Hometown Pharmacy

01/26/2026

Hometown Pharmacy will be open 10am-4pm today, January 26th. We will post updates here on Facebook as well as in our phone messages. Stay home if you can, but be safe if you have to get out!

12/04/2025

UPDATE: The Christmas Parade will now be held this Sunday, December 7 at 6PM.

‼️ ATTENTION: The Athens-Limestone County Christmas Parade– NEW DATE SUNDAY DECEMBER 7 has officially been POSTPONED due to impending inclement weather!

A new date will be announced as soon as possible. We will keep updating our page as soon as we have more information.

City of Athens, Alabama
Athens Main Street
Limestone County, Ala. - Commission

11/26/2025

Hometown Pharmacy will be closed on Thursday, November 27th for Thanksgiving. We will be open on Friday from 9:00am-4:00pm. We hope you all have a happy time with family and friends!

11/19/2025

From the Sanitation Dept.:

Leaf pickup is underway. There is not a set schedule.

A crew will work from the west to the east side and repeat the process during the season as staffing allows.

Leaves combined with debris or limbs will not be picked up.

Please do not place leaves in the street or in drainage ditches, and please do not block drainage inlets or culverts.

07/29/2025

Hometown Pharmacy is partnering with NimbleRx to improve our messaging abilities! Patients will now receive an automatic text when prescriptions are ready, with the option to reply to us directly through a secure channel. We look forward to better serving you!

07/03/2025

05/22/2025

Hometown Pharmacy will be closed on Monday, May 26th in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen on Tuesday at 9:00am.

03/20/2025

UPDATE: the bill passed the Senate with a unanimous vote! It will next be introduced in the House once they return from their spring break. Don't let up! Talk to your representatives and let Governor Ivey know how important this issue is!

https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/ALRXCHANGE/Petitions/5765/Respond?vvsn=BaYeCBJTBEFaBAiXQbf7BAA

Today, SB252 will be introduced in the Alabama Senate. This is a bipartisan bill that will preserve YOUR access to the pharmacy of your choice. RSA has sent out mass texts urging PEEHIP beneficiaries to oppose this legislation, but as teachers, you need to ask them to SHOW THEIR WORK. Other states who have enacted similar legislation have SAVED $50 million dollars in the first year alone without compromising health care access. Why would it be any different in Alabama? Contact your legislator TODAY and let them know you want to KEEP YOUR PHARMACY!

03/06/2025

TEACHERS: We need you to tell RSA to IGNORE the lies being fed to them by Express Scripts and SUPPORT PBM reform in our state! If we can get this legislation passed, it not only means we as pharmacies get to continue caring for you and your families, but it also will SAVE Alabama money to benefit Alabamians (instead of lining the pockets of a company based in another state). Ask your TRUSTED pharmacist and we will be happy to share the truth with you!

02/25/2025

CALL TO ACTION:

If you've been with us for a while, you have likely heard us bemoan the ways PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) get in the way of us caring for you. Most recently at the end of 2024, we had to make the difficult choice to drop two popular groups of Medicare plans because of unfair reimbursement practices. You wouldn't ask your plumber or electrician or auto mechanic to install $500 worth of equipment for $450 without paying for their labor; yet that's what happens daily at Hometown and in pharmacies all over the country.

If we delivered the exact amount of service we were paid for by PBMs, you would have to interpret your own doctor's orders, find and count your own medicine, bring your own container to put it in, and perform your own research regarding drug interactions and side effects. Yet we continue to provide all of this unpaid labor because we care about your well -being. For years we have tried to do more with less as reimbursements race to the bottom of the barrel, but all pharmacies are reaching a breaking point. Have you noticed that your wait time at chain pharmacies has skyrocketed? Blame reduced staffing due to reimbursements. Is your pharmacy unable to stock your brand name diabetes or heart medicine? Blame below-cost reimbursements.

Alabama is losing about one pharmacy per week to these predatory practices. This legislative session, we have a chance to stop the hemorrhaging and protect YOUR access to high quality care. Contact the members of the AL Senate in the image below and let them know to SUPPORT SB99!

02/19/2025

Hometown Pharmacy will be closing at 4pm to allow our staff to get home before dark.

01/11/2025

We will be open today from 10-1 for anyone who needs us! Be cautious and keep an eye out for icy roads!