Ombudsman plays key role in lives of long-term care residents
Ombudsmen play a critical role in ensuring quality of care and life for residents of long-term care facilities.
Rios rolls up sleeves to squash big tobacco
A collection of grade schoolers against a multibillion-dollar national industry: Navarre High School senior Catalina Rios likes those odds.
Passport Day offered in Santa Rosa
Residents of Santa Rosa County who work 9-5 Monday through Friday will be able to get their passports Sept. 23 without having to miss work.
Beaches to Woodlands returns early this year
Labor Day weekend marks the end of the traditional tourism peak season, and that can mean months of fewer visitors and lower profits known as the shoulder season.
Sails up on the regatta
Despite the uncertainty of hurricane Irma, one thing was for sure; Juana’s regatta would sail on. The 27th annual Juana’s Good Time Regatta was cut short by a day but no one complained.
Roadside memorial relocated
With hurricane Irma on an uncertain track and the Navarre area under a wind advisory, Leadership Santa Rosa class 29 decided it was time to relocate the roadside Black Hawk memorial on Navarre Beach Causeway Saturday.
Eerie silence in Delta cockpit as terror unfolded in New York
“All aircraft on this frequency, land at the nearest suitable airport due to a national emergency.”
Santa Rosa Tax Collector awarded for excellence
Stan Nichols, Santa Rosa County tax collector, was awarded the Excellence in Financial Operations Award, the highest achievement the Florida Tax Collector’s Association can award to its collectors.
Mutual aid agreements crucial for area fire districts
When flames peeked out from a dryer in a home in Midway Aug. 31, the resident’s teenaged occupant called 911. She was home alone.
Blackwater River will offer time travel
Kayakers drifting down Blackwater River will soon be able to time travel, not with flashy science fiction machines but with their smartphones.