Panama closed 2024 with 24 femicides, including that of a transgender woman, an increase over the previous year, which recorded 15 such murders, the Panamanian Femicide Observatory reported Wednesday based on official data.

The City of Panama City has declared a local state of emergency following the winter weather system that brought snow to the panhandle.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.

Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two

As local leaders prepare for the cold weather, the Panama City garbage collection is making a change to their schedule. Crews will begin their garbage collection on Tuesday, January 21st, one hour early.

The shelter at A.D. Harris Learning Village will stay open as many nights as needed as a freeze settles over Bay County. Here's what you need to know.

The new administration sees Chinese-owned infrastructure as leverage over the waterway. Panama and some former U.S. military officials say concerns are overblown.

Panama Ports is a subsidiary of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Beach residents traded building sandcastles for snowmen on Wednesday. Locals didn't want to miss out on a rare snow day at the beach. For more News, Weather, and Sports in Panama City, Florida visit:

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Dekevion Gause covered Callaway and Panama City while also being covered in snow. Although Kevi didn’t love the snow, he loved talking with people at the AD Harris Learning Village, the gas station, and those on a walk in the snow.