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Lory Chancy's
heart was always in the right place – she
believed in the value of a municipal hospital
September 26, 2023
12:45 pm | 6 min read
Photos: Columbia County Observer | Long time
Board member Lory Chancy (left), listens to her
friend and former Board member, Janet Creel.
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Sept. 23, 2023
11:55 am | 4 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – This past Thursday
evening, the Suwannee River Water Management
District (SRWMD), or at least one member of the
governor’s Board and the District’s PR guy,
showed up at a County Commission meeting to
discuss FEMA flood maps. It would have been nice
if folks knew they were coming and why.
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September 22, 2023
6:40 pm | 2.5 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Columbia County was hit
hard by Hurricane Idalia. There wasn't a lot of
rain, but the high winds made fast work of
treetops, limbs, and branches. Last Friday,
September 15, FEMA's boots on the ground in the
south end of the County, Robert and Sterling,
after seeing all Idalia's debris, told you
reporter that they were going to recommend
extending the debris pickup deadline.
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Sept. 20, 2023
5:55 pm | 3 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Last Thursday, the
Florida Gateway College Women's Flag
Football team – the Timberwolves – came face
to face with the governor’s FGC College
Board of Trustees. In just its second year
of competition, FGC’s Timberwolves Flag
Football team became the first-ever National
Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
champions.
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Sept. 19, 2023
8:40 pm | 1 min read
LAKE CITY, FL – Lake City City Manager Paul
Dyal notified the City today: "Based on my
contract terms, I am offering one (1) month
notice of my separation." Mr. Dyal was appointed
City Manager on January 3, 2023.
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September 11, 2023
3:50 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – Forward thinking by the
County 5 enabled it to arrange for
FEMA help in the
post-hurricane Idalia cleanup. Follow-up action
by Columbia County management will allow for
Lake City to be included in the FEMA
reimbursement plan. However, there is a caveat.
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Sept. 8, 2023
7:30 am | 6 min read
LAKE CITY, FL – It was a rough Tuesday
evening in City Hall as, once again, Mayor
Stephen Witt lost control of a City Council
meeting, allowing outbursts from the audience,
folk just walking up to the microphone to speak,
and racist name-calling.
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Sept. 5, 2023
2:30 pm | 2 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – It was announced during
a County 5 Emergency Meeting at 10:00 am this
morning that FEMA will be paying for 75% of
Columbia County debris pickup from Hurricane
Idalia. Florida will pick up 12.5%, and the
County will be responsible for the last 12.5%.
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August 23, 2023
2:00 pm | 6 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Last Wednesday, August
16, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., County Chairman Rocky
Ford, Chairman of the joint Fort White/Columbia
County Utility Advisory Committee, resigned from
the Committee just after the meeting got
underway and illegally appointed Commissioner
Tim Murphy to fill his seat. Was Commissioner
Ford straight up about the reason for his
resignation? It didn’t look like it.
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August 19, 2023
10:30 pm
FORT WHITE, FL – Thursday evening, Town of
Fort White resident Jacqui Sulek hosted a
community meeting that brought residents
together from all around the municipality and
outskirts of Fort White. The subject: the
continuing saga of Columbia County Commissioner
Rocky Ford’s proposed subdivision which is just
inside the Town’s boundary line.
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