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Republican leaders in the Florida Senate offered up a revamped health care proposal Tuesday in an effort to end a budget stalemate that threatens to shut down state government, but the proposal was immediately rejected by Gov. Rick Scott and House GOP leaders.

Sacred Heart Health System recently honored several Pensacola nursing-services employees in recognition of the exceptional care they provide to patients.

Although the old wives’ tale about carrots being good for your eyesight has been debunked, University of Florida researchers have found a link between healthy eating and another of your five senses: hearing.

Mosquitoes are out for blood but Santa Rosa County is prepared to do what it can to prevent summer’s most famous pest from quenching its thirst.

Instead of making a recommendation to county commissioners, the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) May 13 decided to send discussions regarding the sixth annual Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival back to committee level to be redesigned.

A mobile home exploded at Colonial Pines Mobile Estates early Tuesday morning, claiming the life of one man.

It is now legal for unpermitted gun owners to carry their weapons with them when they evacuate from a hurricane or other declared emergencies.

With the Memorial Day holiday here, fallout from the oil spill that left Gulf Coast beaches smeared with gooey tar balls and scared away visitors in 2010 is being credited, oddly, with something no one imagined back then: An increase in tourism in the region.

By the end of this year, a $171,300 project to add new landscaping along U.S. 98 from west of Andorra Street to Ortega Street could begin. State transportation funding will pay for the improvements, but the county will be responsible for maintenance, which is projected to cost $35,000 per year.

Business continues to thrive in Santa Rosa Industrial Park, and a visit last week by county officials to a large retail conference appears to have attracted more industrial scouts to the area.