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COVID-19 update
30 new cases confirmed, 2 more deaths, since Friday News Staff Report Statewide Total confirmed cases: 186,437 Total deaths: 2,892 Escambia Co. Total confirmed cases: 1,749 Total deaths: 31 Atmore Nursing Center Total cases, Residents: 38 Total cases, Staff: 23 Covid-19 deaths: 7 West Gate Village Total cases, Residents: 68 Total cases, Staff: 42 Covid-19 deaths: 8 Atmore Community Hospital Total samples collected: 2,897 Total confirmed cases: 597 D.W. McMillan…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
BOE approves personnel recommendations
News Staff Report The Escambia County Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations by Superintendent John Knott at a special board meeting October 7, via video conference. Resignation Laura Leigh Rambach, principal, W.S. Neal Middle School, effective October 31 , 2020Lia Zeiger, counselor, Escambia Career Readiness Center, effective October 16, 2020 EmploymentBrenda Gipson, elementary teacher, Escambia County Middle School, effective September 28, 2020 (replacing Leigh Ann Rowland)Shritha Johnson King,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Work under way on new Public Works building
GFC Concrete crews prepared this week to pour the footing for the building. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The preliminary stages of a construction project don’t tell a lot about what that structure will be, but Calvin Grace, who directs the city of Atmore’s Public Works Department, can’t help but smile when he looks at the work going on just a few yards from his present base of operations.…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Atmore’s FEMA-funded debris cleanup completed
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City of Atmore officials announced last week that FEMA-funded and Theodore-based private contractor Crowder Gulf had completed the citywide removal of debris left behind by Hurricane Sally. The grinding of stumps and other tree pieces that were being conducted at the former Escambia County Middle School site, which was the staging area for the project, should be completed before week’s end. The chips are…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Local referendum
Preservation, protection of Canoe’s heritage on Nov. 3 ballot By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Next Tuesday, November 3, Escambia County voters will help elect, among others, the nation’s next president, the state’s next senator and the next representative for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District. But local voters also have the opportunity to voice their opinion on a local issue, a referendum that is designed to protect and preserve the heritage…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago