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U.S. Space Command headquarters going to Alabama is the latest evidence of Florida’s self-inflicted wounds from cutting back on business incentives, members of the Florida Economic Development Council argued Thursday.

With concrete poured for the first new bridge deck, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and its contractors are increasing all the necessary efforts to repair the Pensacola Bay Bridge by March 2021, according to the weekly press update.

In February 2020, FWC officers received information of illegal deer harvest that was taking place at night on private property without landowner permission.

Whiting Field has been named recipient of the 2021 Installation Excellence Award in the small base category.

Santa Rosa County, with help from partnering hospitals, has administered more than 11,000 COVID-19 vaccinations so far this month.

“We have another 8,000 on the waitlist still waiting for their first vaccine,” said Brandi Bates, public information officer for the county. “We’re at the mercy of the state as to when they send these to us.”

Recreational harvest of spotted seatrout is set to close Feb. 1 in the Western Panhandle, which stretches from Escambia County through portions of Gulf County.

Brien Carter and his family are headed out the door on a Saturday morning in early October.

They plan to grab breakfast at a local restaurant before making the all-too familiar 45-minute trip over to Sacred Heart in Pensacola.

A girlfriend and boyfriend from Jay have been arrested for a case involving “probably the youngest victim of sexual battery” that Sheriff Bob Johnson has seen in his 38 years of law enforcement.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners walk a razor’s edge when it comes to impact fees.

On one side loom growing infrastructure needs as the population continues to climb.

While county commissioners have denied past accusations of voting based on campaign contributions, citizens have expressed concern that was exactly what happened in connection with repeal of protections for south Santa Rosa’s water supply.