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Bruce RitchieAugust 24, 2014

Environmental issues are becoming high profile in the race for Congress in the eastern Florida Panhandle, as they should anywhere in Florida. U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Panama City, is facing Democrat Gwen Graham of Tallahassee in the Nov. 4 general election. The district extends from the white sand beaches of Bay County east, to include […]

Bruce RitchieAugust 10, 2014

Former U. S. Senator Bob Graham was back on the campaign trail this month, and he said he’s loving it. Graham’s daughter, Gwen Graham, is running as a Democrat for Congress against Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Panama City. Last week, she wrapped up an eight-day “Grilling with the Grahams” tour of the congressional district’s 14 counties […]

Guest AuthorAugust 28, 2013

For the time being, the St. Johns and Withlacoochee are the only two Florida rivers that flow north. But if Georgia keeps sucking up more of its headwaters each year, the Apalachicola might just become the third. The good news is that the State of Florida has stepped up its efforts to keep that from […]

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Bruce Ritchie: Environment is an issue in Panhandle race for Congress

Bruce Ritchie: Bob Graham is back on the campaign trail helping daughter Gwen

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