Port St. Joe News

The proposed Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center arrived in Port St. Joe in mid-year, bringing with it some of the baggage from a similar facility proposed in Tallahassee.

The city of Port St. Joe celebrated the opening of its new $21 million water plant, tapping into surface water, the Chipola River, rather than wells tapping the underground Floridan Aquifer.

Recent rain events that flooded portions of Port St. Joe were the main topic of discussion at last Tuesday's city commission meeting.

Early Head Start services will expand in area counties with a little boost from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Another area bank is in trouble with federal regulators. The Office of Thrift Supervision has issued a Cease and Desist Order to Bayside Savings Bank in Port St.

As a ministry of St. Peter's Church our parishioners support our local nursing home in Port St.

Christmas is in the air and we here at Port St. Joe Elementary School have celebrated it in grand style.

Sailors cruising America's Great Loop have found a worthwhile detour in Port St.

On Sunday, Dec. 13, my daughters and I were walking down Garrison Avenue on our way to enjoy a day at the park.

Regina Capps fifth-grade writing class has been working on persuasive writing. Mrs. Capps thinks persuasive writing is one of the easiest forms of writing to teach because children have very strong opinions and convictions about many things.

Braidin Jasper Linton was born Oct. 12, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. He weighed 5 pounds, 11.1 ounces and was 18 inches long.

Enclosed find an e-mail sent to our county commissioners on Nov. 20. Only Mr. Williams chose to respond.

The family and friends of Bryce McKenzie Nelson have established a scholarship in his memory.

The next gathering of the community's wonderful volunteers will be at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec.

Long Avenue Baptist Church is getting a visit from the "Don't Be Afraid Brigade." This group of angels has been sent straight from on high to bring the people of Port St.

Due to a water main break there is a precautionary boil water notice for a section of Marvin Avenue, between Sixth and Tenth Street, in Port St.

Gulf and Bay County educators played a key role at the annual CFES National Conference in Bolton Landing, NY, on Nov.

Hurricane season is over but the severe weather that hit Northwest Florida is causing some inconveniences.

The Gulf County Community Development Corporation will hold its annual membership meeting at 12 noon ET on Thursday, Dec.

Eighty-eight people die every day in Florida from tobacco-related illnesses. That's the message Gulf County Students Working Against Tobacco demonstrated to the community Nov.