The proposed expansion of Weems Memorial Hospital, now expected to cost anywhere from $16 million to $23 million, was center stage at last week’s county commission meeting. Weems CEO David Walker, with representatives of Birmingham, Alabama-based healthcare architects TRO Jung | Brannen attending online, presented details of a pair of design options to the county…
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is hosting the next Firearm Safety class on Tuesday, October 31st. This is a great class to familiarize yourself with laws and refresh your shooting skills. You will need to bring your own handgun, 20 rounds of ammunition, and ear/eye protection. *This is not for licensure, just the class completion…
Sheriff A. J. Smith, who over the past week has called into question how well FWC is managing the problem of bears in the county, has reached out to the governor for help, and it has had an effect. Smith said he received a call from Roger Young, executive director of the Florida Fish and…
If football is a game of inches, than the Franklin County High School varsity football team gained a yard at last Friday’s homecoming. The game against Rocky Bayou Christian Christian was a far cry from last year’s 42-7 shellacking, as the Seahawks executed well all night, keeping it close all night before succumbing to a…
Blessed with a significant growth in its tax base, Apalachicola city commissioners have decided to keep the millage rate unchanged at 8.3457 mills. Because the tax base has grown from $204.9 million this year to about $236.5 million in the upcoming 2023-24 fiscal year, the city will have about $1.92 million in ad valorem tax…
Apalachicola-born Betty J.C. Wright, who rose to the highest ranks among Oklahoma educators, died at age 81 on Sept. 7 in Oklahoma City. A graduate of Quinn High School, the former Betty Croom married Robert L. Wright, Jr., the day after Christmas, in 1941. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M…
Seems like the flies were more annoying than ever this summer, and still are as fall approaches. As soon as you want to step outside, those critters turn on their buzzsaws and start bugging you. Insects of the order Diptera, there are about a million fly species worldwide, upwards of 3,000 right here in Florida,…
Here’s a look at what’s happening this weekend in Gulf and Franklin counties. Carrabelle’s Country Market Saturday The Crooked River Lighthouse continues its Country Farmer’s Market this Saturday, July 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lighthouse Park, 1975 Hwy 98 West, Carrabelle. The market is recruiting new and returning vendors, at a cost…
Apalachicola’s historic Middlebrook building, located at the corner of Water Street and Avenue E, is currently undergoing extensive repair and restoration to preserve and protect this historic landmark damaged during the 2018 Hurricane Michael. To commemorate the work and the history of this iconic landmark, the city is putting together a time capsule that will…
It’s a Florida county with a rich military tradition, dating back to the men who served in both the Union and Confederate armies buried in its cemeteries. From the heroes of World War I and II, to those trained in the 1940s at Camp Gordon Johnston for landings in the Pacific, to the groundbreaking U-2…
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