #1 and #2; Mobile in the Top 50
Golf World Raves About Alabama’s RTJ Golf Courses: |
| 10/17/08 | Governor’s Mansion Open for Fall Home and Garden Tours
1-4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25 |
| 10/15/08 | KAYAKER PADDLING AT RECORD PACE ALONG 631- MILE ALABAMA SCENIC RIVER TRAIL
GPS Allows Tracking of Progress |
| 10/15/08 | Sloss Furnaces Ghost Adventures Premiere and Canned Food Drive
November 14th |
| 10/13/08 | American Indian History Month Festival |
| 10/10/08 | State tourism website features Fall Color Map |
| 10/07/08 | “Year of Alabama History” Brochure Released
Discover the History of Sweet Home Alabama |
| 10/06/08 | Birmingham Musical Alliance presents “Bama Mix”
Electronic Mixed-Media with Classical Chamber Music |
| 10/01/08 | Alabama’s Haunted History
Events To Boost Your Halloween Spirit this October |
| 09/22/08 | Going Green In Alabama
LuLu’s in Gulf Shores Goes Green |
| 09/22/08 | SOUTHEAST TOURISM SOCIETY PRESENTS NORTH ALABAMA WITH |
| 09/22/08 | Monroe County Hosts Guided Paddle Along Alabama Scenic River Trail |
| 09/20/08 | “Hooked on the Alabama” Exhibit Now Showing at 5 Rivers |
| 09/18/08 | Grand Opening of Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site October 10, 2008 |
| 09/09/08 | 50 Free Things To Do In Alabama This Fall |
| 09/08/08 | Grand Opening of the Johnson Center for the Arts |
| 09/01/08 | BayFest Announces Superstar Act |
| 08/29/08 | Trail of Tears Media Advisory |
| 08/28/08 | Governor Riley Continues Hurricane Preparations
Governor Bob Riley today continued to prepare Alabama for the possible onslaught of Hurricane Gustav. |
| 08/28/08 | HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS PEPS FEATURING GOV RILEY AND SPOTS SPECIFIC TO MOBILE BAY SHOULD BE USED NOW!
As Gustov threatens the Gulf of Mexico and ultimately, the state of Alabama, |
| 08/07/08 | 2008 Alabama Tourism Award Winners |
| 08/06/08 | BayFest Music Festival
Music lovers from around the world buy tickets for BayFest |
| 08/06/08 | “Moanin’” Michelle Malone Performs at Burritt Museum |
| 08/05/08 | Andy Warhol Exhibit Coming to Johnson Center for the Arts |
| 08/04/08 | The Ninth Annual “Muster on the Tallapoosa”
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
| 07/29/08 | 2008 Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Awards Banquet |
| 07/25/08 | NEW CAMPSITE OPENS ALONG ALABAMA SCENIC RIVER TRAIL |
| 07/24/08 | Alabama Music Hall of Fame Celebrates Oak Ridge Boy With Rare Art Exhibit |
| 07/17/08 | CELEBRATE LABOR DAY AND YEAR OF HISTORY IN SWEET HOME ALABAMA
Top 10 Labor Day Weekend Events |
| 07/16/08 | Award-Winning ‘Trail of Tears’ Movie Set for Alabama Premiere |
| 07/14/08 | Alabama's Biggest Loser in Montgomery To Help Kids
Log A Load “Kayaking for Kids” |
| 07/01/08 | Alabama Scenic River Trail Receives National Recognition |
| 07/01/08 | EXPERIENCE ALABAMA FOR FREE
Top 50 Free Things to Do This Summer |
| 06/30/08 | U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT NAMES AUBURN AS ONE OF THE “TEN GREAT RETIREMENT SPOTS FOR GOLF NUTS” |
| 06/30/08 | Alabama and the Great War: A Symposium on World War I
November 11, 2008, will mark the 90th anniversary of the armistice that ended the world’s first truly industrialized war. |
| 06/25/08 | “ Bonus” ARCHITREATS: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
One of America’s favorite newspaper columnists, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, will return to her Montgomery roots |
| 06/13/08 | Top 10 Fourth of July Celebrations in Sweet Home Alabama |
| 06/04/08 | Join the Alabama Department of Archives and History on June 19 to celebrate beloved storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham’s
ARCHITREATS: Food for Thought Presentation: “Alabama, One Big Front Porch” |
| 06/03/08 | SCENIC RIVER TRAIL GRAND OPENING
Trail Receives National Media Attention |
| 05/28/08 | Andy Warhol Exhibit at Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center
Troy’s Holman and Ethel Johnson Center for the Arts will be the venue for an Andy Warhol print exhibit – marking |
| 05/23/08 | Saturday Walking Tours
