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News Staff Report The Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting (Gala) tentatively set for late January has been rescheduled for March 12, and plans are to have it outside to comply with COVID-19 guidelines. The Chamber is not releasing details other than the event will have a Mardi Gras theme. However, the Chamber is taking nominations now for the awards to be presented that evening – Lifetime Achievement Award, Citizen of…

Construction projects could change face of small-town Atmore Top photo, the new Starbuck’s at Wind Creek; bottom ACH’s new primary care facility Flomaton-based Arrington Construction works to prepare the Jack’s site. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore was still mostly a sleepy little town off Interstate 65 until just a few months ago. It is now host to an unprecedented spurt of business and industrial growth, one that has…

Atmore-based TripTek Construction continues site preparation for the peanut mill. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted unanimously during their January 11 meeting to authorize Mayor Jim Staff to handle two multi-tiered land transactions that were part of the agreement that swayed Coastal Growers LLC to locate a new, state-of-the-art peanut shelling plant here. The council’s approval of two separate resolutions resulted, first, in the donation…

Breaking ground for the new building are front row, from left, Wayne Gray, Forrest Daniell, Kenny Smith, Rob Faircloth, Hooper Mathews, Dr. Steven Shirley; back row, David Chapman, Stephanie Rolin, Dr. Ulysses McBride, Mayor Jim Staff, Myke Smith. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer West Escambia Utilities officials broke ground Wednesday, January 20, on a new, $1.28 million headquarters building that will take the area’s private water and gas provider…

News Staff Report Even though 2020 is over, 2021 is starting with many of the same pandemic challenges previously faced. One of those is scheduling events with large gatherings. Every year, Lillie Johnson and her fellow members of the Yellow Hat Society sponsor the Rosa Parks Breakfast near the date of Ms. Parks’ birthday, February 4. However, this year’s event has been cancelled. “We cancelled this year’s breakfast as we…