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Tax-free holiday begins May 29
Florida’s 2020 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will begin this Friday, May 29, and continue for a full week through Thursday, June 4. As usual, the tax holiday coincides with…
COVID cases jump to 8
As community testing has “dramatically increased,” Taylor County’s positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have jumped from just three to eight this week, prompting several local businesses to voluntarily close in an…
3-2 vote to allow vacation rentals to re-open
During an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon, the Taylor County Commission voted 3-2 to submit a plan to the state for re-opening short-term vacation rentals in the county, joining at least…
Free testing offered at Loughridge Park
Local Taylor County Department of Health (DOH-Taylor) officials will be offering free drive-thru COVID-19 testing to the community at Loughridge Park next week. Testing will be available to asymptomatic people…
No injuries
The Perry Police Department (PPD) and Perry Fire Department responded to a crash on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. on Jefferson Street after a driver struck a parked vehicle. According to…
Perry on the map with ‘Park & Plug’ station
The City of Perry is now on the map as one of the few communities in the Big Bend area to feature a “Park and Plug” electric vehicle (EV) charging…
District braces for state funding cuts
If there is a silver lining to be found in the empty classrooms and shuttered schools for the final nine weeks of the 2019-20 school year, it will be the…
Career military man followed in older brothers’ footsteps
Wherever his two older brothers, Robert and Toby, went, Sammy Ray Hunter was quick to follow. It seems only fitting that, just as his older brothers’ memorial flags have flown…
DMH ramping back up for business
Following in the state of Florida’s footsteps, Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) is ramping back up for business by bringing operations and staffing back up to normal levels prior to the…
2 more COVID cases
An employee of Deal’s Famous Oyster House in Perry has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), prompting the local eatery to close its doors for two weeks. According to an…
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