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🌱 Why Mentone is Alabama’s most surprising mountaintop escape.
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- Why Mentone is Alabama’s most surprising mountaintop escape.
Today's riddle: Why should you never iron a 4-leaf colver? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 65.
- Friday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• The Tiny Mountain Town That's Alabama's Best-Kept Secret (5reasonstovisit.com) — Mentone is spotlighted as a tiny mountaintop town in northeast Alabama, packed with waterfalls, canyon views, and an artsy downtown of galleries and cafés. The piece highlights nearby DeSoto Falls, Little River Canyon, DeSoto State Park, Cloudmont ski area, and historic chapels and lodges, positioning Mentone as a cool-climate escape and one of Alabama’s most surprising destinations. 
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Cub Haunted at Camp Comer →
Camp Comer Scout Reservation, 16490 Co Rd 89, Mentone
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Run the Canyon: Run With a Ranger
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Little River Canyon Preserve, 4322 Little River Trail #100, Fort Payne
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Northeast Alabama Community College Entrepreneurial Center, 246 McCurdy Avenue North, Rainsville
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🗞 Nearby News
Fort Payne
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Cedar Bluff
- County Commission Passes Budget with Employee Pay Raise - WEIS (weisradio.com)
- Summerville Man Arrested Following Suspicious Activity At Broomtown House Fire (coosavalleynews.com)
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