Local residents and tourists are invited to take part in the June Saturday Walking Tours being offered in more than 30 cities across the state. |
| 05/15/08 | Alabama’s Gulf Coast 3rd in Top Ten U.S. Destinations For Overall Golf Value
Championship caliber golf courses of the Alabama Gulf Coast recently ranked third in the “Overall Value for the Money” list |
| 05/15/08 | ALABAMA SCENIC RIVER TRAIL BROCHURE TO BE UNVEILED
Publication Provides Information on New 631-Mile River Trail |
| 05/12/08 | 2009, Year of Alabama History Itinerary
Alabama is a great destination where your student groups can explore history and tradition. |
| 05/08/08 | WEST END BUSINESSES GOOD FOR DAUPHIN ISLAND
Despite a serious slam by Hurricane Katrina three years ago, businesses on the west end of Dauphin Island survived the blow |
| 05/05/08 | GOVERNOR UNVEILS “YEAR OF ALABAMA SPORTS” BROCHURE
Publication Showcases Sports Destinations, Events and Attractions in Alabama |
| 05/01/08 | ARCHITREATS: FOOD FOR THOUGHT PRESENTATION
ARCHITREATS: FOOD FOR THOUGHT PRESENTATION |
| 05/01/08 | The Private Records Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
What do the Raphael Semmes’ log book from the CSS Alabama, the final letter written by a World War I soldier to his mother before his death, and Inez |
| 04/24/08 | Alabama Tourism and Travel has $9.3 Billion Economic Impact |
| 04/21/08 | Memorial Day Weekend: Alabama’s Top 5 Events |
| 04/16/08 | Chuck’s Marina Sixth Annual Lil’ Calypso Art Fest
Shhhh! Do you hear it? It is the lap of the water against the piers at Lake Martin. |
| 04/16/08 | Keep The Shoals Beautiful Receives Scott’s Grant for planting project
Keep The Shoals Beautiful (KTSB) will partner with the City of Florence for a new planting |
| 03/27/08 | Governor’s Mansion Open for Spring Garden Tour
The Governor’s Mansion and grounds will be open to the public from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 |
| 03/20/08 | Living Legends of Negro Leagues Baseball honored with Governor's Proclamation
Some 18 members of the Living Legends of Negro Leagues Baseball from Alabama were honored today as sports ambassadors with a special proclamation... |
| 03/13/08 | Southern Smoke Tour to Stop in Mobile
The Mobile Civic Center is pleased to announce that the Southern Smoke Tour will be stopping in Mobile on Saturday, May 3. |
| 03/07/08 | Year of Alabama Sports Commercials, Sweepstakes to Air on Raycom Sports and Fox Sports Net
Sports commercials touting some of Alabama’s many sports experiences and venues will air March 13-15 during the SEC Basketball Tournament... |
| 03/07/08 | Sweepstakes Celebrates Year of Alabama Sports |
| 03/03/08 | Top Ten Tourism Attraction Lists
RTJ Golf Trail is Alabama’s Number One Tourism Attraction |
| 02/21/08 | Bellingrath Gardens and Home Spring Events
Bellingrath Gardens & Home Easter Egg Hunt |
| 02/20/08 | Guide Published to Promote Tourism in the Black Belt
Governor Bob Riley today released a 42-page visitors’ guide focused on the Black Belt’s many historic, cultural and scenic destinations. |
| 02/15/08 | Bellingrath’s Winter Wednesday – Celebrate Arbor Day!
Winter is never bleak at Bellingrath Gardens and Home! Designed |
| 02/12/08 | USOC and U.S. Sports Academy Announce IOC Sport and Singing Contest
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) in conjunction with the United States Sport Academy |
| 02/06/08 | Alabama Community Scholars Institute
The Alabama Community Scholars Institute (ACSI) is a training program for people who want to research, document and present |
| 02/06/08 | Celebrate Black History Month at Vulcan Park
celebration of Black History Month, Vulcan Park and Museum will present Collective Perspectives 2008, |
| 01/29/08 | Governor Riley Announces 2008 as Year of Alabama Sports |
| 01/17/08 | New Guides Promote Year of Alabama Sports
The publications list 1,143 attractions, 1,697 events and 1,122 accommodations in Alabama |
| 01/09/08 | Alabama Scenic River Trail Under Development
Plans will be unveiled June 6 |
| 01/03/08 | Alabama Tourism Department names Top 10 Events for 2008 |
| 01/02/08 | 2008, The Year of Alabama Sports Itinerary
Whether your interest is sports history, football, softball/baseball, tennis, running, youth |
