The Bay County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) responded to a call on Thursday after a man was pulled from Gulf waters.
They say they fought too hard to wrest it from the U.S. to now hand back the waterway, which is part of the nation’s identity.
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The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.
According to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration site that tracks snowfall extremes, the previous record for snowfall in Bay County was in 1958, when Panama City saw 2 inches of snow.
The winter storm has socked Bay County. Schools are closed again Wednesday and Thursday. Roads and bridges remain dangerous.
Retired Panama City broadcast journalist Myron Hines, a product of Glenwood, recounts a thriving, "joyous neighborhood" amid ...