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City seeks Main Street Alabama inclusion
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members, meeting Monday, April 13, gave the OK to a resolution seeking inclusion in the Main Street downtown revitalization program. They also learned that the city wouldn’t have to put any money into impending upgrades at Atmore Municipal Airport. The Main Street resolution, which gained unanimous approval of the full council, was the only business item on the agenda for the…
COVID-19 update
County’s confirmed case count hits double digits By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer While some health officials report that the COVID-19 pandemic is reaching its apex, the number of confirmed cases within Escambia County (Ala.) has reached double digits. Escambia County Healthcare Authority officials reported in their twice-weekly update issued at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, that 10 cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed among residents of the…
Alabama businesses approved for federal disaster relief loans
News Staff Report The National Disaster Relief Program is now active for all “Small Businesses” in Alabama, offering loans to those businesses who have suffered or are suffering economic hardship due to the COVID-10 pandemic. The state was added to the eligibility list by SBA on March 21. The program provides working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit…
Deer leaps through print shop window
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Several Atmore citizens, looking for some sort of escape from the daily onslaught of bleak coronavirus-related news, found a brief diversion recently, when a young “button buck” deer crossed several city streets and crashed through the show window of a local print shop. The incident happened March 25 at PCI Printing, 202 North Main Street, which was closed as part of the effort by…