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Above: Third Circuit Judge David W. Fina, swearing in New Suwannee County Property Appraiser Ricky Gamble, with his children Dawson and Hannah Gamble at his side holding the Bible. -Photo: City of Live Oak

Staff Reports
The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation’s tax season will start on Friday, February 12, 2021, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns.

By Tami Stevenson
The Presidential Inaugural Committee asked that Americans stay home and celebrate virtually for inauguration day this year, due to the widespread accusations of a stolen election amid extensive rioting and violence throughout the United States.

LIVE OAK, FLA., - SUWANNEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
JUDICIAL ANNEX BUILDING
218 PARSHLEY STREET SOUTHWEST
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32064
TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JANUARY 19, 2021, 6:00 P.M.

Madison, Fla. —The Florida Department of Health in Madison and Hamilton counties have lifted a health alert issued on January 6, 2021.

The Florida Department of Health in Columbia and Hamilton counties will not be conducting testing for COVID-19 for the week of January 11th through January 22nd.
Below are other sites available for COVID-19 testing.

Madison, FL – The Florida Department of Health in Hamilton and Madison counties today issued a joint health advisory to residents and visitors near the Withlacoochee River in North Florida.

By Tami Stevenson
Monday, the Columbia County Health Department administered more than 500 COVID-19 vaccines to residents 65 and older.
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2020 Year in Review

By Jeffry Boatright
Certain calendar years from history are forever etched in our memory. For most of us, 2020 was such a year and will likely be a topic of conversations for decades to come.
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Mark W. Stevenson, 60, of Live Oak, Florida, formerly of East Tawas and Hale, Michigan, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2020, at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida, from a brief illness.