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By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Many businesses in Atmore and the surrounding area were unable to procure federal or state funds to keep themselves solvent during the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes. But a program devised by a group of local business owners and industrialists gives them another option to keep their doors open and their lights on. The Atmore Microloan Fund, which is managed…

Dixon By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An Atmore woman is free on bond after her December 10 arrest for shooting into an occupied vehicle at a local convenience store five days earlier. Atmore Police Department reports show that 22-year-old Samantha Lynette Dixon of a 5th Avenue address is charged with two counts of attempted murder in relation to the incident, which was apparently a part of an ongoing disagreement…

Local projects near $1 billion investment By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A Monday, December 21, Atmore Industrial Development Board meeting started out as a discussion of a proposed convenience store-restaurant-gas station at Rivercane. It ended up with the realization that the new business is the latest component in an unprecedented rash of economic development projects. The meeting was attended in person by Mayor Jim Staff, Centerfire Economic CEO Jess…

White Hudson Williams Workers with Escambia River Electric Cooperative work on the power lines on the pole damaged by the suspects. By JOSH FRYE News Staff Writer Two female and one male burglary suspects were jailed last Thursday, December 17, after leading local law enforcement on a high-speed chase along several county roads. According to Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson, deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a white…

Avoid gatherings during the holiday season Special to Atmore News Alabama continues to have significant community spread of COVID-19 that is not adequately mitigated, and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) strongly urges caution during the holiday season. Any gathering with family and friends who live outside one’s own household can increase the chances of developing or transmitting the deadly virus. Postponing travel and staying home will protect yourself…