Category: Community

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is participating in the annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week, May 24-30, 2021, an initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goal of this week is to maximize the health benefits of swimming by promoting healthy and safe water activities. Just 2.5 hours of water-based or other forms of physical exercise per week has health benefits for everyone. Each…

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for uFinancial and Payroll Friday, May 21. Chamber officials, friends and family joined the owner for the occasion. Shown are, from left, Noah Graham, Anna Norton, Karen Brown, Mandie Thompson, Alaina Hodges, Emilee Waters. The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Magnolia & Co. Friday, May 21. Chamber officials, friends and family joined the owner for…

Coastal Alabama Community College has released the names of students on the President’s List and Dean’s List for Spring 2021 semester. The following area students were named to the honors lists. President’s ListRequirements for the President’s List are a semester grade point average of 4.0, and completion of a minimum semester course load of 12 semester credit hours of college-level work.AtmoreAnna Grace JanesBritney McGheeHenry FreemonJadon TorresJordan CrewsNash LinamSophia FaulkPerdidoSherri Clay…

By NANCY BUCKNERSpecial to Atmore News Alabamians have proven their resilience throughout the past year. As our state took precautions to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, we adjusted to changed surroundings, coped with being separated from loved ones and faced growing uncertainty about the future.Sadly, these hardships are nothing new for 423,000 children in foster care across the country. For many of them – including over 6,000 in Alabama…

The city of Atmore and Pensacola Caring Hearts held a food distribution event Friday, May 21, at Houston Avery Park. The food drive, which distributed 6,000 pounds of groceries, was open to anyone, although its specified purpose was to help families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shown are vehicles lined up on Martin Luther King Avenue, waiting to get into the park.