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Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

Statewide Republican candidates today banded together for a supply drive today for hurricane-struck areas of the state. Gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, his running mate Jeannette Nunez, Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody and Agriculture Commissioner candidate Matt Caldwell shared pictures and video today as they gathered supplies in Live Oak and ran them up to Bay […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 13, 2018

Tri-Eagle Sales, a leading beverage wholesaler in North and North-Central Florida, will offer cans of water from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The beer distributor intends to help community members who’ve been affected by Hurricane Michael. In Gadsden County, where Tri-Eagle is located, the storm killed at least four, and mandatory curfews remain in effect, according […]

Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew’s tremendous destruction, this no longer looks like a typical campaign weekend, as many of the candidates for office instead devote 100 percent of their time to storm-struck areas. Gov. Rick Scott, Republican U.S. Senate candidate, called for a delay in a Tuesday debate with incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

On Friday afternoon, Jimmy Patronis stood in front of the wreckage of his childhood memories and talked to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. A Panama City Beach native who represented the area in the state House before appointed last year to be the state’s Chief Financial Officer, Patronis used as a backdrop his storm-ravaged junior high school to address the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

In a rare moment of bipartisanship during a fierce campaign season, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson joined Panhandle Congressman Neal Dunn to send a letter to the Department of Defense urging them to expedite repairs at Tyndall Air Force Base. The base was critically damaged during Hurricane Michael. The storm made landfall Wednesday near Mexico Beach, […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

The platoon of power professionals working to get electricity restored in the Florida Panhandle has jumped to 4,400 according to Gulf Power, the region’s major utility company. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Michael, more than 400,000 utility customers in Florida were without power, and about a third of those were Gulf Power Customers. The […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is guiding the capital city through post-storm recovery, but the Democratic gubernatorial nominee found some time Friday to talk with MSNBC’s Katy Tur. Unsurprisingly, the campaign came up. Turning to polling, Tur noted the race with Ron DeSantis is tightening according to recent individual surveys. While the Real Clear Politics average is a 3.7 point […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

Airbnb again expanded it Open Homes Program for residents displaced by Hurricane Michael as well as relief workers in town to assist with recovery efforts. The program provides free temporary housing in participating hosts’ homes. The activation zone now includes three states – Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina – and has been expanded to […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

Attorneys for Gov. Rick Scott‘s Republican U.S. Senate campaign have sent letters to television stations throughout Florida demanding they pull a commercial from the Senate Majority PAC that charges him with cutting education funding by $1.3 billion early in his tenure. The letter contends the commercial is false and misleading. Beyond that, the letter asserts […]

Staff ReportsOctober 12, 2018

Florida State University is telling students at its Panama City campus not to return to campus, or even the Panama City area “if possible.” Administrators “completed a preliminary assessment of the FSU Panama City campus on Thursday,” the school said in a statement. “The campus sustained roof and water damage, as well as multiple broken […]

Tag: Hurricane Michael

Ron DeSantis, Ashley Moody, Matt Caldwell run supplies to Panama City

North Florida Anheuser-Busch distributor to offer cans of water Saturday

Michael mangles campaign schedules

Jimmy Patronis: ‘You’re not supposed to come home and see your town gone’

Members of Congress to feds: Speed up Tyndall recovery

Gulf Power says 4,400 power pros working 24/7 on Panhandle restoration

Andrew Gillum talks tightening polls, storm recovery challenges

Airbnb ‘significantly expands’ Open Homes Program for Michael evacuees, relief workers

Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate campaign says ‘false’ anti-Scott attack ad undermines trust in him

FSU officials to students: Don’t come back to Panama City