Modern Training Complex Unveiled at Fort McClellan
De Armanville, AL · September 22, 2026
Morning fog is hanging low across the valley ridge this Tuesday, but council chambers and neighborhood community centers are humming early. Grab your mug and let's walk through what is moving around our corner of the county today.
The Lead
A major piece of regional history turned a new corner this week with the formal unveiling of the Advanced Responder Training Complex at Fort McClellan. Built through a $22 million project overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the modern 43,000-square-foot facility replaces the former military post's aging in-processing center.
Operated under the Center for Domestic Preparedness in coordination with the Anniston Army Depot, the complex equips emergency personnel, toxic-substance handlers, and healthcare teams from across the country with advanced tactical simulation spaces and modernized in-processing halls. For Calhoun County, the expansion cements a federal training footprint that draws thousands of visiting personnel and vital economic activity into neighboring shops and hotels each year. Instructors begin welcoming their first full class rotations into the complex later this fall.
Local Pulse
Oxford Council Convenes for Bi-Weekly Session City Hall Leaders meet at City Hall tonight to review municipal surplus property and finalize upcoming fiscal year capital purchases.
Anniston Stages Crews for Autumn Resurfacing Roads Public works teams begin staging equipment this week to prepare priority residential streets for upcoming neighborhood asphalt resurfacing.
Today's Outlook
- High 90°F · Low 68°F — Overcast
- Heavy cloud cover will keep the ninety-degree afternoon feeling dense and humid outside.
What's On Around Town
Today
Little Explorers A to Z Anniston Museum of Natural History (800 Museum Dr), Anniston, 11:00 AM Hands-on nature discovery and animal encounters for curious young learners.
Carver Center Free Play Carver Community Center (720 W 14th St), Anniston, 5:00–7:00 PM · Free Open gymnasium floor time for neighborhood youth to shoot hoops safely.
Oxford City Council Meeting Oxford City Hall (145 Hamric Dr E), Oxford, 6:30 PM · Free Public session following the six o'clock work session in the council chambers.
Tomorrow
- Youth Gymnastics Class Carver Community Center (720 W 14th St), Anniston, 3:30–6:30 PM
- Wheelin From Wigs Group Ride Wig’s Wheels (1229 Noble St), Anniston, 5:30 PM · Free
Thursday
- Steppin’ Out Dance Fitness Norwood Hodges Community Center (3125 Spring Valley Rd), Anniston, 5:30–6:15 PM
- Lonestar in Concert Oxford Performing Arts Center (100 Choccolocco St), Oxford, 7:00 PM · Paid
Spotlight & Story
- The Chinnabee Silent Trail
- Winding six miles past Cheaha Falls, this rugged backcountry path was carved in 1977 by deaf students from Talladega’s Alabama School for the Deaf. Working with hand tools alongside the Youth Conservation Corps, they built stone staircases without hearing the rushing rapids below.
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