Alabama Living

WEC’s Christmas card contest accepting entries Wiregrass Electric Cooperative invites local children to get creative with their holiday spirit for a chance to have their artwork on the cooperative’s 2026 Christmas card.

Healthy outlook I don’t mean physically—although we do love the communities we serve here in Southeast Alabama. I’m speaking financially. Many of our members may have already received their bill credits from this year’s retirement of capital credits.

WEC’s Dixon recognized among local young professionals Leading Wiregrass Electric Cooperative’s accounting team, Vice President of Finance and Accounting Misti Dixon spends her days ensuring the cooperative’s financial resources are used wisely and honestly. It’s a role full of crucial responsibilities.

Scholarship becomes the legacy of daughter and mother April Kirkland was 16 years old when she died from injuries sustained in a car accident in May 1997.

Local chocolatier finds her niche with Belle Oak Chocolates Haley Egbert grew up making candies. Every year at Christmas, her mother and grandmother made sweet confections like divinity, toffee, fudge and caramels for friends and neighbors.

For 87 years, Wiregrass Electric Cooperative has focused on members receiving the quality electrical services they deserve.

Beat the heat with practical changes Summer in the South is hot, but the period heading into August is typically hotter than any other time of the year.

Couple who overcame their own demons now help others Freed from their own addictions, Dustin and Connie Roney created a ministry to help others who face similar battles.

After years of collecting art, Caleigh Parsons finds her own artistic voice Caleigh Parsons likens her art to her own life — layers of texture, chaotic, unpredictable and colorful.

Honey and wine There’s an old agricultural proverb: “When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.” The European proverb refers to the blooming of flowers to feed honeybees and the harvest of grapes to make wine. In other words, nourishing rains in August lead to a good harvest — honey and wine.

August and September are the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season, when storms are historically stronger.

The Rural Electrification Act transformed rural America

Happy retirement, my friend. One person’s impact may not always be known to everyone who benefits from it.

Wiregrass Innovation Center opens in downtown Dothan

Wiregrass Electric Cooperative’s annual meeting is set for Friday, Oct. 16, and members should expect to see packets arrive in the mail during September.