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When Gail Acosta began seeing flashes of light out of the corner of her eyes, she thought it signified a neurological condition. It wasn’t until after a friend suggested she get an eye exam that she learned she had retinal ischemia, a condition in which there’s a lack of blood supply to the retina. 

As students head back to school, here comes a big homework assignment: StoryCorps wants tens of thousands of teenagers across America to interview a grandparent or elder this Thanksgiving and upload their recordings to the Library of Congress.

Older adults who have stopped driving are almost two times more likely to suffer from depression and nearly five times as likely to enter a long-term care facility than those who remain behind the wheel, according to a new report released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and Columbia University.  

New Navarre residents Beth McCoy and her husband David adopted a rescue dog in April, they called “Cooper” from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS.) Little did they know at the time – they would be looking for him longer than the dog was a resident in the family’s home. 

In February, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved proposals designed to improve Florida white-tailed deer management at a local level by establishing deer management units (DMUs) throughout the state, each with its own set of antler regulations and antlerless deer harvest days.

Recreational fishermen get a greater share of the red snapper catch in the Gulf of Mexico under a rule approved by a governing body.

Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong will spend the next few months visiting counties across the state as part of the Health in All Places Tour.

Local mothers have access to the highest level of breastfeeding support and education available, according to Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola’s latest international recognition as a Baby-Friendly birth facility by Baby-Friendly USA.

Two women have passed the Army’s Ranger School, becoming the first females to complete the grueling combat training program and earn the right to wear Ranger tabs on their uniforms.

The City of Gulf Breeze’s leaders have hit upon a partial solution to their municipality’s budget squeeze: charge more for water and sewer service to South Santa Rosa Utility customers who live outside the city’s boundaries.