Student volunteers repair Gulf County homes during spring break
Houston Bennett watched the student volunteers install his new wheelchair ramp.
“They started off by putting the poles in. Then they laid down the decking and the siding,” he said. …
Breeze by the Bay raises funds for Junior Service League
By 9 a.m. on March 5, the runners had lined up at the starting line. Some stretched or jogged lightly in place. Others double knotted their shoes. All waited anxiously for the starting signal.
At …
Wewa Woman’s Club collecting donations for first responders battling wildfires
Room 105 at the Port Inn will remain vacant this week.
It has been set aside to house donations collected as part of a drive benefiting emergency personnel responding to wildfires that have burned …
Gulf County fire departments respond to tenth brush fire since Friday
County Administrator Michael Hammond was mid-sentence during the county’s Monday afternoon special meeting when Commissioner Ward McDaniel’s buzzer went off with an alert.
The room went …
Volunteers break ground at Port St. Joe Community Garden
Not even the dollar weeds that sprouted up through the garden beds could dampen the mood at the Port St. Joe Community Garden on Saturday, where, for the first time, members of the community gathered …
UPDATE: Bertha Swamp Road blaze now at 12,000 acres
Going into their thir day of battling an 8,000 acre blaze that started in northwest Gulf County on Friday, the Florida Forest Service made small advances overnight, keeping the fire at …
Bertha Swamp Road Fire reaches 8,000 acres
According to the Florida Forest Service, a wildfire that beganin in Northwest Gulf County on Friday is now burning more than 8,000 acres and has spread into Bay and Calhoun counties.
No homes are …
Gulf County wildfire burns for second day
A wildfire that started Friday is now burning more than 3,000 acres of swampland off of Bertha Road near Highway 22 in Gulf County’s northwest corner.
According to the Florida Forest Service, …
Port St. Joe holds first reading of food truck ordinance
Port St. Joe commissioners held their first reading of the city’s proposed food truck…
UPDATED: Forestry battling 8,000 acre northwest Gulf County wildfire
Florida Forest Service firefighters are now battling a 800 acre wildfire near Big Bertha Swamp off of Highway 22, according to an announcement from Gulf County Emergency Management on social …