For the second year in a row, Commander Naval Installations Command named Naval Air Station Whiting Field as the recipient of the Installation Excellence Award. The award lauds the top Navy commands at shore for their installation management, program excellence and community outreach.
Hurlburt Field, Fla. — The 1st Special Operations Wing employs more than 8,500 military members and close to 2,000 civilian Air Commandos. Additionally, the wing hosts 34 partner units from six different major commands.
During National Influenza Vaccination Week Dec. 6- 12, the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) would like to remind everyone that it is not too late to get a flu shot. A yearly flu shot is recommended for everyone six months of age and older and is the first and most important step in protecting yourself and your family from the flu. Flu activity often peaks in January and February and can last until May.
A new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shows that new cases of diabetes fell by nearly 20 percent between 2008 and 2014. It is the first prolonged decline in more than 25 years. In and of itself, diabetes is an illness that requires constant management, and despite best efforts, an unfortunate derivative of diabetes can be vision loss.
Santa Rosa County officials now concede that there was no effort to negotiate before agreeing to pay Tough Mudder Inc. a $110,000 subsidy in return for staging its military-style endurance event near Milton next April.
A Mary Esther man is facing multiple charges after posting a Craigslist ad to sell a metal storage building on Lakewood Drive that he didn’t actually own.
