Around 20 projects are being nominated for a list of initiatives for Santa Rosa County Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) plan. Next month LMS Task Force members are set to prioritize those projects, which could be funded through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
An effort aimed to increase local tourism during the off-peak season got a huge boost last week when golf superstar and Santa Rosa County native Bubba Watson retweeted a depiction of his likeness as it will appear in 2014 Sweet Season Farms corn maze in Milton.
Being a member of the Navarre High School Raider band is not for the faint of heart. Practices are grueling with young musicians using all the parts of their brains, and bodies, to march and play for what might be hours in hot temperatures.
Fred Muecke, (pronounced Mickie) was born in Berlin, Germany in 1937 – “not too far from Adolph’s place” he said, with a stroke caused speech impediment and a strong German accent;
Travelers to Hurlburt Field filed through a new traffic pattern beginning the morning of Aug. 26. The patter moved eastbound traffic lanes on Highway 98 to outer lanes as crews moved on to work in the center of the highway.
A staggering 89 percent of properties damaged during April’s localized flooding were uninsured for a flood. “We live in Florida. You should buy flood insurance,” says Daniel Hahn, plans chief for Santa Rosa County Emergency Management.
A committee formed to select a new executive director for the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council has narrowed a list of about 40 candidates down to four finalists.
Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals in 29 states including Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton and North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview were the victims of a cyber-attack believed to be based out of China. The hospitals were not compromised. However, the physician network affiliated with the hospitals was exposed to what is believed to be the “Heartbleed” internet bug. According to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 8-K filed on August 18, the records of approximately 4.5 million individuals within the Community Health System physician network who in the last five years were referred for or received services from affiliated physicians were affected. The data taken includes patients’ names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers, and, in some cases, telephone numbers, and the names of employers or guarantors. Community Health System stated that the data did not include patient credit card, medical or clinical information; the data is, however, considered protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Santa Rosa Medical Center became part of Community Health Systems in January of 2014.
Veterans will have a chance to speak out at an open forum about their health care concerns on Sept. 8. The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System will hold a town hall event for at its Joint Ambulatory Care Center beginning at 6 p.m.
