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Moore Than a Soldier

Posted on February 11, 2017 by in Features

Prime Magazine periodically draws content from its archives. Our May, 2010 cover story was Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, depicted by Mel Gibson in the movie “We Were Soldiers.” Moore died Feb. 11, 2017. In the center boxes above are “Meeting the General,” from Prime editor Sandra Polizos, and “No Man Left Behind,” a feature by Tim Lennox, morning mews anchor with AlabamaNewsNet. Both appeared in the May, 2010 issue.

No Man Left Behind

Posted on February 11, 2017 by in Features

First to land, last to leave.

First Lady of the Revolution

Posted on January 23, 2017 by in Features

Prime Magazine has stopped publication, but will continue to draw timely content from its archives. Sunday, Jan. 29, the Capri Theatre in Montgomery will show a documentary on Henrietta MaQuire, a remarkable Alabamian who became 1st Lady of Costa Rica. Read her fascinating story here.

Award-winning Opelika distillery

Posted on November 30, 2016 by in Features

(story and photos by Niko Corley) Family (noun) – “a group of people who are related to each other … including people who lived in the past.” Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary likely didn’t have Opelika, Alabama’s John Emerald Distillery (JED) in mind when crafting its definition of “family.” But the description fits the distillery as closely as […]

Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail

Posted on November 30, 2016 by in Features, Travel

(By Andrea Gross; photos by Irv Green) It’s 8:00 in the morning, and my husband and I have already devoured a huge stack of bourbon-infused flapjacks topped with Jim Beam Black Caramel sauce. This is not my normal style. I’m more of a spinach egg-whites-only omelet type of gal. But today I’m in Bardstown, Kentucky, […]

Alabama’s Christmas holiday legend

Posted on November 30, 2016 by in Features

Was Alabama, as many claim, the first state to make Christmas an official state holiday? Here’s the story behind the story.

9 holiday foods (we probably shouldn’t eat)

Posted on November 30, 2016 by in Features

It can’t be Christmas without these iconic holiday foods. Eggnog The most common way we see eggnog is served out of a sad dairy carton, sickly sweet, too thin to taste rich, yet heavy as sin. But at its best, eggnog is a beverage of beauty: a mixture of sweetened milk or cream and beaten […]

Green Gold: Golf in Alabama

Posted on October 31, 2016 by in Features

Driving golf balls is driving tourists to Alabama, where the greens hold gold.

What happens to debt when you die?

Posted on October 2, 2016 by in Features, MoneyWise

By Jocelyn Baird, NextAdvisor.com Though it isn’t a topic many people like to talk about, we’re all going to die someday, and making preparations for the inevitable can save the people you love a lot of unnecessary grief. Of course, it isn’t always possible to plan for death, but any person with an outstanding loan, […]

My Father’s Alzheimer’s

Posted on October 2, 2016 by in Features, Health

By William McDonald I comb his hair and ask, “Feel like going for a walk?” He smiles, points at his feet. I get his shoes. Slip-Ons these days. Easier for both of us to manage.  It is 20 feet from his front steps to the sidewalk that runs up and down the street where he […]