Mar 5, 2015
Saving for retirement: Obama proposal sets up Wall St. fight
Tapping the anxieties of aging baby boomers, President Barack Obama last week called for tougher standards on brokers who manage retirement savings accounts, a change that could affect the investment advice received by many Americans and aggravate tensions between the White House and Wall Street.
Mar 5, 2015
Cat lovers united
Cat lovers united this past weekend for the Destiny Cat Fanciers Beauty & the Beach cat show at the Emerald Coast Convention Center, where felines of every kind competed for top honors.
Mar 5, 2015
Opening up bear hunting remains possibility in Florida
Online petitions are circulating in the hope of preventing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from lifting the ban on hunting bears in the state.
Mar 5, 2015
Navy Reserve celebrates centennial
The Navy Reserve will marked its centennial anniversary Tuesday with a series of events that started in Washington, D.C., and will continue at installations around the country during the year. The events will highlight the history of the Navy Reserve and the contributions reserve sailors have made to the nation’s security.
Mar 5, 2015
NAS Whiting Field Golf Course to close
After more than 65 years of providing entertainment for Naval Air Station Whiting Field sailors, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen, the Frank W. Dahlinger Golf Course will shut its gates for the final time June 1.
Mar 5, 2015
Eglin AFB accepting housing applications for federal civil service employees, retirees
Eglin Air Force Base and Corvias Military Living recently announced that military retirees and federal civil service employees will become eligible to live on base beginning March 15.
Mar 5, 2015
Sailor wins Navy League Civic Award
The Pensacola Council of the Navy League of the United States announced Feb. 26 that a barracks military training instructor for the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) received the Margaret Flowers Civic Award for 2015.
Mar 5, 2015
Medicaid fight may cost Florida $1 billion federal grant
Florida is scheduled to lose $1 billion in federal health funds at the end of June, a hole in the state budget the Legislature must fill in its upcoming session if a settlement isn’t reached between the administrations of Gov. Rick Scott and President Barack Obama.
Mar 5, 2015
$100M settlement for hundreds in Florida tobacco lawsuits
A $100 million settlement has been reached between three major tobacco companies and hundreds of people who sued them for smoking-related deaths and illnesses in Florida federal court.
Mar 5, 2015
Survey: Traffic safety, flood management top concerns
District 4 residents cited traffic safety and congestion as their number one concern according to a survey distributed by Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson.