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Join the ACF in raising $6,534 to make a difference
Special to Atmore News The Atmore Community Foundation, an affiliate of The Community Foundation of South Alabama (CFSA), has awarded 21 grants to Atmore area nonprofits since its founding in 2017. Through concerted grant-making efforts, the effects of the Atmore Community Fund will be felt for generations to come.Prima Girl, a recent Atmore Community Foundation grant recipient, has been positively impacted by the Foundation’s grant making process.“Prima Girl is immensely…
PHD Realty scholarships
Special to Atmore News For the eighth consecutive year, PHD Realty announces the PHD Realty Determination Scholarship for 2024. This year, two $500 scholarships will be awarded to qualifying seniors who plan to attend technical school or college full-time in the fall.To be eligible, students must attend high school in Escambia and Monroe counties in Alabama, as well as Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida. The student must have…
Blue Devils coach: Class 4A, Region 1 similar to SEC
Harris By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Vincent Harris accepted the challenge of trying to rebuild a once-proud Escambia County High School football program, he knew there were going to be obstacles.He knew that a loss of tradition, built over more than a decade of poor and mediocre seasons, a dilapidated field house and a lack of interest in the program by students who could help on the field would…
ECHS fieldhouse rebuild nearing halfway point
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…
County voters gearing up for ‘Super Tuesday’ primary
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…