On Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 9-11:30AM, First Baptist Church, located at 1300 South Boulevard in Chipley, FL will host a Project Leader Workshop in their Student Building to kick off a season of giving. In the coming weeks, residents will fill shoeboxes with fun toys, school supplies and personal care items for children in need. … Read More »
Depending on whether or not you have a destructive dog, you might not even get angry at your pup, but if you do have a dog that likes to get in trouble, it’s so easy to raise your voice or yell. Dogs don’t understand anger like we do. Instead, the yelling might make your dogs fearful. Considering our… Read More »
Editor’s Note: In light of the mountain of false information disseminated over the past few years concerning COVID, masks, quarantine and other ‘health’ recommendations from the ‘professionals’, please take this information with a grain of salt. After a relatively quiet summer, COVID-19 appears to be gaining traction again in the U.S., with the latest subvariant… Read More »
Start Here- Get There. If you have passed through downtown in the last couple of days, you have probably noticed the scarecrows, as seen by the Photography Program from Florida Panhandle Technical College in a field trip to Downtown Chipley, Florida on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, to highlight the arrival of the Chipley Scarecrows, a… Read More »
WestPoint Home Bed & Bath Factory Outlet in Downtown Chipley, Florida will present one of the very best times of year to give your home a Fall makeover, taking advantage of the fantastic prices during the 2023 Labor Day Sale, featuring 50% off everything in the store, from August 18 through September 5, 2023. … Read More »
The Town of Wausau will hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 4:30PM, in the Wausau Town Hall at 1607 Second Avenue, Wausau Florida, as seen in the agenda (below). NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA EMERGENCY MEETING AUGUST 31 2023
The City Council in Vernon, Florida has scheduled a tree dedication ceremony to honor several Vernon residents on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Narvel Armstrong, Laura Olene Brewer, Oscar Ward and James Boswell will be commemorated in this tree dedication ceremony at 10AM on the grounds of the Vernon City Hall.
The City of Vernon, Florida City Council has scheduled a Special Monthly Meeting on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 5:30PM, as seen in the agenda (below).
The Washington County, Florida Emergency Management Operations Center has issued an advisory of the latest information about Hurricane Idalia, as seen below. There has been another nudge to the west and the graphics depict the ‘worst case’ scenario on the current track. It is possible we will receive some wind and rain from the outer… Read More »
The Town of Wausau held a Special Meeting on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at 4:30PM, in the Wausau Town Hall at 1607 Second Avenue, Wausau Florida, as seen in the video (below). Part of the meeting was reserved for the vetting and selection process of replacing longtime and retiring Town Clerk Margaret Riley.
Hurricane Idalia is intensifying and is expected to grow into a powerful hurricane, possibly reaching Category 3, with winds over 111 mph, before making landfall on the Florida Coast on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 morning. It’s on track to hit Florida’s Big Bend region at a location no major hurricane- meaning Category 3 or higher-… Read More »
Attached are the latest briefing slides on Hurricane Idalia from the National Weather Service. It is still likely there could be another track shift to the west later this evening which could cause slight changes to the watch and warning areas. Please stay tuned to local news media or reputable news sources regarding the track… Read More »
Our community is mobilizing in advance of the impending storm, and our young men and women who work the power grid are staging in Chipley, Florida, waiting to see what turn the storm will take and where their skills will be needed, as seen in these photos taken in front of Javier’s Mexican Grill in… Read More »
On Sunday Aug. 27, officials at Tyndall Air Force Base have declared conditions to be level HURCON 5. This means that Idalia has become a potential threat to Tyndall, which includes tropical force winds. Personnel have not been evacuated from the base. Tyndall personnel and their family members should take the following steps: Monitor weather… Read More »
WestPoint Home Bed & Bath Factory Outlet in Downtown Chipley, Florida will present one of the very best times of year to give your home a Fall makeover, taking advantage of the fantastic prices during the 2023 Labor Day Sale, featuring 50% off everything in the store, from August 18 through September 5, 2023. … Read More »