Wewa softball tradition continues
Gulf County will be represented by two all-star teams at this weekend’s state softball…
A day at the museum: St. Joe’s secrets revealed
“A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in…
‘Freedom Week’ to offer Sales Tax Breaks
TALLAHASSEE — Florida is about to find out how much a week of sales-tax “freedom” translates into capitalism.
Starting Thursday, in what lawmakers dubbed “Freedom Week,” people will receive sales-tax breaks when they make a wide range of purchases that could help spur them to be more active after being limited by the coronavirus pandemic.
Shoppers from Thursday through July 7 will be able to avoid paying all or part of sales taxes on purchases such as grills; bicycles; fishing and camping gear; kayaks and canoes; tickets for concerts, movies and ball games; gym memberships; boxes of softballs and sleeves of tennis balls; and even sunscreen.
Juneteenth celebration pays tribute to freedom
Port St. Joe welcomed the first ever national holiday of
Juneteenth Saturday, with a tribute to two soldiers for freedom.
One who fought on behalf of the Underground Railroad and one
who …
Unemployment improves as workforce expands
Gulf County’s unemployment dropped slightly in May, as the work force continued to expand….
School board confronts questions of evolution, race
The subject of state guidelines on the sensitive subjects of race and religion arose…
County to beef up water rescue training
The issue of water rescue, a subject that gave rise to the resignation in…
Third grade reading scores drop statewide
A decline in language arts scores among Gulf County third graders this past spring…
Paving the old school
The Panhandle Players, the Forgotten Coast’s community theatre group, made a request to the…
State urges judge to reject tech industry suit
TALLAHASSEE — Accusing social-media platforms of censorship, Florida attorneys late Monday pushed back against…