The Chipley Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will hold a meeting on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 3:30 PM. Agenda items will include but not limited to: Review applications for CRA Board membership; review grant applications; review FY 2024 Budget. CRA meetings are held in the first-floor conference room at the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, 672… Read More »

Michael Ray Qualls Jr. 50, of North Fort Myers went home to be with the Lord on August 5, 2023, at Downtown Baker Hospital in Naples, Florida surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born on May 21, 1973, in Tampa, Florida to Michael Ray Qualls Sr. and Nancy Marsh. A Chipley High School graduate… Read More »

The City of Chipley Public Works Department will be closing a portion of Chestnut Hill Street between Harrell Avenue and South Blvd. on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 @ 8:30AM for ditch maintenance.  We will update once the road is opened to thru traffic. Any questions please call City of Chipley Public Works @ 850-638-6346.  … Read More »

Washington County, Florida Superintendent of Schools Joe Taylor visited Studio B on the campus of Florida Panhandle Technical College on Monday, August 7, 2023, to welcome teachers, students and administrators to the 2023-2024 school year and address parental address concerns about traffic, hours and lunches as seen in the video (below) produced by the new… Read More »

The Washington County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Budget Workshop on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. CST. This meeting will be held at the Washington County Board of County Commissioners Board Room, located at 1331 South BLVD, Chipley, FL 32428. This meeting is open to the public.

Just after 9 a.m., August 4, 2023, a Washington County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop near Elkcam Blvd. and Deltona in Sunny Hills for a traffic infraction. The deputy made contact with the driver who identified himself as Timothy Kelley, 62 of Ohio. While the deputies were speaking with Kelley, he seemed nervous. A… Read More »

The City of Vernon, Florida City Council has cancelled the regular Monthly Workshop originally scheduled for Monday, August 7, 2023.

The Washington County, Florida Health Department, in partnership with the Washington County School District, offered a leadership academy on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, as seen in these photos by Madison Ross, Digital Photography Program student at Florida Panhandle Technical College. GLAM (Girls Leadership Academy and Mentoring) kicked off on August 1, 2023 in the Board… Read More »

The sunny days of late summer showed a more significant drop in attendance at work, versus the frosty winter months typically associated with colds and the flu, say researchers- duh. August 24 is tracked to be the nation’s ‘sickest day of the year’, according to new research, with five years’ worth of data, looking for… Read More »

National Fresh Breath Day is celebrated on August 6 every year as a way of promoting oral health and hygiene. None of us would want to be in the company of someone who has foul breath- be it the smell of onions, garlic, sardines, or just poor oral hygiene. Bad breath can be a downer… Read More »

Here’s Part 1 of a  photographic retrospective of the condemnation of the old Washington County, Florida Courthouse in Chipley, Florida, in February 2014, immediately following the declaration of unsafe air quality, presence of hazardous materials and subsequent evacuation of the property, due to mold, lead, asbestos and a handful of additional health hazards that rendered… Read More »

The Chipley, Florida  Garden Club recently announced the ‘Yard of the Month’ for July and August 2023. This honor can be bestowed on any home or business within the city limits of Chipley for multiple reasons: Marked improvement, beautiful flowers, well maintained lawn and hard landscaping. The award also honors time devoted to making Chipley… Read More »

National Underwear Day is on August 5, so let us brief and tell you why we love underwear. It keeps us from ‘jiggling’ in public by covering our unmentionables. As a matter of fact, underwear appears in nearly every culture. Today, it comes in all colors, sizes, and fabrics. The first forms of ‘underwear’ likely… Read More »

Slowly but surely, the internet has moved away from glorifying skinny bodies and weight loss to a more neutral and accepting perception of our bodies. Plus-size models started to appear more on the runway, and the word ‘inclusivity’ rose to the top of our vocabulary. But society in general seems to have a generational trend… Read More »

Weather experts are continuing to call for an above-average hurricane season, with increased odds of a major hurricane striking the U.S. Gulf Coast or Eastern Seaboard this season. It could mark the eighth consecutive season with an average or above-average number of storms in the Atlantic, which has been churning out destructive hurricanes at a… Read More »