Prime Meridian Announces Third-Quarter Financial Results

Prime Meridian Announces Third-Quarter Financial Results

Prime Meridian Holding Company (OTCQX: PMHG), the parent bank holding company for Prime Meridian Bank, today announced unaudited financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. The Company reported net earnings of $2,099,000, or $0.67 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to net earnings […]

Leon County Single-Family Residential Sales Up 14.7% in November

Leon County Single-Family Residential Sales Up 14.7% in November

Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 14.7% in November when compared to numbers in the same month one year ago. There were 265 single-family home resales in November 2020 and 304 resales in October 2021. Last month there were 309 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in November 2021 […]

Murphy Won’t Seek Another Term in Congress

Murphy Won’t Seek Another Term in Congress

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a blow to state and national Democrats, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy said Monday she will not seek a fourth term in 2022 in her Central Florida district. Murphy, a moderate “Blue Dog” Democrat who toppled longtime Republican Congressman John Mica in 2016, said in […]

Tallahassee Airport Traffic in November Approaches Pre-COVID Levels

Tallahassee Airport Traffic in November Approaches  Pre-COVID Levels

The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that November 2021 passenger traffic was 75,277. This is just 0.7% or 520 passengers below the pre-COVID passenger traffic (75,797) reported in November 2019. November traffic increased 125.5% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up from 33,379 during November 2020 […]

David Bellamy Raises $103k, City Commissioner Matlow Responds

David Bellamy Raises $103k, City Commissioner Matlow Responds

The recent campaign reports filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections indicate that the candidates in the race for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3 are going to be well financed. David Bellamy reported $64,750 in November for a total of $103,950 raised since he filed on October 1. Bellamy has spent approximately $4,343.00. The […]

DeSantis Adds Fuel to Critical Race Theory Fight

DeSantis Adds Fuel to Critical Race Theory Fight

By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Continuing his administration’s campaign against critical race theory, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday teased legislation that he said would, in part, allow parents to sue schools that teach the theory. Flanked by Republican lawmakers, parents and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, the governor held an event […]

DeSantis Takes Aim at Federal Immigration Policies

DeSantis Takes Aim at Federal Immigration Policies

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis focused on national politics Friday as he rolled out a series of proposals for the upcoming 2022 legislative session aimed at the border policies of President Joe Biden. DeSantis called for state lawmakers to “fight against the Biden border crisis” by passing […]

Leon County Blueprint IA Approves $115.8 Million Bond Issuance, FSU Project

Leon County Blueprint IA Approves $115.8 Million Bond Issuance, FSU Project

After over 4 hours of citizen comment, elected official debate and legal wrangling, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) voted 7-5 to approve the process to obtain financing for projects totaling up to $115.8. The projects include the $20 million project to update Doak Campbell Stadium. Before the much anticipated vote, but after the motion on […]

UPDATED: Tallahassee City Commission Approves $29 Million for Two Airport Projects

UPDATED: Tallahassee City Commission Approves $29 Million for Two Airport Projects

On Wednesday, the Tallahassee City Commission voted to award a construction contract for the International Passenger Processing Facility (IPPF) Project ($23,476,000) and an additional 5% project contingency ($1,173,800) to Whitesell-Green, Inc. in the amount of $24,649,800. The funding will be provided by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the Federal Aviation Administration, the Coronavirus Aid, […]