Wewahitchka News

Anyone in Gulf County who wants a swine flu shot has the opportunity. The Gulf County Health Department has been running inoculation centers, or PODs for several weeks, targeting high-risk populations first, as shipments of H1N1 vaccine arrived in the county.

Retired Navy Senior Chief Tim Bowers returned home Wednesday to urge residents to support our nation's men and women in uniform.

A man and a woman are charged with multiple drug offenses following a traffic stop in Marianna Saturday.

The Gulf County Health Department is continuing to administer free H1N1 vaccines to people in the following priority groups: * Pregnant women * Caregivers and family members of infants six months and younger * Individuals six months to 24 years old * People 25 to 64 years old with chronic medical conditions * Health care workers * Teachers and ...

Gulf County S.W.A.T. students want to make a point. Port St. Joe Middle School S.W.A.T. students will be outside the Piggly Wiggly Thursday, Nov.

Fifty local children have a new set of winter clothes thanks to a partnership among the Junior Service League of Port St Joe, the Tapper Foundation and Sears.

Wewahitchka Elementary School is currently conducting its annual Holiday Food Drive and off to an amazing start.

Covering the Forgotten Coast with the latest local news, sports and events. If it can be found on the Forgotten Coast, you will find it here Sign Up for Newsletters/Alerts/Mobile Lois Swoboda The Times The Procession of the Species featured members of the Carrabelle Boys and Girls Club parading in papier-mache animal masks they created themselves.

The 2nd Annual Olde Tyme Cultural and Craft Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Nov.

The Wewahitchka High School Class of 2010 Project Graduation committee has begun making plans for graduation night.

Ann Nunery with the Wewahitchka, Fla., Search and Rescue team looks for 7-month-old Shannon Lea Dedrick in Washington County.

October 29, 2009 11:25 AM The Woman's Club of Wewahitchka will sponsor a Junior Miss Program at the Wewahitchka Elementary School Commons at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, Nov.

Last week, Gulf County received its first shipment of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine to protect residents against a new strain of the influenza virus known commonly as "swine flu." The Gulf County Health Department received 100 units of the vaccine in nasal spray form and 100 units in shot form from the state Department of Health .

For decades, Gulf County residents have been split over time. The north end of the county is on Central Time while the south which includes the city of Port St.

From around the country they descended in Gulf County a few weeks ago. There was a mother from Wewahitchka, one from Taunton, MA, another from Georgia, one from South Florida and another from Louisiana.

Gulf County voters will get their chance to decide if "fast" time or "slow" time suits them.

On Wednesday evening, Sept. 30, members of St. James Episcopal Church of Port St.

The Junior Service League of Port St. Joe is proud to host the Junior Miss Program, a national scholarship program for high school seniors.

Skye Hudson is a beauty queen on a mission, and 22 pink flamingos are along for the ride.

Earl Morrogh, of Quincy, will make a solitary trip by kayak from Chattahoochee to Apalachicola to raise money for the Apalachicola Riverkeeper.