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Gulf Islands National Seashore offers visitors plenty to do during the year, from camping and swimming to exploring old military forts and biking or walking along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.

The 1st Special Operations Group activated the 1st SOG Detachment 2 in a ceremony at Hurlburt Field July 9.

Naval Air Station Pensacola recently received the Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award.

Zakaria B. Boston was recently promoted to the rank of first lieutenant at the 45th Intelligence Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia.

A special immunization clinic for students entering seventh grade is scheduled for July 30 at the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County Midway facility, 5840 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze.

Santa Rosa County provides a free and safe solution for residents who generate sharps waste. Those with home-generated sharps waste are asked not to place the items in their household garbage or recycle containers in order to help protect waste handlers, the public and the environment. Instead, residents are asked to take sharps waste in a store-bought sharps approved container with a secured lid to the Household Hazardous Waste Center located at the entrance of the central landfill, 6337 Da Lisa Road in Milton. Drop-off hours are Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The 16.5-acre wildfire at Naval Live Oaks Saturday was caused by people grilling along the beach, according to Florida Forest Service personnel and the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement.

The Hurlburt Field Soundside beach and marina are closed for swimming activities after the water tested positive for  enteric bacteria, resulting in a determination of poor beach water quality, on a scale of good, moderate or poor, used by the Okaloosa County Department of Public Health.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s congressional maps don’t meet the requirements of a voter-approved constitutional amendment that prohibits political lines from being drawn to favor incumbents or a political party. The court ordered the Legislature to try drawing the maps again.

The clubhouse at Tiger Point Golf Club in Gulf Breeze caught fire Tuesday night but the cause of the blaze has yet to be determined, according to Midway Fire District Chief Jonathan Kanzigg.