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Joblessness in the Forgotten Coast continued to be under control in May, as Franklin County saw a drop and Gulf stayed steady in their unemployment numbers. According to preliminary data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Franklin County joblessness improved by four-tenths of 1 percentage point, from 3.1 down to 2.7 percent….
During the week of June 7 through 13, Officer Butts conducted a resource inspection in Gulf County on two individuals fishing at a local bridge and discovered an undersized red drum, spotted seatrout, and flounder. He also conducted a resource inspection on two individuals fishing at a local bridge and discovered two undersized red drum….
With the exception of Tuesday July 2, every evening during next week’s honoring of 248 years of America’s Independence will have fireworks along the Forgotten Coast. On Monday, July 1, the action gets underway in Eastpoint, with the Freedom Festival in Patton Drive Park starting at 5 p.m. sponsored by the Eastpoint Civic Association. There’ll…
The Franklin County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program continues its series of fun events with the highly anticipated Animal Tales Zoofari Earth on Friday, June 28. The program features animal ambassadors from around the globe with six different exotic animals from six different continents. Children and adults alike have the opportunity to get up close…
In the ninth year of its local observance in Port St. Joe, and the fourth year since it was designated a federal holiday, and the 159th year since it marked that day in Texas, June 19, when a Union general delivered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, Gulf County marked Juneteenth in…
Six months after Wefings Marine, Franklin County’s oldest boat dealership, dating back 115 years, was sold to a South Florida company, the new Nautical Ventures snipped the ribbon on its remodeled location in Eastpoint. The company, based in Fort Lauderdale with dealership locations also in Palm Beach, Sarasota, Stuart, and Tampa, hosted a BBQ, beer…
Rob Grabemann from the Leukemia Research Foundation holds a check for $120,000, which was a contribution from the 21st annual Kingfish Shootout at C-Quarters Marina in Carrabelle on June 15. The tournament has long been a benefactor in the fight against leukemia.
Red snapper bite continues to improve with limits being caught as our local guides continue to outperform themselves. Kingfish have started showing up. Try trolling spoons when they are feeding on the surface. Topwater plugs such as a Rapala Magnum or Yo Zuri TopKnock Pencil should be your first choice. Local fisherman CJ Young had…
Auditions for the Panhandle Players’ “Night of the Living Dead Live,” which will be staged Oct. 3 to 6 at the Chapman Theatre in Apalachicola, are Sunday, July 14 at 3 p.m. and Monday, July 15 at 6 p.m. at the theater. George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead Live” is the only authorized…
You heard the best sermon about faith last Sunday. And now, less than a week later, you feel like you’ve let God down because you’re afraid. To make matters worse, you feel like you can’t be honest about your feelings to your church friends. But being afraid doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a weak Christian. Life…
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