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Matthugh Garbett with the Suwannee County Fire Rescue honor guard plays the bagpipes during Monday’s Patriot Day remembrance at the Live Oak Fire Department. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Matthugh Garbett with the Suwannee County Fire Rescue honor guard plays the bagpipes during Monday’s Patriot Day remembrance at the Live Oak Fire Department. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Suwanee County urged to not forget 9/11 attacks

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
LIVE OAK — For Pegie King, the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, hit close to home. Literally. King, a retired police officer that has been working in Suwannee County as part of Team Rubicon, helping residents recover from Hurricane Idalia, was born and raised in Manhattan.

Suwannee County gives Norris ‘steep’ pay increase

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
LIVE OAK — The cost of bringing in business to Suwannee County has gone up. During its Sept. 7 meeting, the Suwannee County Commission unanimously approved a new five-year contract for Economic Development Director Jimmy Norris. The new deal, which goes into effect Oct. 1 and runs through Sept.
Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $100,000 to to seven local education foundations Friday night prior to the Chiefland-Suwannee football game, including the Hamilton County Public Schools Foundation, the Lafayette Penny Foundation and the Suwannee Education Foundation. (COURTESY)

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $100,000 to to seven local education foundations Friday night prior to the Chiefland-Suwannee football game, including the Hamilton County Public Schools Foundation, the Lafayette Penny Foundation and the Suwannee Education Foundation. (COURTESY)

Educators, volunteer groups receive disaster funding

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
CHIEFLAND — Area educators and volunteer organizations helping the recovery effort from Hurricane Idalia are receiving state assistance. Prior to Friday’s football game between Suwannee and Chiefland at Pridgeon Stadium, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $1.
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday. (NOAA)

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday. (NOAA)

Hurricane Lee not expected to make landfall in Florida

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, September 10, 2023
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Lee barreled Sunday through open waters just northeast of the Caribbean, unleashing heavy swell on several islands. The Category 2 storm is not forecast to make landfall and is expected to stay over open waters through Friday.

Disaster Recovery Center opens in Suwannee Co.

JAMIE WACHTER
Saturday, September 9, 2023
LIVE OAK — Help recovering from the storm is available in multiple locations in Suwannee County. Disaster Recovery Centers are open through Friday at the Suwannee County Coliseum Exhibition Hall 2, 1302 11th Street in Live Oak, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Sheriff Sam St.
Linemen eat in the dining tent at the base camp at Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative. Currently, more than 800 workers are being fed daily at the base camp on the co-op’s campus. (COURTESY SUWANNEE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE)

Linemen eat in the dining tent at the base camp at Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative. Currently, more than 800 workers are being fed daily at the base camp on the co-op’s campus. (COURTESY SUWANNEE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE)

Powering the restoration: SVEC base camp provides support to crews

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
LIVE OAK — The power behind returning power to thousands in North Florida revolves around a mobile city that invaded the south side of Live Oak. Once Hurricane Idalia swept through Florida on Aug.