UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA

Federal Grant to Help Develop Workers in West Alabama

LIVINGSTON, Ala. (AP) – A $2.5 million federal grant will help develop new workers with a goal of expanding economic development in rural west Alabama. The money is going to the University of West Alabama for work in a 10-county region. The area includes some of the state’s poorest counties, and officials sometimes cite the lack of qualified workers as…