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Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Scientist Kate Hubbard is asked often just how bad the current Red Tide plaguing Southwest Florida really is.

Washington (AP) — Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won’t be allowed to use fitness-tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order.

Some critics of the Santa Rosa County school board say the five-member panel often wields a rubber stamp for District Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick.

Construction for the Venetian Way and Coronado Drive drainage improvement project in Gulf Breeze began Monday. The project includes improved stormwater systems and construction of an outfall canal to improve the conveyance of stormwater.

A Texas woman is dead after falling off a vehicle on the Navarre Beach Bridge.  According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Jeanette Martinez, age 38 of Houston and Amber Morin, also of Houston, were riding on the outside of a 2011 Nissan Armada driven by Martinez’s husband, Pedro Martinez, Jr. Jeanette fell from the vehicle and landed in the roadway.

Pigs could be coming to subdivisions of Santa Rosa County under a proposed Land Development Code amendment set to be heard next month.

For the first time since the Vietnam War, an airman will receive the Medal of Honor for his bravery and ultimate sacrifice.

Three Republican congressmen known for making national headlines delivered their stump speeches in Navarre Saturday during their Freedom Tour through Northwest Florida.

County Commissioner Rob Williamson faced heat from constituents Monday for ‘liking’ vulgar comments made about Navarre residents on the social media platform Facebook.

A 15-year-old from Jay has been arrested Sunday on attempted homicide charges after he allegedly shot his father and attempted to build a fire bomb.