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The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Monday, January 10. Chamber board members and Ambassadors joined the staff for the occasion. Shown are, from left, Bryson Williams, Sheldon Williams, Jy’Keria Wilson, Andy Gartman, Sandy Hollinger, Whitney Floyd, Sheena Hazley, Erin Hankins, Zahria McCants, Annah Hammond, Anna Ellis.

Two Atmore students have been named to the Troy University Chancellor’s List for the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2021 / 2022 academic year. Full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who earn a grade point average of 4.0 qualify for the Chancellor’s List.Local students named to the list are Jarrett Nelson and Destini Bethea.The Fall Semester includes students at the Troy,…

Taylor Lee, left, presents a membership pin to Sara Smith The Lions Club presented a check for $1,500 to Mattie Pickering for Camp Rap-a-Hope. Shown are, from left, Sandra Sellers Brown, Talorie McGhee, Patty Davis, Anna Marie Gilchrist, Bub Gideons, Mattie Pickering, Taylor Lee, Sara Smith, Candice Wooten, Kenny Smith, Walt Butler, Chuck Brooks, and Kevin Garrett By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held their first…

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…