
Madison, FL – The Florida Department of Health in Hamilton and Madison counties today issued a joint health advisory to residents and visitors near the Withlacoochee River in North Florida.

By Tami Stevenson
Monday, the Columbia County Health Department administered more than 500 COVID-19 vaccines to residents 65 and older.
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2020 Year in Review

By Jeffry Boatright
Certain calendar years from history are forever etched in our memory. For most of us, 2020 was such a year and will likely be a topic of conversations for decades to come.
obituary
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Mark W. Stevenson, 60, of Live Oak, Florida, formerly of East Tawas and Hale, Michigan, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2020, at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida, from a brief illness.

SUWANNEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
JUDICIAL ANNEX BUILDING
218 PARSHLEY STREET SOUTHWEST
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32064
TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JANUARY 5, 2020, 6:00 P.M.
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Chief Justice Mark E. Feagle announced today there will be a cessation of all in-person proceedings in Columbia and Suwannee Counties effective 12/31/20 due to the increasing COVID-19 infection rate. Please see the letter below in its entirety.

The Department of Health in Suwannee County and Lafayette County will be offering Covid-19 vaccinations to seniors age 65 and older by appointment.

By Tami Stevenson
Many Americans are waking up this morning with an extra $600 pending in their bank accounts, compliments of the U.S. Treasury.


Staff Reports
Last week, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued letters to Experian, Equifax and TransUnion in regards to improperly downgrading families’ credit ratings
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North Carolina facility -Photo: binderholz

Suwannee facility -Photo: binderholz
By Tami Stevenson
In a press release last week, the binderholz Group from Fügen Austria, announced