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All five Gulf of Mexico water sampling locations on Navarre Beach, as well as a sample taken from the Santa Rosa Sound near Navarre Park all returned “good” ratings from the Florida Department of Health. The samples were taken March 31 with results posted to the Florida Healthy Beaches website April 4.

April 6 – 12 is Wildfire Awareness Week in Florida. Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam and the Florida Forest Service are encouraging Floridians to be extremely careful with fires outdoors.

Locals and tourists alike appreciate the beautiful scenery of Gulf Islands National Seashore and now they will have even more time to enjoy it while driving between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach. The National Park Service (NPS) last week reduced the speed limit from 35 mph to 20 mph to protect nesting shorebirds and their newborn chicks.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at its meeting in Tallahassee next week will consider a final rule that would bring changes to deer hunting regulations in northwest Florida. The commission will also consider a change to the Gulf red snapper season to increase fishing opportunities for anglers over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

An Army soldier opened fire April 2 at Fort Hood in Texas killing three soldiers and wounding 16 others. The shooting did not result in changes to the threat levels at local military installations.

For the third year, a group of Air Commandos made a 450-mile trek between MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa and Hurlburt Field. The so-called “Ruck March” started March 30 and ended April 4 with a ceremony in the Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park.

Hurlburt Field – Boy Scouts from Troop 509 posted the colors during a proclamation-signing ceremony delegating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Month of the Military Child at the community park here April 2.

For Shana Robinson, the intensive 90-day Body Challenge at the Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA is already paying off. Only halfway through the program, she has lost 25 pounds and is learning how to live a healthier lifestyle.

Due to problems with the car seats’ harness buckles, both Graco and Evenflo recently issued recalls of select toddler convertible car seats and harnessed booster seats.

Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance.