
The Federal Aviation Administration gave $72 million to the Panama City-Bay County International Airport on Friday 05-25-2007, for its relocation to West Bay.
Robert Chapman, manager of the FAA’s airports division, announced the grant in a letter, The News Herald in Panama City reported.
“In conducting its funding analysis, FAA determined that both physical and environmental restrictions at the existing site make it impractical and extremely costly to update to meet FAA standards,” Chapman wrote. “Even if FAA were to upgrade the existing site, it would still not result in an airfield that fully complied with FAA standards.” Read more... (142 words, 1 image, estimated 34 secs reading time)
 
Pier Park has added another store to its list. JC Penney will open a store in the Panama City Beach complex by spring 2008.
The 83,000-square-foot store will be located close to the complex’s Town Center, Boardwalk and Front Beach areas. Building should begin in the next couple of months.
JCPenney joins Old Navy, Dillard’s, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Starbucks and Ron Jon Surf Shop as retailers that have been announced as future Pier Park tenants. Read more... (131 words, 1 image, estimated 31 secs reading time)
Bobby, I never measured the fish… but this tall ship was sailing by while I was out there and the comparison was kinda like this

Tight lines, Capt. Mike
Popularity: 18% [?]

The Gulf of Mexico was awesome yesterday! Flat calm as far offshore as you could go! Went 20 miles offshore to a spot that held as it turned out a lot of nice red snapper! I caught 5 big red snappers! Unfortunately I only boated this one! Read more... (198 words, 1 image, estimated 48 secs reading time)