DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — 3M will pay $98.4 million to settle lawsuits over contamination from its chemical plant along the Tennessee River in north Alabama under a new settlement. The agreement announced Tuesday was reached through court-ordered mediation with local government agencies, 3M and other companies. It would fund both past and future cleanup work and pay for efforts to…
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) – A kayaker paddling the Tennessee River in north Alabama found a body in the water. The remains of a white male who appeared to have been in the river a couple of days were located near a landing located north of the unincorporated community of Valhermoso Springs. Morgan County Coroner Jeff Chunn says the cause of…
A north Alabama utility is telling people not to drink its tap water because of chemical contamination. The West Morgan-East Lawrence Water Authority held a news conference Thursday in Decatur about potentially hazardous levels of two chemicals in water from the Tennessee River. The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued an advisory about the chemicals, and authority general manager Don Sims…
