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Two weeks before Christmas, a moving truck is parked in the driveway of a home in a small neighborhood just outside of Holley by the Sea. A “for sale” sign swings in the front yard.

The young man who answers the door explains they are moving out, rather than moving in. It was easy selling the home, he says.

Just in time for the holidays, readers helped Navarre Press reach its goal of helping one Santa Rosa County veteran get a Healing Paws for Warriors dog in 2022.

The dogs, which are mostly rescues, are trained to support veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or other emotional and mental trauma.

Looking for a way to help out the local animal population this holiday season? Consider donating to Project Hallelujah, an initiative to get a growing population of feral cats in Pace neutered or spayed.

“The Project Hallelujah cats are so overpopulated that each new litter is sick and dying,” said a press release from A HOPE, which has stepped in to help the caregivers, who have been trying to control the population by trapping the animals, neutering them and returning them to live out their natural lives.

A 54-year-old man from Crawfordville, Florida caused a Thursday afternoon accident in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at the beginning of the Blackwater River Bridge. He was not injured, but his passenger received minor injuries.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, he failed to notice that traffic had completely stopped in front of him and struck a vehicle carrying a 34-year-old Crestview woman and a 3-year-old girl. Neither were injured.