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BOE sets homecoming, approves personnel
News Staff Report The county’s two public high schools will celebrate homecoming in the next few weeks. At the Escambia County Board of Education meeting Monday, September 14, Superintendent John Knott announced the dates as follows: Escambia County High School, Friday, September 25; W.S. Neal High School, Friday, October 2. The board approved the following personnel changes on Knott’s recommendation. Resignation 1. Teresa Nipper, cosmetology instructor, Escambia County High School,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Some good news
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman [Released September 8] So often we only hear bad news from the national media, and the good news we do hear is either downplayed, obscured, or put in a less positive context. That has been particularly true since the media seized on COVID-19, the economic effect of the response to it, and this summer’s urban rioting as the “news” they needed to hurt President Trump politically.…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
ACH announces new clinic name
Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announces that ACH Complete Care will be the name of their new primary care physician clinic in Atmore. Ashley Strawbridge, Atmore Hospital Patient Safety and Employee Health Manager, was selected as the Name the Clinic winner. She will receive a $100 gift card. The new primary care clinic is still tentatively set to open in December 2020 and will feature a new…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
34 properties ‘vegetation nuisances’
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members voted unanimously during their Monday, September 14, meeting to give city codes enforcement officers the green light to begin the process of removing overgrown vegetation from 34 properties within the city. Code Enforcement Officer Chris Black provided council members with a list of 34 properties that have been designated “vegetation nuisances.” Those properties included one each on 7th, Carver and…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
COVID-19 update
Only 23 new cases in county since Friday By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continued to decline over the past weekend, especially among Escambia County residents. Although the report issued at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 15, by Escambia County Healthcare Authority showed that Alabama experienced 2,756 new cases since Friday, September 11, only 23 of the newly infected reside in Escambia County. The new…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago