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• Last week’s front page story on the county commission meeting that included a brief on the amount of funding for Florida Wild Mammal Association gave the wrong amount. The commission voted 4-1 to give $8,500 to the group which cares for injured and orphaned animals.
  • The On the Horizon calendar gave the wrong time for the county commission meetings. The meeting time for county commission meetings has been changed to 6 p.m. as of November.
  We regret the errors.

Last week’s front page story “FLDE arrests 10 sexual offenders in Wakulla” included the name of Joshua Martin, 39, as one of the people arrested for violating sexual offender conditions.
That is not the same Josh Martin. also 39. who owns North Florida Land and Tree Service.

The Wakulla County Public Library’s Rebecca Sahar, in front right, was recognized as the county employee of the quarter at the county commission meeting on Monday, Oct. 20. Sahar has been with the library for more than 10 years. She was joined by Library Director Linda Oaks, front left. (Photo by William Snowden)

By DEAN RIDINGS
America’s Newspapers

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection – residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can.
In today’s fractured media environment, trust is the rarest commodity. Confidence in “the media” is low. Only 18% of Americans say they trust news on social platforms, and fewer than one in four trust cable networks. But nearly two-thirds say they trust their local newspaper—more than double the confidence placed in most other outlets.