The Black Belt region of Alabama was originally named for its dark ... and a general lack of wastewater infrastructure. Due to clay soil conditions in much of the area, traditional onsite wastewater ...

The Alabama Department of Public Health says it will not resume issuing fines and citations to Lowndes County residents for inadequate sanitation.

Alabama's Black Belt has thick, clay-laden soil that often renders traditional septic systems inoperable because water cannot easily seep below the surface. The area is also too rural for larger ...

Lowndes is one of more than a dozen counties in Alabama’s Black Belt, named for the dense, dark clay soil in the area that is good for agriculture. But that same soil makes it difficult for ...

The funding includes about $110,000 to organizations focused on the arts and about $240,000 to community-based programs.

People who aren’t from Alabama often don’t realize ... remnants of once-vast prairies, red clay, the rich soil of the Black ...