HALEYVILLE - The Carl Elliott Regional Library has closed all the libraries within its system - including the Double Springs and Arley public libraries - until further notice.

WINSTON COUNTY - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following recommendations have been enacted by Nichols and Pinkard funeral homes, after receiving guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the Alabama Department of Public Health.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Ashley Pool, CEO of Lakeland Community Hospital, sent out an important message at an emergency meeting attended by state and local officials Thursday, about steps the hospital is taking during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.

WINSTON COUNTY - Traders & Farmers Bank is now taking all transactions via the drive-thru at all their locations, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The following press release was given to the Northwest Alabamian today concerning the closing of the Extension office in Winston County. Winston County Extension may be reached at 205-489-5376.

WINSTON COUNTY - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alabama jumped to 77  in the Thursday afternoon update released by the Alabama Department of Public Health.  The closest case to Winston County is a case confirmed in Walker County.

Jefferson County still has the highest number of confirmed cases at 34.  Lee County has 10 cases, Shelby County has 9, Elmore and Madison County each have 5, Tuscaloosa County has 4, Montgomery County has 3 and Baldwin, Calhoun, Chambers, Limestone, St. Clair, Talladega and Walker each have 1.

 

LAKESHORE - The owners of Lakeshore Inn & Marina provided the following letter to the Alabamian to let everyone know about the status of Lakeshore Restaurant in the wake of COVID-19:

HALEYVILLE - The following restaurants in Haleyville are open and are offering curbside pickup service, as well as drive-thru service where applicable.

WINSTON COUNTY - Attorney General Steve Marshall warns those who would seek to illegally profit from the current public health emergency that Alabama’s price gouging law has been activated.

DOUBLE SPRINGS  - The Winston County Commission in an emergency meeting held Thursday morning, voted to declare a State of Emergency, enabling Chairman Roger Hayes to carry out routine and necessary operations and expenditures due to the coronavirus or COVID-19 restrictions being issued statewide.

 

MONTGOMERY - Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Thursday, March 19, issued a statewide health order to aid in Alabama’s efforts to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

WINSTON COUNTY - Following recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabamian office in Haleyville is closed to walk-in customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a way to protect our employees.

HALEYVILLE - Walmart Corporation has put in place new hours nationwide, beginning today, as well as limits on purchases of some items.

MONTGOMERY - Governor Kay Ivey has announced the Primary Runoff Election will be held on July 14, 2020 due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

WINSTON COUNTY - Confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Alabama, with one confirmed case now being reported in Walker County.

STRONG>BEAR CREEK   - A motion on the table to hire a new town clerk and move present clerk Jamie White to water clerk was one of two major votes that fell by the wayside because of a lack of a second from the Bear Creek Town Council.

BEAR CREEK  - The Bear Creek Town Council meeting was coming to a close, with a motion on the table to adjourn, when a question asked by  town council member Chris Gillum led into a fiery discussion and comments on whether the town has a legal park and rec board, resulting in police escorting two individuals out of the meeting.

HALEYVILLE  - School officials are expressing concern that the closure of schools due to the Coronavirus or COVID-19 will be extended past the April 6 deadline, which would result in multiple complications administrators and staff would have to address.

In the second of what has been two daily updates this week on the statewide confirmed case count for coronavirus-2019, or COVID-19 in Alabama, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced Wednesday afternoon that the confirmed number of COVID-19 cases in Alabama is now 51.