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Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas – By looking at him you wouldn’t know it, but Tech Sgt. Trevor Brewer, 72nd Security Forces Squadron flight chief at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, has deep scars from a day that took the lives of two fellow Airmen and severely wounded two others. His wounds are invisible. He has post-traumatic stress disorder from a terrorist attack many may have heard news reports about and forgotten. But, Brewer has not forgotten that day … he relives those moments constantly. 

In a Tuesday night meeting notable mainly for its brevity and levity, Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted 4-0 to approve a budget increase of about 5 percent to $175.3 million for fiscal 2018-2019.

The first two candidates for mayor in the City of Gulf Breeze in a decade to actually put up yard signs and knock on doors have already spent many times the $1 a year that the job pays, and their campaigns are just now gearing up.

Another Skanska USA bridge in progress, another span dealing with cracks in new concrete construction.

It is no secret that Navarre’s population continues to grow, and that means public services are under increasing pressure.

The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) unanimously approved increases Sept. 11 for several Municipal Service Benefit Units (MSBUs) for fire districts throughout the county, including Navarre Beach Fire Rescue.

For the first time in Santa Rosa County history, an African-American will be on the general election ballot for a county post. Kris Long of Milton is running for the District 2 County Commission seat under no party affiliation.

It was a Friday to remember for Santa Rosa County Deputy Stephen Clark.

South Santa Rosa County has been selected for a $58,000 grant to prevent bears from getting into local restaurant trash cans.

Tropical Storm Gordon made a quick trip through Northwest Florida early last week, and the fact that it didn’t last long was good news for Gulf Islands National Seashore.