Florida Forest Service distributes trees for Arbor Day

Port St. Joe residents began gathering in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday, bundled in their winter gear and huddling close to the Florida Forest Service’s truck, …

Commission, community dissect food truck ordinance's first draft

The public seating area in the Port St. Joe commission hall was full Tuesday afternoon, with excess audience members standing at the back of the room. Many brought along notes or a printed version of …

Gulf County schools battle statewide staffing shortage

Gulf District Schools administrators met in the hours after school ended on Thursday, Jan. 13 to weigh their options. There were more than 15 teachers and staff members out sick at Port St. Joe …

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The Joe to offer ‘Step Into My Studio’ workshops

The Joe Center for the Arts is beginning its fifth year by offering a series of workshops and demonstrations in a variety of art mediums during its Step Into My Studio exhibit that runs through Feb. …

Campaign money flows in to incumbents

With the boundaries of their districts still remaining to be set in stone, and the slate of possible challengers in the 2022 midterm elections not yet final, the prospects of re-election of the …

Betty White Challenge brings in thousands for local Humane Society

When staff members at the St. Joseph Bay Humane Society first began seeing the Betty White 100th Birthday Challenge on social media, it was an easy decision for them to participate. The rules of …

Walking Together Parade celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

Shortly after 9 a.m. on a cold January morning, Port St. Joe residents began to gather under the City Hall Park gazebo holding banners and signs displaying the late Rev. Martin Luther King …

Two killed in State Route 71 crash

An early morning accident outside Wewahitchka has taken the lives of two 33-year-old men. One of the men was from Wewahitchka, the other from Naples. According to a preliminary investigation …

Life

What Southern Folks Eat

What Southern Folks Eat: My Christmas time machine

Christmas memories are among the most deeply ingrained in my mind because my parents always did their best to create magic for us each year. My sister and I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, …

Songwriters serve up Blast on the Bay

The Blast On The Bay Songwriters Festival entered its second decade in fine fashion last weekend.The 11th annual event, considered the premier music event in Gulf County, came to a close Sunday …

Card of Thanks - Michael Walton Family

Bea Renee Riley Walton and family from Jacksonville wishes to express and give our deepest gratitude to the countless people who have expressed acts of love during the sudden and unexpected death of …

Have you seen these big, hairy bees?

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are asking for help tracking two obscure species of ultra-fuzzy, fast-flying native bees that are most active from August through …

Sports

Dixie Youth Baseball signups continue Saturday morning

Despite the recent chill of January weather, it’s once again sign up time for Dixie Youth Baseball.For those who missed the recent Jan. 14 and 15 sign up days, registration will continue …

GIRLS SOCCER

Tiger Sharks prepare to host districts

What a difference a week makes. After playing to a 0-0 tie at Walton High School on Jan. 8, the Port St. Joe girls soccer team scored three times in the second half to claim a 4-1 win over the Braves …

BOYS SOCCER

St. Joe boys soccer streak at six

Continuing where they left off in December, the Port St. Joe boys soccer squad figuratively fought their way to three wins during the first week of the new year and improved to 9-5 for the season and …

Ailing Tigers Sharks down North Florida Christian

Sparked by junior point guard Jae Lenox, the undermanned Port St. Joe girls basketball team ran away with a 59-22 romp over the visiting North Florida Christian Eagles Saturday night. With …

Opinion

Biden’s divisive speech in Atlanta

“The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” Ronald Reagan The defining moment of the Biden …

Is inflation Biden's fault?

President Joe Biden's standing with voters has taken a beating on multiple fronts. He is perceived as not focusing on issues they care about, particularly inflation. …

Putin, Ukraine and the RUBK: Old news is current bad news

Fail to study the past (history), from energizing grand aspirations to how-it's-done tactics, and you will fail the present. Failure to study the basics definitely occurred when the Biden …

Are Democrats trying to lose elections?

Would you have predicted that the first big political blunder of 2022 would be committed by the freshly inaugurated mayor of New York? Would you have thought that Eric Adams, the African-American …

AOC and the left: Do as I say, not as I do

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC, or “Sandy” as she was known by her tony Westchester, NY classmates back when being a victim was not aspirational), recently got the ‘Rona. She was …

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