Doug Jones talks to voters in town hall in the Capital City
Action 8 News is covering Campaign 26, and as we get closer to the November midterms, the governor’s race in Alabama is heating up.
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Whitfield Regional Hospital hosts summer job shadowing program
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis has expanded its job shadowing program for college students to include the summer. The inaugural Summer Shadowing program was held at the hospital this week. Students from the University of Alabama got to shadow healthcare professionals at the hospital — while also learning about — and living in the Demopolis…
Pentecostal Life Church holds 3rd Annual “Community Care Fair” in Montgomery
Dozens of people showed up to learn about resources in the River Region which included financial planning, insurance benefits, and more.
Leaders discuss “State of Health” at event in Montgomery
The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce has hosted a “State of Health” event to discuss the status of healthcare in our area.
No cost healthcare option now available in Wilcox Co. community
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A new no cost healthcare option is available for people — who live in rural areas of the state with limited access to healthcare. An OnMed CareStation — is like a medical clinic in a box. And there’s now one up and running — at the Tracey Shaw Community Center in the Catherine community of…
Demopolis reacts to healthcare high school legislative approval
From the West Alabama Newsroom– State lawmakers approved one of Governor Kay Ivey’s top priorities last week. And now the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences — is on the way to Demopolis. The governor proposed the idea for the school last year. Whitfield Regional Hospital will teach — train — and provide experience — for students who attend the Alabama…
Demopolis hospital training some of the country’s future doctors
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A shadowing program at Whitfield Regional Medical Center in Demopolis — is using small-town rural healthcare — to train some of the country’s future doctors. The Whit Shadowing Program provides University of Alabama pre-med students — with an up close look at healthcare — in an hospital environment small enough to see how a complicated…
Governor pushes legislature for healthcare high school in Demopolis
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Governor Kay Ivey calls on lawmakers to approve funding for the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences in Demopolis. Ivey told legislators that the healthcare high school project was one of her top priorities. And she urged lawmakers to make it a reality. She also announced that the results of the feasibility study the legislature requested…
Bloomberg pledges $26 million gift to Demopolis healthcare school
From West Alabama Newsroom– A multi-million dollar gift — may have brought the new healthcare high school proposed by Governor Kay Ivey — a step closer to becoming reality. “The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Foundation has received a pledge of $26.4 million dollars from Bloomberg Philanthropy,” said Rob Pearson, founding chair of the ASHS Foundation. “You know Alabama has…
Demopolis Proposed as Site for New Healthcare School
Gov. Kay Ivey proposed establishing the healthcare high school in Demopolis during her State of the State Address.
