Local News
- Smokin' Hot
- By Despina Williams
- The South Gulf County volunteer firefighters are not your typical pin-ups.
They don't have Hasselhoff's washboard abs or Farrah's feathered hair.
Some, in fact, have no hair at all, which is precisely what lends the 2010 Smokin' Hot Firefighters calendar... Full story
- Scallop Season Could be Bountiful
- By Tim Croft
- The numbers are way up and St. Joseph Bay will provide an alluring enticement for scallop hunters this season.
The scallop harvest season began on Wednesday and will continue through Sept. 10 and St. Joseph Bay is likely to provide some mighty flush... Full story
- Weston Will Remain PSJ City Manager
- By Tim Croft
- The Port St Joe city commission during a special meeting Tuesday night that lasted under a half hour, unanimously approved a motion to cease any hearing concerning the dismissal of city manager Charlie Weston and approved keeping Weston on contract for... Full story
- U.S. 98 Improvement Work Begins this Week
- By Tim Croft
- Editors Note: Due to early deadlines because of the holiday, information pertaining to GAC's decision to delay actual construction work until Monday, July 6, was not able to be included in the below story.
By the time these words are read work... Full story
- Capital City Bank Group Foundation Awards Grants to Local Organizations
- By Despina Williams
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Twice each year, the Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) Foundation donates funds to charitable organizations in the communities it serves.
Last Wednesday, the CCBG Foundation awarded $500 grants to the Gulf County ARC and St. Joseph Bay Humane Society,... Full story
- Water Conservation over Fourth of July Weekend
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All water customers in the Port St. Joe Water Distribution System, which includes Oak Grove, the city of Port St. Joe, White City, Highland View, St. Joe Beach, Beacon Hill and Overstreet, are being asked to please be very conservative with your... Full story
- Welcome to the Tobacco Smorgasbord
- "Tobacco products are the only retail products not required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to list ingredients on its packaging."
American Lung Association
If more people realized what is in tobacco products, a lot more people would try harder... Full story
- No Horsing Around
- Horsemanship School Trains Future Speed Riders
- By Despina Williams
- Saddled atop her horse, Ike, Brooke McMillian, 9, traversed the Michael Traylor Arena in a clover-leaf pattern, speeding by a row of barrels before stopping at the front gate.
A scorekeeper called time - 19 seconds, just shy of McMillian's dream scenario.
"I... Full story
- Educating on HIV
- By Tim Croft
- Folks lined up, signed up and swabbed up last week as part of HIV Testing Week leading up to last Saturday's National HIV Testing Day.
The Gulf County United Community Corporation, Inc., in conjunction with the Florida Department of Health, put on the... Full story
- Pondering Art
- By Despina Williams
- Carrabelle artist Leon Wiesener is a thoughtful sort, so it's not surprising that his new art gallery would be a bit high concept.
Located at 409 Tallahassee Street in Carrabelle, Perpenders Gallery, which Wiesener founded with wife, Frances, does not... Full story
