Panama City Beach, it turns out, is pretty chill on a 90-degree day in September. The beach, and the many bars, restaurants, and hotels lining Front Beach Road, are still bustling, but mostly with couples and families and not spring break revelers.
With two friends following in their car, Cyn Palmer drove up to the crest of the hill to see the direction of the wildfire raging through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
In 2016, voters in Roberts County voted for Donald Trump at a higher percentage than anywhere else in the country 524 of 554 ballots cast. The world’s media descended seemingly overnight. We were curious whether the wave of attention had changed anything about daily life in the town.