In the wake of attacks against military personnel in Chattanooga, Tenn., last summer, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services would expedite Florida concealed weapon license applications for active-duty military members and veterans. To date, the department has expedited more than 50,000 concealed weapon license applications for active-duty military members and veterans.
Does all of this talk about eating well and real food have you wondering how to do so in our particular area? Maybe growing your own urban garden is the answer.
The legal battle over a small stretch of beach on Santa Rosa Sound in the City of Gulf Breeze turned an expensive page Monday night when the City Council voted to hire a Tallahassee law firm to pursue an appeal.
Although growth in Santa Rosa’s tourist tax collections slowed this summer compared to last year, leisure industry leaders say the new Springhill Suites on Navarre Beach will provide a needed boost.
More than 100 Santa Rosa County residents showed up to two meeting Sept. 28 and 29 to discuss changes to the county’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and the potential effects on their flood insurance costs.
Underneath the sparkling sun-kissed surface of the water off the shore of Naval Live Oaks, no more than a couple of feet really, there is a world that many forget exists.
It’s a time honored struggle: getting children to eat healthy. There is some comfort in knowing that the struggle has been ongoing for generations, yes the struggle IS real. Yet, what is not so comforting is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s report that childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the last 30 years.
