Heroes in hard hats: Local linemen help restore power in the wake of Idas destruction
Staff ReportThe calvary arrived in bucket trucks this week as linemen from Gulf Power, West Florida Electric Cooperative, and Gulf Coast…
Read MoreFlorida officials offer safety tips for unofficial end of summer.
TALLAHASSEE– The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)…
Read MoreRain bands from Ida bring flash flooding and severe threat to Panhandle
WMBBHurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Lousiana around 12 p.m. CDT Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum…
Read MoreJudge back DeSantis on unemployment money
Jim SaundersTALLAHASSEE — A Leon County circuit judge Monday upheld a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantisÂ’ administration to cut off federal…
Read MoreIda to bring heavy rainfall through the weekend
Tropical Depression Nine strengthened Thursday and became Tropical Storm Ida just before 4:30 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center.…
Read MoreVeterans offered a different type of court proceeding
DIANE M. MOOREWASHINGTON AND HOLMES COUNTIES – The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit is highlighting a program put in place to help veterans who…
Read MoreMulti-semi pileup closes interstate
HOLMES COUNTY – Around 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, August 26, a tractor trailer(V-1) driven by a 44-year-old man from Gainesville,…
Read MoreWell trained to be well prepared
Bonifay Fire-Rescue conducted a multi-department vehicle extrication training exercise Wednesday, August 4. Bonifay Fire-Resuce Operations Captain Landis Messer says firefighters…
Read MoreBOCC approves DMH expenditure of ARPA funds
HOLMES COUNTY – With the approval of a new procurement policy, the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners gave the…
Read MoreState unemployment claims at pre-pandemic level
Jim TurnerTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis says he anticipates “pretty good” July unemployment numbers, as a federal report Thursday showed that…
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