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Pine Barren Watershed project would help ease downtown flooding The northern side of Pine Barren Creek bridge on Greenland Road By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A plan to use federal money to alleviate much of the flooding that plagues downtown Atmore, a plan that was first approved nearly 20 years ago, is apparently back on the table.Officials of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources and Conservation Services (NRCS)…

Hill Durham By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County, Fla. authorities arrested a pair of Atmore men recently, charging each of them with possession of concealed firearms after a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun were found inside a vehicle that was stopped for speeding.ECSO reports show that the arrests came after a deputy, using radar, clocked a 2022 Kia Stinger that was moving at more than 70 mph in a…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Fire Chief Ron Peebles issued last week a ban on all outdoor burning within the city limits. The ban is effective immediately and will remain in effect until further notice.Peebles said a lack of rain over recent weeks prompted the decision.“I’m activating the ban inside the city due to the extreme, dry conditions,” he said. “Green grass will burn right now.”The action came less…

Shawn Lassiter Jennifer White Adonis Williams Candace Wooten United Fund of Atmore board members, from left, Michael Kircharr, Samantha Bennett, Dawn Skipper (treasurer) and Andrew Garner (president). By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer United Fund of Atmore board members were joined last Thursday, October 6, by more than a dozen supporters, including several people who were “jailed” as part of the fundraising effort for the organization’s 2022-23 campaign.Among the jailbirds present…

Flames threaten airport hangars The fire was brought under control just short of the airport’s new hangars. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wind-swept brush fire threatened the newest group of hangars at Atmore Municipal Airport last Friday (September 30) before city firefighters and two other agencies were able to bring it under control.The inferno began in a farm field to the east of the airport, adjacent to Hanger Road,…