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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 […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Thursday night that it has started making progress in its power restoration and rebuilding process in Panama City, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Michael. The company has restored power to more than 32,000 customers overall — an increase of 7,000 from its Thursday afternoon update — […]

Staff ReportsOctober 12, 2018

As Leon County residents continue to clean up after Hurricane Michael, Leon County has extended the free-of-charge period for both its Solid Waste Management Facility and Rural Waste Service Centers. Those facilities will be open normal hours starting Saturday, and remain free of charge until Sunday, October 21. The Solid Waste Management Facility (at 7550 Apalachee […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

After touring devastated areas around Panama City Thursday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said “It looks like a bomb went off” and pledged he and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio would do everything they could to make sure full federal aid comes to areas struck by Hurricane Michael. Nelson also visited Tyndall Air Force Base, […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

People at more than 351,000 homes and businesses smashed by Hurricane Michael Wednesday are getting up in the dark for the second morning, though the numbers without power have been trimmed by about 50,000 since the peak of the blackout Thursday morning. And Gov. Rick Scott announced he is authorizing state- and federally-backed push crews […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

State Rep. Kathleen Peters is pausing her campaign to focus on collecting supplies for people in north Florida devastated by Hurricane Michael. Peters is employing her team to help with gathering supplies from donors. “For the next several days, my team and I will focus on collecting much-needed supplies for those impacted by Hurricane Michael,” she said. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 11, 2018

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is heading back to Tallahassee from Tampa after seeing his wife, Katie, through breast cancer surgery. The two were at Moffitt Cancer Center as Hurricane Michael ravaged the Florida Panhandle, including Panama City Beach where the couple and their children live. “To say I’m a little overwhelmed is an […]

Drew WilsonOctober 11, 2018

Utility company Gulf Power said Thursday that it’s already restored power to 25,000 customers affected by Hurricane Michael, but nearly a quarter of its 457,000 customers are still waiting for their lights to come back on. Gulf Power said between its own workers and personnel flying in from across the country, it has 3,000 boots […]

Tag: Hurricane Michael

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

Gulf Power has restored power to 4K customers in Panama City

Bring out your debris: Leon County takes trash for free

Bill Nelson touring North Florida: ‘It looks like a bomb went off’

351,000 come through second night without power

Kathleen Peters puts politics on hold to collect hurricane relief supplies

Jimmy Patronis reveals his wife’s battle with breast cancer

Gulf Power restores power to 25K customers, but there’s a long way to go