By Ed Offley
Panama City Beach City Council this month will have a new face following a stunning election upset in the April 19 municipal election.
Retired urban planner Mary Coburn, 70, handily defeated incumbent Councilman Geoff McConnell in the city’s Ward 3 by 1,294 votes to 900, a 58-percent majority....
By Ed Offley
In the aftermath of unprecedented civil disorder by hundreds of out-of-state troublemakers during the last weekend in March, Police Chief J.R. Talamantez raised the primal issue confronting Panama City Beach:
“We have to figure out what kind of a city we want to be,” he told City Council...
By Brian Dusseault, VP & Programs Chairperson, Bay County Audubon Society
Penguins in Florida? Not quite, but coming soon it’s the next best thing: famed birder, author, and penguin expert, Noah Strycker, is ditching his cold weather gear for Florida sunshine with a special session that’s part of Bay County...
By Ed Offley
After three years of wild swings in tourism stemming from Hurricane Michael and the Covid-19 Pandemic, Panama City Beach officials are confident the 2022 season will bring a return to stability and measured growth.
Tourist resorts, area restaurants and other businesses catering to visitors have ridden a roller...
By Laura Laspee, MLIS, Branch Manager
Looking for the perfect way to show your love this month? Take the hand of your special someone and head post-haste to your local library branch. Yes, the library! Library cards are an amazing year-round resource and they’re FREE for all residents of Bay,...
By Ed Offley
For Panama City Beach residents and tourists alike, relief is finally in sight for motorists struggling with chronic traffic congestion along U.S. 98.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has unveiled detailed plans for the long-awaited widening of the city’s primary east-west highway from four to six lanes,...
According to Google, the most searched term for 2021 was not coronavirus. It wasn’t quarantine, delta, or even antibodies, either. In fact, the most searched term was (drumroll please): NBA.
Yes, though the pandemic is still with us, the focus of world-wide internet users has shifted from virus variants to...
By Raya Pruner
In 1900, Frank M. Chapman of the freshly formed Audubon Society proposed a new holiday tradition that would promote conservation by counting, rather than hunting, birds on Christmas Day. Then, he called it the “Christmas Bird Census” and that first year managed 25 counts thanks to the...
