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Moving to a new place can be daunting, especially for a child. It can mean being in an unfamiliar school with unfamiliar people and no idea where social hot spots and basic necessities are located.

At the age of 21, Melanie Angelis was diagnosed with a heart condition that doctors told her would have her on painkillers and anti-inflammatories for the rest of her life.

We are human and the struggle is real. What I mean by that is that as humans, there is always something that we will struggle with. The seriousness of the struggle varies, of course, but unfortunately there will always be some sort of struggle we are facing.

The Trust for Public Land today announced that 626 acres of Wolfe Creek Forest has been acquired and added to the Blackwater River State Forest. The acquired property includes frontage on Big Coldwater Creek, which is widely used for kayaking, tubing, and canoeing by community members. It also includes a spring-fed state paddling trail beloved by area paddlers and birdwatchers. 

Steve and Ann Hering get it: numerous neighbors of their would-be 60-house subdivision on Navarre Beach adamantly oppose the project, in part because the couple owes about $1.4 million in back property taxes.

After several years of careful planning, Gulf Power will be able to deliver lower rates to customers starting in January of 2017.

Responding to a contentious crowd of Navarre area residents, Santa Rosa commissioners unanimously turned down proposals from out-of-town developers to build two low-income apartment complexes totaling 166 units planned for seniors.

County commissioners approved a request to amend the lease on a 7-acre Navarre Beach parcel to allow construction of the proposed 66-house Topaz Beach subdivision, but the project hit a snag Thursday night, Nov. 10.

Newly sworn-in District 1 County Commissioner Sam Parker said he would work to improve infrastructure and promote business in county industrial parks Tuesday, Nov. 15, during the swearing-in ceremony for the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners.

A Michigan man was sentenced in Santa Rosa County court Tuesday, Nov. 8 for escaping from police custody using a handcuff key according to the State Attorney’s office.