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Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers As the horse race for our open U.S. Senate seat heads down the stretch, let’s look at the lay of the land. All indications are that Roy Moore and Luther Strange are headed for a one-two finish on August 15 and ultimately a runoff on September 26. The winner of that match will be our junior U. S. Senator for the next three years of the Jeff…
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Coexistence on the beach
By Harvey H. (“Hardy”) Jackson Some of you know that before I retired, I spent my twilight years, professionally speaking, researching, and eventually writing a book about the Alabama-Florida Gulf Coast since World War II. The project involved spending a lot of time down there, so much time that my publisher began to wonder if I would ever finish – “I promise, it is almost done. Just one more Mullet…
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Jones elected chairman of CDBA
United Bank President and CEO Bob Jones has recently been elected to serve as chairman of the Community Development Bankers Association. (CDBA), the national trade association of the community development banking sector. CDBA works to serve low-income and economically disadvantaged communities by educating policymakers, regulators, legislators and the public on the importance of community development banks. Jones has been elected to serve a two-year term as chairman of the CDBA…
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Food scores released
The following Escambia County food / lodging establishment ratings were released by the Alabama Department of Public Health for June. Ratings are ranked by score, low to high. FSE = Food Service Establishment Huddle House #278, Brewton, 82, FSE Subway # 18898 (F), Flomaton, 86, FSE Burger King (B), Brewton, 91, FSE Circle K # 2721565, 325 N. Main St., Atmore, 91, limited food Camp 31 BBQ & Grill, Brewton,…
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