Valerie Crowder
Valerie Crowder is a freelance reporter based in Panama City, Florida. Before moving to Florida, she covered politics and education for Public Radio East in New Bern, North Carolina. While at PRE, she was also a fill-in host during All Things Considered. She got her start in public radio at WAER-FM in Syracuse, New York, where she was a part-time reporter, assistant producer and host. She has a B.A. in newspaper online journalism and political science from Syracuse University. When she’s not reporting the news, she enjoys reading classic fiction and thrillers, hiking with members of the Florida Trail Association and doing yoga.
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City residents with past-due utility accounts are getting a 60-day advance notice before gas, water and electricity disconnections begin again. -
Panama City Beach officials are considering contracting with an outside legal firm to conduct an internal investigation after the former city manager filed a complaint with the City Council.
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Wakulla County leaders will hear input from residents Tuesday on a plan to filter treated wastewater through a local aquifer. The proposal has raised concerns from local environmentalists.
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Tallahassee city commissioners will soon consider allowing utility disconnections to resume.
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Despite speculation that President Donald Trump's eldest daughter would challenge Sen. Marco Rubio in next year's GOP Primary.
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Severe weather across the country has slowed COVID-19 vaccine shipments into the state, postponing appointments scheduled in Bay County.
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Two bills recently filed in the state legislature seek to give every local elections supervisor the option to operate countywide polling sites on Election Day, instead of restricting voters to designated precinct sites.
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Leon County commissioners have denied a request to spend money originally set aside for a new performing arts center in Tallahassee on other projects.
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Panama City Beach City Council members have selected Al Shortt, the city’s former public works department head, to serve as interim city manager.
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Elections supervisors have been speaking out against a proposal to require voters to request absentee ballots every calendar year, instead of once every two general election cycles.
