DEKALB COUNTY, Al. — Citizens across DeKalb County with a desire to make a difference in their local communities now have the opportunity to step forward and run for public office. Qualifying for candidates seeking election to city council or mayoral positions is officially open and will continue through Tuesday, June 24, 2025. This is…
RAINSVILLE, Al. — The City of Rainsville, and most cities and towns in DeKalb Count, Al., will hold a municipal elections on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, to elect a Mayor and five (5) City Council Members. The election for Rainsville will take place at the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum, located at 1504 Main Street East….
Fort Payne, Ala. – In the five years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Fort Payne has invested nearly $70 million into infrastructure, public safety, and quality-of-life projects—transforming city services to better serve residents. From safer streets and resilient utilities to new schools and recreational amenities, these efforts reflect a commitment to smart planning, transparency,…
Fort Payne, Ala. – On Monday, Fort Payne Mayor Brian Baine announced that nationalretailer Marshalls has executed a lease agreement with Drinkard Development to opena store in the DeKalb Plaza Shopping Center. Marshalls is owned by TJX Companies,Inc. which also owns HomeGoods, Homesense, Sierra, TJ Maxx, and Winners stores.“The City of Fort Payne welcomes Marshalls…
ABINGDON, VA (Tuesday, July 25, 2023) – Earlier today, company officials broke ground on the new Food City located at 1015 Gault Ave. S in Fort Payne, AL. The 54,000 square foot retail supermarket is expected to open early next year. This will be the company’s second location in the state of Alabama. “We are…
Fort Payne is going Hollywood as a touch of Tinsel Town will be in Fort Payne to honor Sandra Ellis Lafferty with the reveal of her star in the sidewalk in front of the DeKalb Theatre on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM to honor one of its own star studded residents. The Public…
FORT PAYNE, Al.- The Fort Payne City Council held a Special Called Meeting today, Tuesday, August 30, 2022. The city owns land, which is located on highway 35, next to the former Jefferson’s Restaurant location. The city council voted to declare this property as surplus and no longer needed for city use. Fort Payne mayor,…
The Mayor and City Council are kicking off a Lego drive to help supply the Fort Payne City School’s STEAM ROBOTICS program. Please drop off new basic Lego sets, loose blocks, or similar building sets at City Hall now through November 3rd. Better yet, bring the sets to our next City Council meeting Wednesday November…
Fort Payne’s Independence Day Fireworks Celebration will be July 2th at 9:00 pm. This year the fireworks will be choreographed to music broadcast during the actual shooting of the fireworks on local radio stations. No one will be allowed in the sports complex, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone will have to watch from their…
The Fort Payne City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Business conducted in this meeting: Approved to rebid a skid steer mulching unit. No bids were received in the first round of bidding. (one bid did come in after the deadline) Approved to create an Assistant IT position. Approved a request…
The Fort Payne City Council met in regular session today and conducted the follow business: Approved a $1,000 appropriation to The Fort Payne High School “Best Robotics” team Approved to pay half the cost of new tennis courts at Fort Payne High School, approximately $214,000. This includes refurbishing the current four courts and building four…
The Fort Payne City Council met on Tuesday, September 03, 2019 and did the first reading of Resolution 2019-03. This is an ordinance annexing certain property located off of Roden Drive, in the Fischer Community, and is solely owned by Marlin and Ann Blalock. This property is proposed to be a sub-division. Adopted Resolution 2019-36,…
The City of Fort Payne held its regular council meeting, today August 20, 2019. The council approved Resolution 2019-33, which authorizes city attorney Watson to file validation proceedings with the DeKalb County Circuit Court for the Development Agreement with Valley Joist, LLC. Approved Resolution 2019-34, naming signatories to the City’s bank accounts. It was stated,…
GT Giant™ is an exciting and towering approach to a playground favorite…and it’s only available from GameTime. GT Giant encourages social, cooperative play for users of all generations, and its innovative design allows riders to enjoy both a unique and a shared experience at the same time. It is for ages 5 to 12. The…
The Fort Payne City Council met, in their regular meeting, today and approved three resolutions. The first resolution was 2019 – 28, a resolution in support of the 2019 U.S. Census, the second resolution was 2019 – 29, a resolution to create a City of Fort Payne Complete Count Committee. This committee would be mainly…
The Fort Payne City Council met on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. In the meeting, the council presented the Fort Payne Board of Education with two checks, one for $50,000 and one for $150,000, for a total of $200,000. This money will be used to purchase school supplies, so students and parents do not have to…
The Fort Payne City Council held their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. In the meeting, Mayor Larry Chesser explained that years ago there was a national day set aside that was called “Mayor’s day of Recognition”. This day is to recognize either individuals or groups that are of a great service to their…
FORT PANYE, AL. – The Fort Payne City Council met in regular session Tuesday and recognized Davide Wright, a recent retiree from the Fort Payne Fire Department. The council presented Mr. Wright with a retirement plaque. Council President Brian Baine reported to the council that the police department will not be closing the city jail…
MONTGOMERY — More than 200 Alabama city leaders, county commissioners and others including representatives from DeKalb County joined Gov. Kay Ivey last week as she officially kicked off a year-long effort to ensure Alabama reaches maximum participation in next year’s census. The Alabama Counts event at the state Capitol was conducted one year in advance…
At the Fort Payne City Council meeting, held on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, Mayor Larry Chesser read a proclamation in honor of John Mathieu, Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church, who is retiring. Erin Franklin, with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, recognized the Fort Payne Fire Department for their continued and dedicated support of the MDA. She…
Official press release furnished by Valley Joist + Deck Valley Joist + Deck announces plans to build new, state-of-the-art, joist and deck plant in Fort Payne, Alabama. “We are committed to growing our joist and deck operation in Fort Payne. Building the new plant is an important step in our growth strategy. Through our partnership…
