Submitted Article

Southern Pine working in Florida
Southern Pine Electric Co-op has sent seven linemen to assist Okefenoke Electric Cooperative in Hilliard, Florida to help restore power after Hurricane Irma’s landfall. Linemen assisting Okefenoke Electric are Tracy Emmons, Kirk Carter, Ricky Quates, AJ Faircloth, Adam York, Norris Brooks (from Atmore), and Grayson Peters.
Observing POW/MIA Day
By KEVIN MCKINLEY Special to Atmore News American Legion members will line the sidewalks of downtown Atmore on Friday September 15, 2017 in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. This day is to remember those did not return from the nation’s wars and the ones who were prisoners of war. There are 1,741 American personnel listed by the Defense Department’s POW/MIA Office as missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam…
What would you do?
By Paul Chason I have been asked a number of times, “Why did you choose to eliminate the basketball court at the YMCA?” A great question, I think it is time to share with the community a number of challenges faced by the YMCA that occur because we reside in a 91 year-old facility. First, we had very little choice in the transition of the basketball court to the current…