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County receives one bid for new brush fire truck
Taylor County’s attempt to purchase a new brush/squad truck for Taylor County Fire-Rescue resulted in receiving just one bid from a firm in Pennsylvania, which came in slightly over the…
Commission tackling budget early
Facing a projected loss of millions of dollars in property tax revenues due to the closure of Georgia-Pacific’s Foley Cellulose mill and West Fraser’s Perry sawmill, as well as the…
State, federal regulations preventing rebuild efforts
Dozens of local residents and business owners left last week’s workshop between the Taylor County Commission and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) upset over the lack of specific answers to…
McKeever set to become county’s building official
After eight months without a full-time county building official, the Taylor County Commission is poised to hire local contractor George Terry McKeever to fill the role.…
Taylor just misses a Winter Wonderland
While Tallahassee, Thomasville, Panama City, Pensacola and points in between received several inches of snow, most of Taylor County had to settle for a thin layer of ice and sleet…
School district receives its first Idalia FEMA payment
Nearly a year and a half after Hurricane Idalia made landfall here on Aug. 26, 2023, the Taylor County School District has finally received its first round of relief funding…
Mosley is ‘Teacher of the Year’
Big Bend Technical College (BBTC) Millwright instructor Luke Mosley has been named the Taylor County School District’s “Teacher of the Year.”…
‘May I have this dance?’
“May I have this dance?” With that simple question, Taylor County’s own Henry Waller stepped onto the national stage and into the history books Monday night, Jan. 20, when he…
FEMA public forum Jan. 24
A public forum featuring representatives from a variety of federal and state agencies overseeing Hurricane Helene recovery efforts will be held in Perry this Friday, Jan. 24, at Forest Capital…
Bus driver complains of second-hand impairment
Greyhound bus passengers were stranded on the side of Highway 19 South for several hours Thursday evening, Jan. 16, after the bus driver called for assistance, stating she feared she…
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