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By Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Jul 5, 2018 at 1:01 AM    For the fifth consecutive year county property values continued to climb, jumping 8.4 percent year over year. Property Appraiser Mitch Burke submitted the 2018 preliminary tax roll to the Florida Department of Revenue last Thursday. In effect, Read More

NEWS HERALD KATIE LANDECK Scalloping in Franklin County starts July 1, while Gulf County waits until Aug. 17. Port St. Joe — A pilot FWC program to stagger the scallop season in response to public comments has kicked off scalloping in some parts of the state, while Northwest Florida waits for its scallops to get Read More

Amy Aumick Correspondent Cape San Blas is a strip of Florida beauty near Port Saint Joe that is home to St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, once named the best beach in America by beach connoisseur Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, aka “Dr. Beach.” Separating St. Joseph Bay to the north from the Gulf Of Mexico to Read More

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A red tide in 2015 wiped out much of Port St. Joe’s scallop population. Years later, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is still trying to re-populate the bays with scallops. On Sunday, volunteers took the first step in a new effort to bring scallops back to our area. The every-day Floridians are soon-to-be scallop Read More

By Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Apr 12, 2018 at 1:00 AMUpdated Apr 12, 2018 at 1:36 PM    Others include Miramar Beach, Islamorada and Sanibel Island Within the general realm of understatement, most visitors and residents would surely agree with a list that puts Cape San Blas near the top among vacation destinations. FloridaRentals.com, a Read More

By Tim Croft / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Apr 12, 2018 at 1:01 AM    New data in hand, analysis to come Sometimes persnickety pays. That is the hope for county officials as new data arrives to assess the accuracy of preliminary FEMA flood maps which were first released in 2016. Those Read More

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Announces Bay Scallop Seasons by WJHG Posted: Friday, February 9, 2018 at 3:58PM EST Tallahassee, Fla. – At its February meeting in Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved bay scallop open season dates for 2018. The following regionally-specific bay scallop open seasons will be created by Read More

By KATIE LANDECK News Herald Reporter Posted Jan 20, 2018 at 6:57 PMUpdated Jan 20, 2018 at 7:20 PM    The hundreds of formerly cold-stunned turtles came faster than the spellbound kids gathered for their release could name them. PORT ST. JOE — At first, a small group of children tried to come up with a name for each of the 300-plus sea turtles workers and Read More

By Joe Vitale January 5, 2018 | 10:44am | Updated Hundreds of sea turtles rescued due to ‘Cold stunning’ Share   Florida’s unusually cold weather is keeping more than just tourists out the water. Hundreds of sea turtles are washing up on Gulf County shores due to “cold stunning,” an ecological phenomenon caused by cold water temperatures, according to reports. Read More

  By Tim Croft | 850-227-7827 | @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted at 1:01 AM    “There are four houses I know of, and probably more, that aren’t going to make it through the winter,” one resident said. GULF COUNTY — The Board of Gulf County Commissioners hopes to make a decision in January on how to restore Read More