By Ed Offley
Do you have a good cause aimed at helping the Panama City Beach community?
If so, April Wilkes would like to hear from you. And if your organization qualifies, she would like to provide you with the money to make your endeavor a success.
For nearly a quarter-century, the...
The House finished October with a new Speaker of the House and restored vigor to keep our commitment to America. October also included some significant moments for Florida’s Second Congressional District.
October 10 marked five years since Hurricane Michael devastated much of our district. Somehow, that storm feels like it...
By Julie McConnell, UF/IFAS Extension Bay County
Native persimmon trees can be found throughout our region and when ripe the fruit is delicious, but if you bite into one before it is completely ripe you are in for an unpleasant surprise. Persimmon fruit produce tannins which create astringency that has...
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...
By Marta Rose-Thorpe
Christopher Warren Gough comes from a family of military and criminal justice officers. He is a licensed broker within Florida, Washington, and California, with 27 years of experience in many areas of the real estate industry including training and motivating countless Top Producers. He recently joined the...
9th Annual Bethlehem Christmas Village
Join us at Capt. Anderson’s Marina, December 10-12 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., as we walk through ancient Bethlehem….. being present as Isaiah, Mary and Joseph learn and tell others of the coming of the Christ child. Follow the path they did as they strolled...
By Julie McConnell, UF/IFAS Extension Bay County
Other than moving to the Arctic, how can you minimize the risk of being attacked by blood feeding insects this summer? Understanding the habitat needs and behavior of mosquitoes, yellow files, deer flies, and horse flies is key. Mosquito control does a great...
By Jack Smith
I met Jim Corr at the Panama City Beach Senior Center where he was attending a woodworking class. He had just completed an exquisite bowl. He and his wife Judy were kind enough to tell me his remarkable story.
Unfortunately, I was not the first newspaperman to conduct...
