Month: August 2020

Atmore News

BOE adopts emergency bid code
News Staff Report At a special meeting Friday, July 31, via video conference, the Escambia County Board of Education declared an emergency “regarding public health, safety or convenience pursuant to Section 16-13B-3 of the Code of Alabama for any and all items necessary for the needs of our schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (To include, but not limited to, supplies and equipment related to technology and remote / virtual learning, sanitizing supplies, PPE…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Harmless … so far
State reveals results of tests on ‘Chinese Seeds’ One of the mysterious packages. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Rick Pate, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI), revealed Monday (August 3) the results of tests conducted by a state lab on more than 250 packages of unsolicited seeds, apparently from China, where the COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have started. And, while Pate said nothing sinister has been discovered…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Confirmed cases count nears 1,000
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The number of COVID-19 cases continued to climb this week, locally and statewide, but not at the accelerated pace experienced over recent weeks. More than 6,400 new cases were confirmed across the state over the past four days, according to the twice-weekly report filed jointly by Escambia County Healthcare Authority and Alabama Department of Public Health. The state’s death toll from the virus is…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
PCI election held
Bryan, Mothershed, Fayard win Bryan Mothershed Fayard By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Two incumbents and a newcomer won seats on the Poarch Creek Tribal Council election held Saturday, August 1. Stephanie Bryan won an overwhelming vote of the people in her bid for reelection as Poarch Creek Indian chairman. She had 1,030 votes; her challenger, Dewitt Carter, received 267 votes. Incumbent Arthur Mothershed was one of nine candidates for two…
by Sherry Digmon access_time4 years ago