Apalach Farmers Market Saturday
The Apalachicola Farmers Market is this Saturday, July 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mill Pond Pavilion at the end of Market Street. For more info email farmersmarket@cityofapalachicola.com.
Island marina project could face new PUD rules
At last week’s meeting of the Franklin County commission, they didn’t discuss the details of a revised proposal by the developers of the most high-profile project on St. George Island in many years. Instead, they debated what rules should apply. The Landing at SGI, LLC, a multi-faceted project first introduced last year, has revised the…
Unemployment ticks upwards in Franklin, Gulf
While continuing to post jobless numbers that place it among the best in the state, unemployment along the Forgotten Coast rose slightly last month. According to preliminary data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Gulf County unemployment rose by just one-tenth of 1 percentage point to 2.9 percent, as seven people joined…
We’re at a crossroads following Trump assassination attempt
The political world was shaken over the weekend by the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Footage from the event showed Trump clutch his right ear and go down after gunshots rang out. Quickly rising to his feet amid a phalanx of U.S. Secret Service agents, Trump pumped a fist at the crowd as…
After Saturday’s failed assassination on Trump, the RNC changes tone
MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Convention has turned into a kumbaya moment for the press corps and Team Trump. Donald Trump certainly has moderated his tone. I hear that Saturday’s brush with death has changed him. Maybe all will be as it was come Thursday night, but for now the pugilist has hung up his…
Dems call Trump ‘Hitler’ for years and act surprised
Donald Trump happened to turn his ample head at exactly the right time to miss being gravely shot by less than an inch. That would have left America with only two guys, both brain damaged, to vote for president in November. Call it Providence, luck, or just another failure of the Biden administration, but it…
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Same fish, new name; Some largemouth now Florida bass
Genetics studies confirmed what many anglers and biologists have believed for a long time – Florida bass are special! Florida’s most popular freshwater game fish has a new name. The American Fisheries Society established the Florida bass as a separate species from the largemouth bass. This means that in most of Florida (except the western…
Forgotten Coast Fishing Report
Capt. Pete Barwick of Bounty Bay PSJ Charters had a great week offshore with red snapper as well as mangroves and a few mahi-mahi mixed in. The full moon is this weekend so the mangrove bite should be hot. If you’re going to be productive inshore, fish the early morning bite or deeper holes over…
FWC Report
During the week of July 5 through 11, Officers Fernbach and M. McLeod observed a subject walking the bank off Bottoms Road in Panacea carrying a gig and a flashlight. During their resource inspection, the officers discovered the subject did not have a valid fishing license and had six gigged redfish, 10 undersized flounder, and…
WWII museum honors The Mighty Eighth
Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum in Carrabelle is presenting a special exhibit exploring the heroic history of the 8th Air Force, known as The Mighty Eighth. A collection of artifacts will help portray the bravery and sacrifice of the Mighty Eighth. This exhibit will be on display until Saturday, August 31. The museum…