Eglin Air Force Base – Pride and excitement were in the air at the 96th Civil Engineer Group’s explosive ordnance disposal robotics section as Airmen worked with contractors to assemble their newly designed robot April 9.
A project approved by Triumph Gulf Coast April 27 will mean local students will be able to get commercial driver training and in-demand certifications in cybersecurity at Pensacola State College (PSC). A Federal Aviation Administration testing site will also be set up at the George Stone Technical Center in Pensacola.
First Judicial District Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrea Minyard secured support April 26 to continue in her position from the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) despite getting an unfavorable review by Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson. Okaloosa Sheriff Larry Ashley has also complained about response times for autopsies.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Gov. Rick Scott have announced a 40-day recreational red snapper season in state and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. A 24-day season was originally proposed.
Athletes move around on wheelchairs up and down the basketball court on a Friday afternoon inside a gymnasium at Eglin Air Force Base. It’s a competitive game and there is fun involved as well.
While grappling with issues that could affect how much Holley Navarre Water System ratepayers are charged in the future, the volunteer board that supposedly reached harmony in a January election shake-up has become a familiar war zone with new combatants.
Following contentious contract negotiations with the county’s teachers union, challengers have entered the ring for the three school board seats up for election this year.
