News Archive

Mark Teskey, Air Force director of Small Business Programs, visited Eglin Air Force Base July 27 to highlight the importance of driving small business competition and the continuous development of the local industrial base.

Baptist Health Care and the YMCA of Northwest Florida (YMCA) have formally entered into a partnership with the aim of working together to better address the health needs of northwest Florida. This new relationship recognizes Baptist as the YMCA’s primary health care and rehabilitation services partner and the YMCA as Baptist’s primary wellness partner in the marketplace.

Shortening, pie crusts, brownies and microwave popcorn could be partially exempt from a government phase out of artificial trans fats — if the food industry gets its way.

When it comes to weightlifting, former NFL running back Eddie George can press hundreds of pounds above his own weight, but he admits that the first time he tried yoga it crushed him.

A government task force says more research is needed to determine if toddlers should be screened for autism even if check-ups or parents haven’t spotted developmental problems — despite guidelines from other health groups that urge such screening.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners agreed at Monday’s budget workshop to approve scheduling a public hearing for a possible gas tax increase in the county.

The weekend food program for students in Santa Rosa County is in its fifth year. What started out at one school in Gulf Breeze has expanded into Navarre.

The Santa Rosa Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan is finished and is now awaiting approval from the county zoning board.

Water tap fees have been an unwelcome surprise to many new businesses exploring Navarre locations. Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS) has officially made the fees more palatable for non-residential businesses that receive a building permit between Sept. 1, 2015, and Aug. 31, 2016.  Depending on the number of full-time employees, businesses could see an automatic 50 percent or 25 percent reduction in fees.

Show us the money. That’s what City of Gulf Breeze leaders are waiting to see as their light at the end of the Tiger Point Golf Club tunnel.