Columbia County Observer

City Attorney Finds Council Appointment Of Sylvester Warren to P&Z Unconstitutional, Then Keeps His Opinion Out of the Public Eye.

June 7, 2023  11:30 pm  | 9 min read

Lake City Florida: Another Popcorn Night Coming Up. This Time It's the P&Z. Will the Council Follow City Manager Dyal and Remove Sylvester Warren?

June 5, 2023  3:50 pm  | 5 min read

North Central FL Counties Meet To Discuss Forming a Regional Utility Consortium. Greg Bailey, Pres. of NFPS Thinks – The Time Is Right

May 25, 2023  10:03 am | 4 min read

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday morning in Lake City, a group of representatives of North Florida counties met for an hour to discuss the idea of working together to form a regional utility consortium. North Florida Professional Services President Greg Bailey thought of and organized the meeting. 

 

CCSO: Deputies Refuse To Seek Entry Into Garbage & Fly Infested Residence In Which At Least One Infant Is Believed To Reside

May 22, 2023  4:40 pm | 3 min read

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – On May 17, 2023, the Columbia County Sherriff’s Office refused to knock on a door and ask if they could “come in” into a residence where babies, children, and adults were at risk. The landlord said, "The smell was so bad you could cut it with a knife from 20ft. away, and flies were swarming around the place."

Columbia County Economic Development:
Staz Guntek, County Legislative Expert  Reports

May 11, 2023  2:20 pm | 3 min read

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday morning, the vestige of Columbia County's neutered Industrial Development Authority (IDA), the now Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB), met for another monthly meeting, which sometimes the County holds – and sometimes, not.

 

HCA's Lake City Hospital Celebrates $36 mil Expanded Emergency Room – Part of Planned $141 mil Expansion

May 6, 2023  1:35 pm | 3 min read

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – HCA's (Hospital Corporation of America) Lake City Hospital, the old LCMC, invested $36 mil in expanding its emergency room. The addition adds 18 new private emergency room beds.