The night air was a bit chilly as families began to gather on Howze Field for the holiday tradition of lighting the Fort Rucker Christmas tree on Thursday, Dec. 5. Each year the event provides an outdoor holiday experience where soldiers, families and the local community can join together to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season.

The Fort Rucker Directorate of Public Safety ran a drill and a tabletop exercise Nov. 12 and 13 respectively to hone its and the community's skills in responding to an active-shooter incident.

Some within the Fort Rucker community are apparently confused as to who can park in handicapped parking spaces and who can't.

Fort Rucker's 6th Military Police Detachment is the best military police detachment in the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command for fiscal year 2019.

Corvias Foundation, a private charity founded by John Picerne to support educational opportunities for military families, recently launched its 2020 scholarship applications available to military spouses and children of active-duty service members.

In the October general membership meeting, AUSA chapter president Col. (ret) Mark Jones, left, and AUSA Executive Secretary Tanya Hatley, righ…

Maj. Gen. David J. Francis, Commanding General of the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, was the keynote speaker at the Veterans Day program held on post on Friday, Nov. 8. Francis spoke about the importance of remembering and taking care of our veterans.

On Friday, Nov. 8 a monument dedication was held for a newly installed Warrant Officer monument in Veteran’s Park on post at Fort Rucker.

Fort Rucker hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Aviation Training Support Facility on Thursday, Nov. 7, near the U.S. Army Aviation Museum.

Enterprise resident Dr. Jack Anderson spoke at the AUSA October general membership meeting on Oct. 23.

If there are people living with the horror of domestic abuse within the Fort Rucker community, it doesn't have to be that way, according the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker Commanding General Maj. Gen. David J. Francis.

First Lt. William B. Pickel, 30, has been identified as the soldier who died during training on Sunday, Sept. 1 after being medically evacuated to Southeast Health Medical Center, according to a press release from Fort Rucker Public Affairs Officer David Agan.

Fort Rucker has opened an investigation into the death of a soldier, according to a press release from Fort Rucker Public Affairs Officer David Agan.

When Dale County voters go to the election polls Tuesday, Nov. 6, they will vote on two local referendums.

Whether to enact a tag tax to benefit emergency medical services and whether to allow the Sunday sale of alcohol are among the local issues to be decided by Dale County voters.

Governor Kay Ivey issued a State of Emergency effective 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, for several Alabama counties in preparation for Tropical Storm Gordon.

The counties included are Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington.

Libby Harper from the Center for Vein Restoration in Dothan was the speaker at a recent dinner meeting of the Fort Rucker Chapter of the Milit…

Fort Rucker is now open and normal operations will commence today, April 23.

Forty-five is the number of days that a Dale County Circuit Judge has allowed the parties involved in a civil suit about school tax distribution to come to an agreement.

John Holladay was the keynote speaker at a recent dinner meeting of the Fort Rucker Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America.

The city of Enterprise joins the Enterprise Veterans Parade Committee in inviting everyone to honor “Heroes Past and Present” as Veterans Day approaches.

On Monday, Sept. 25, L3 Technologies/Armed Fleet Support announced it filed a protest related to a maintenance contract with Fort Rucker, according to a press release on the company's website.

“A way to honor those whose service, sacrifice and patriotism took on a new meaning, under the most difficult of circumstances,” is how Col. Tom O’Connor described the purpose of the ceremony. “A way to honor those whose strength, courage and faith were tested under the harshest of conditions and those who never gave up.”

The public is invited to attend an open house at the Vivian B. Adams School in Ozark Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. VBAS board members, staff and Friends of VBAS will be available to give tours.

The westbound lanes of US 84 at the 196-mile marker—Holland Road—in Houston County are closed due to a structure fire, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Trooper Kevin Cook.

Anyone showing a Florida identification card is invited to attend the Dale County Schools’ football games Friday, Sept. 8, for free.

Fifteen percent—4,702—of the 31,137 registered voters in Dale County went to the polls or voted absentee ballots in the special primary election for United States Senator held Aug.15.

Head injuries and what to do about them is part of what will be discussed at a free seminar July 28 and the public is invited.

What to do about a voting place on Fort Rucker for the Aug. 15 special called election for U.S. Senate was discussed at the Dale County Commission meeting July 11.

On Monday, June 19, Fort Rucker was recognized as the recipient of the Army Community of Excellence Silver Award.