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Atmore News will be closed July 4
News Staff Report Atmore News will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, so that our staff may enjoy the Independence Day holiday with our families. Since we usually distribute “atmore” magazine on the first Wednesday of every month, we are changing our schedule for July. We plan to distribute the July magazine to the advertisers Tuesday afternoon, July 3. Our Atmore News home delivery subscribers will get their papers Tuesday…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Supporting Alabama’s number one industry
Agriculture is our country’s oldest industry. Since the beginning, America’s farmers have worked the land and sustained our communities. Today, agriculture is the top industry in rural America, and it remains the number one industry in Alabama. As our manufacturing industry continues to grow, I have made a commitment to never forget about the backbone of Alabama’s economy: our hardworking farmers who help feed America. Farming, forestry, livestock and crop…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
When Alberto came calling in ’94
My mind immediately traveled back about a quarter-century when weather forecasters announced in May that the 2018 hurricane season’s first named storm, Alberto, was trying to stir up some trouble in the Gulf. I didn’t realize until recently that the names of hurricanes and tropical storms are recycled every six years (unless one is retired), so I was surprised that Alberto had returned. This season’s debut storm didn’t cause much…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Then they were Lions
By Gordon Godwin Special to Atmore News Each season Atmore soccer begins anew as we don’t know who will sign up, [who] the players will be, how many players we will have, how many teams we will have or even what color our uniforms will be for that particular season. Even after the number of players and number of teams are decided, we don’t know the skill level of new…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Students selected for D.C. tour
Special to Atmore News Escambia County High School student Olivia Simmons is among the students who were selected to participate in a tour of the nation’s capital during June. The Washington D.C. National Rural Electric Youth Tour, sponsored by local electric cooperatives, the Alabama Rural Electric Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, is part of a grassroots program to educate high school juniors on the electric cooperative program…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago