The U.S. Coast Guard last week released its 2014 Recreational Boating Statistics, which reported 610 boating fatalities, the second-lowest number of yearly boating fatalities on record.
The final two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in the Air Force landed for the last time in front of more than 400 people during an MC-130P Heritage Flight at Hurlburt Field May 15.
Twelve Oaks Community Service Liaison Joanne Kraus points out that addiction does not discriminate. For 30 years, Twelve Oaks has provided a place for people in Navarre and beyond to overcome their addictions in a serene, supportive and caring environment.
Children requiring emergency medical services across the Gulf Coast now have faster access to pediatric specialists, thanks to new telemedicine equipment at The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart in Pensacola.
The Gulf Coast’s sea turtle nesting season is underway, but Cathy Holmes, Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center project director, said she hasn’t seen any nests yet.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Loggerhead turtles are the most common in Florida and along northwest Florida beaches. FWC’s 2014 Nesting Beach Survey showed 101 Loggerhead turtle nests in Santa Rosa, Escambia, Okaloosa counties. Santa Rosa County had 12.
Gov. Rick Scott’s new hospital commission consists of Republican donors and business leaders who will likely help him go after some of the state’s hospitals as the standoff over Medicaid expansion intensifies.
Florida’s Republican-led Legislature will return to the state Capitol in June and try to do what they couldn’t do during their 60-day session that crashed to a halt.
