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After decades of being at or near the bottom in per pupil funding from the state, the Santa Rosa County School District will receive historic funding increases in 2016, according to Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville). The district will receive $8,239,180 in additional revenues next year for a total of $181,014,246 to support the 26,000 students in kindergarten through grade 12. 

Santa Rosa County’s bounce back from the Great Recession of 2009 and 2010 isn’t complete, according to its jobless rate. But the way we were as a labor market may not come again.

More than a month after Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce fired President and CEO Tony Alexander, five board members have resigned.

The first responders to the fire that burned out the abandoned Quayside Village house at 1655 Champagne Avenue in Midway last November arrived promptly when the blaze was reported at 2 a.m.

President Barack Obama warned July 13 of an increasing urgency for the U.S. to care for older Americans as millions of baby boomers head into their golden years.

Fifty years ago, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) played a critical role in the enactment of the Older Americans Act (OAA), helping to establish a national network to support seniors’ desire to live with health and security in their own communities.

When vacations beckon, finding reliable care for a beloved family pet is too often an afterthought, a detail to be left to a friend, neighbor or the teenager down the block.

Santa Rosa County Extension Agent Chris Verlinde isn’t sure how long it has been since a search for scallops took place in the Santa Rosa Sound.

The Department of Veterans Affairs faces a serious numbers problem — multiple, in fact.

In recognition of the 2015 National Military Consumer Protection Day last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi encourages active military servicemembers, veterans and their families to be aware of scams.