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Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. After an extended period of store and restaurant COVID-19 closures, the majority of Florida, including Jefferson County, is finally beginning the slow progress of reopening. For several…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The North Cherry Street upgrade, which has been underway for several weeks, is expected to be completed next week. Or so City Manager Raymond Clark informed the…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. With the primary for the 2020 election set for mid-August, one can only hope that by then the coronavirus pandemic will be under control, if not history….

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Non-Jefferson County residents who have been barred from accessing the Wacissa River boat ramp for a little more than a month will find that they are now…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has been cutting back the overgrowth that obscured the crepe myrtles and other ornamentals alongside U.S. 90, a project that is…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County (FDOH-Jefferson) is now conducting COVID-19/coronavirus testing at various locations around the community. The testing started on Thursday, May 7,…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. While health concerns over the coronavirus pandemic stalled much of business and other activities during the last two months – including the Suncoast Connector hearings – the…

USPS addresses COVID concerns With social distancing, temporarily closing businesses and canceled events all resulting in changes to our normal lives, several businesses and services have been deemed as essential and continue…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The transmission line ordinance that the county planners have been tweaking for months in conjunction with Attorney David Collins has now been sent to the Jefferson County…

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Contributor Investigators with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), with assistance from Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Mario Myles…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. In times of crisis, the American people continually demonstrate resilience. Timely and effective emergency alert and warning messages can add to that resilience by providing information that…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. As if the coronavirus pandemic weren’t enough, weather experts are forecasting an unusually active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins June 1 and runs through November…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The local COVID-19 situation has changed almost on a daily basis lately. On Monday, April 27, the Florida Department of Health in Jefferson County (FDOH-Jefferson) confirmed a…

Halsey Beshears appointed to group Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. On Tuesday, April 21, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the creation of the Reopen Task Force Industry Working Group. The purpose of…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Before the coronavirus epidemic, there was Deepwater Horizon, the massive marine oil spill in 2010 that wreaked economic and environmental havoc on Florida and four other states…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County remained at 26 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday evening, April 22, when the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) last updated its website. The last two…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. A former student and athlete with Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA), Megan Schofill, is continuing to make her name known around the nation with her career in women’s…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. For nearly five straight decades, Florida’s crime rate has been steadily decreasing, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). On Friday, April 10, the FDLE…