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By Patti Blake | The News Herald Posted Jun 28, 2019 at 5:00 AM     There’s something special about the night sky over Cape San Blas, and photographers are flocking to the area to capture it. Photos of the Donna Kay shrimp boat under a starry night sky are becoming increasingly popular on social media feeds like Milky Way Chasers Read More

By Special to The Star Posted Apr 25, 2019 at 1:01 AM     If you see artists setting up easels on Reid Ave. you’ll know that it’s plein air season in Port St Joe. Plein air is a French term meaning painting in open air. And that’s why you’ll see artists everywhere, capturing our coast, salt marshes, marina, streets and Read More

By Star Staff Report Posted at 1:01 AM     Legion Fish/Fry BBQ Chicken Dinner. The Willis V. Rowan American Legion Post 116 will host its annual Fish Fry/Chicken BBQ on Good Friday, April 19 at the Centennial Building Park area (rain or shine) beginning at 11 ET until the food runs out. Cost of a plate is Read More

By Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted at 1:01 AM     Maybe the summer will turn out to be more solemn, maybe the first five months of the Tourist Development Council’s fiscal year has just been a happy mirage. And then again the modest drop in bed tax Read More

I thought this was a great article, so I’m sharing.  I hope you enjoy it! By Kesley Colbert / Contributing Writer Posted at 1:01 AM    They come from Michigan. And Colorado. Canada. Maine. Georgia. Ohio. Kentucky. And all points north. I especially look for the ones that come from Tennessee. They come alone. They come as Read More

Mar 14 at 8:46 AM Next GREAT News! By Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Mar 14, 2019 at 1:01 AM    President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon signed legislation that included an amendment removing some 40 acres in Gulf County from a Coastal Barriers Resource Act (CBRA) zone. The bill, a lands package combining Read More

Posted: 2:57 PM, February 25, 2019Updated: 2:57 PM, February 25, 2019 Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s tourism-marketing arm Monday awarded $858,000 to communities that sustained heavy damage in Hurricane Michael. Visit Florida announced tourism-promotion money will be divided among the Panama City Community Development Council, the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau Read More

FWC announces Gulf County scallop season dates Karl Etters, Tallahassee DemocratPublished 5:23 p.m. ET Feb. 21, 2019 Florida wildlife commissioners approved a month-long scallop season in Gulf County, which has been ravaged by red tide over the past few years. (Photo11: Ric Rolon, AP) Florida wildlife commissioners approved a month-long scallop season in Gulf County, which Read More

Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Feb 14, 2019 at 1:01 AM    Chalk up on more potential casualty to Hurricane Michael; the 2019 scallop harvest season in St. Joseph Bay. During a public workshop last week researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reviewed recent seasons and restoration Read More

By Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Feb 14, 2019 at 1:00 AM    After a misfire in the U.S. House of Representatives late last year, language to begin to peel Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) designation from county lands was approved Tuesday by the U.S.Senate. A “Lands Package,” legislation combining Read More