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Dump truck driver empties gas tank
A dump truck driver was arrested Friday, Sept. 8, for allegedly draining 38-50 gallons of non-ethanol gasoline onto the parking lot of a local convenience store after accidentally filling his…
DEP overseeing waterway debris clean-up
The Taylor County Commission has approved an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the state agency to clean up debris left behind by Hurricane Idalia in…
City may pull 3% raises due to GP revenue shortfall
Faced with a projected $500,000 annual revenue shortfall due to the closure of the Georgia-Pacific (GP) Foley Cellulose Mill, the city council is considering a number of options, including removing…
GP execs decline to meet with citizen task force
Georgia Pacific (GP) executives have declined to meet with the local “Citizens Action Task Force” created to try to find a buyer for the Foley Cellulose mill, which GP announced…
Task force seeks mill buyer
Twenty-four hours after news broke that Georgia- Pacific will close the Foley Cellulose mill, local, state and federal representatives gathered for an emergency meeting with members of the business and…
DeSantis to GP: ‘Do what’s right’
Governor Ron DeSantis has responded to the impending closure of the Foley Mill in Perry by calling on Georgia-Pacific to “do what’s right” when it comes to the 525 employees…
GP closure to cost city $500,000 in revenues
The City of Perry has called a special meeting for Friday to discuss the closure of the Georgia-Pacific (GP) Foley mill and its impact on the city’s fiscal year 2023-…
Schools face $13-16 million in storm clean-up and repair
Getting schools up and running one week after Hurricane Idalia stormed through Taylor County came with a steep cost – with the district looking at paying out in excess of…
Dunn demands GP donate mill to county
Congressman Neal Dunn, who represents Taylor County and District 2 in the U.S. House of Representatives, has sent Georgia-Pacific officials a list of demands in the wake of the company’s…
Chamber Chair Parker givesaction update on GP closure
By SANDRA PARKER / Chairman, Perry-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce First, let me say that my heart is saddened by the devastation we are still healing from due to Hurricane…
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