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Work continued on the field house Tuesday, January 30. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Work on Escambia County High School’s new athletic fieldhouse is nearing its halfway point, and officials expect that ECHS football players will dress out in the new facility prior to their first home game this fall.“We’re getting close to halfway finished,” Shaun Goolsby, director of operations for the county school system said last week. “We’re on…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although only two local races, both Republican showdowns, will be on Alabama’s March 5, Super Tuesday primary ballots in Escambia County, the inclusion of GOP and Democratic presidential candidates could make things a little more interesting.Locally, only Escambia County Board of Education member Mike Edwards, who has represented District 3 for the past 12 years, and Escambia County Commission Chair Raymond Wiggins, who has been…

At the presentation, Dr. Stephen Loyd, left, and Robbie McGhee Special to Atmore News Following the successful Coastal Alabama Opioid Abatement Summit held on August 30, 2023, a new and transformative partnership has emerged. The Helios Alliance announces its anchor partnership with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, a collaboration that holds immense promise in advancing efforts to address addiction and the opioid crisis in Alabama.The strategic partnership between Helios…

Knight named interim principal Pettaway Knight By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Leadership changes have been made at Escambia County High School as the Escambia County Board of Education during its January 18 meeting accepted the resignation of ECHS principal Kike Pettaway, hired her to fill a vacancy in the system’s administrative staff, and named a popular coach and teacher to fill the position she is leaving vacant.Coach Layton Knight, who…

Collier not permanent until late February By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Dr. Michele Collier went from being the county school system’s acting school superintendent, to its interim superintendent to its permanent superintendent in a matter of a few weeks. Now she’s back to square one. Escambia County Board of Education members learned Monday, January 22, that their action of last Thursday, January 18 — offering Collier a contract to…