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Florida is ready to do more business with China.

Some federal help is on the way for the Franklin County oyster industry, which has been devastated by drought and over-harvesting after the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved $6.3 million in disaster assistance funding…

The emerald-green waters of Pensacola Beach will once again provide the setting for this year’s Power Up Energy Expo, hosted by the Gulf Coast Energy Network. The conference is slated for April 28-30 and will feature hundreds of top experts…

If you’re an up-and-coming business or community leader and have some ideas about how to deal with the key issues impacting Florida, be sure to make arrangements to appear at Connect Florida Day at the Capitol later this month. Connect…

Reports from Okaloosa County inform us that Georgia timber and mining magnate Holland M. Ware, an investor with vast landholdings and properties, has just bought the 10,500-acre Shoal River Ranch located just east of Crestview. Designated a “mega site” by…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Jackson County … comes a tale of sheer horror that TV viewers haven’t seen since “Sharknado.” Reports coming in from the Jackson County Tourist Development Council say that the…

Port St. Joe took a step closer to a new lease on life recently when Port Authority Chairman Leonard Costin announced that an engineering/environmental study is currently taking place that ought to lead to dredging permits for the 14-mile shipping…

The St. Joe Company  today announced that it has entered into a sales agreement with AgReserves, Inc., a Utah corporation, to sell approximately 382,834 acres of its non-strategic timberland and rural land in Northwest Florida for $565 million. The final…