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The stray dog was hit by a car, clubbed in the head and left for dead in a ditch in Washington state. Days later, the 1-year-old bully breed mix showed up sickly and covered in dirt at a nearby farm.

Five generations of Philip Vinson’s family have labored using tongs to pull oysters from Apalachicola Bay’s shallow waters. He fears there won’t be a sixth.

Clinton Hale, an Air Force veteran from Mary Esther, is participated in the 29th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, March 29 to April 3, in Snowmass, Colo.. Co-sponsored by Disabled American Veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs  (VA), the clinic is a world-leader in adaptive winter sports instruction for veterans with severe injuries and illnesses.

A 2005 Fort Walton Beach High School graduate and Mary Esther native is serving on one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

There are approximately 1.9 million military children worldwide who face unique challenges related to military life and culture.

The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) awarded the Florida Department of Health-Santa Rosa County with a check for $12,000 at the March 27 Navarre Chamber Commerce and Coffee.

Coastal Vascular & Interventional, PLLC is offering a new minimally-invasive procedure to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the upper leg, a serious and common condition associated with an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, drug-coated balloons are a new type of medical device used to treat PAD in the upper legs once medical management has failed. Dr. Christopher Bosarge, board certified interventional radiologist, performed the first procedure at Coastal Vascular & Interventional on March 26.

One of the founding physicians of The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart has retired from medicine after 52 years of service.

The American Cancer Society hosted the first Florida Colorectal Cancer Leadership Summit on March 26. The event brought together colorectal cancer medical experts and more than 100 health care system leaders from around the state to address the state of colorectal cancer and implement strategies for increasing screenings rates to 80 percent by 2018. Summit participants pledged their support to increase colorectal screening rates by ceremonially signing a special banner during the event. 

Florida veterans were forced to wait at least 30 days for nearly 93,000 medical appointments at VA medical facilities from September through February, and half of those delays were found at just seven sites in north Florida and the Panhandle, according to government data reviewed by The Associated Press.