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Register by phone or online Special to Atmore News ServSafe, a food sanitation certification training program, will be offered in January at the Escambia County Extension Office in Brewton.The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s ServSafe program provides the training resources to help keep food safety as an essential ingredient in every meal. The ServSafe® Food Safety Certification program offers the restaurant and foodservice industry an up-to-date, comprehensive food safety training…

Special to Atmore News The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has received an advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 were again being shipped to states beginning Monday, January 3.On December 23, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had announced the temporary pause in allocations of some monoclonal antibodies.Various therapeutics are available for preventing and treating COVID-19 in…

Special to Atmore News Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama started their annual Cookie Season January 2.This year’s cookie lineup includes two new cookies, the Adventurefuls and Toast-Yays. Adventurefuls are a brownie-inspired cookie with a caramel filling and a sea salt drizzle on top. Toast-Yays are French toast-inspired cookies with cinnamon icing. The Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Shortbread, Lemonades, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Butter Sandwich, and the gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Chip…

The hot air balloon enthusiasts who were in Atmore for the event. Rusty Miller is at left in the basket. In the basket, Rusty Miller fires up the tank that fuels the balloons. A good crowd came out to see the balloons. News Staff Report It was to be a first for Atmore – a Hot Air Balloon Glow at twilight.The plan was for hot air balloons enthusiasts to meet…

From left, Heather McCall, Sheriff Heath Jackson, Superintendent Michele McClung By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News Santa’s helpers don’t always work at the North Pole. In this case they catch bad guys, teach school and fly airplanes. While making a lot of phone calls.A few weeks ago Brewton Aviation employee Ronald (“Nascar” Ron) Moye told company managers Freddy and Heather McCall he wanted to do a fundraiser for children who…