Author: Don Fletcher

Atmore-based TripTek Construction continues site preparation for the peanut mill. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted unanimously during their January 11 meeting to authorize Mayor Jim Staff to handle two multi-tiered land transactions that were part of the agreement that swayed Coastal Growers LLC to locate a new, state-of-the-art peanut shelling plant here. The council’s approval of two separate resolutions resulted, first, in the donation…

Breaking ground for the new building are front row, from left, Wayne Gray, Forrest Daniell, Kenny Smith, Rob Faircloth, Hooper Mathews, Dr. Steven Shirley; back row, David Chapman, Stephanie Rolin, Dr. Ulysses McBride, Mayor Jim Staff, Myke Smith. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer West Escambia Utilities officials broke ground Wednesday, January 20, on a new, $1.28 million headquarters building that will take the area’s private water and gas provider…

Officials not sure when elderly, general public will get shots By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Administration of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare and related employees has begun locally, but the process is a slow-moving one, and local healthcare officials aren’t sure when the vaccine will become readily available to the elderly and the general public. According to data furnished by Escambia County Healthcare Authority (ECHCA), 324 people had received the…