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As a student at the University of West Florida, Kimberly Murphy was excited about her future. Active on campus, she served as president of the Student Government Association and volunteered with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge and AmeriCorps.

Trace Adkins and Big & Rich will headline Country on the Sound Sept. 25 and 26 at Navarre Water Sports.

Holley-Navarre Water System hired the law firm Beggs and Lane, RLLP, to review a proposal to take over the Navarre Beach water and sewer utility.

Let’s share the pain.

After decades of being at or near the bottom in per pupil funding from the state, the Santa Rosa County School District will receive historic funding increases in 2016, according to Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Niceville).
The district will receive $8,239,180 in additional revenues next year for a total of $181,014,246 to support the 26,000 students in kindergarten through grade 12. 

Santa Rosa County’s bounce back from the Great Recession of 2009 and 2010 isn’t complete, according to its jobless rate. But the way we were as a labor market may not come again.

More than a month after Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce fired President and CEO Tony Alexander, five board members have resigned.

The first responders to the fire that burned out the abandoned Quayside Village house at 1655 Champagne Avenue in Midway last November arrived promptly when the blaze was reported at 2 a.m.

President Barack Obama warned July 13 of an increasing urgency for the U.S. to care for older Americans as millions of baby boomers head into their golden years.

Fifty years ago, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) played a critical role in the enactment of the Older Americans Act (OAA), helping to establish a national network to support seniors’ desire to live with health and security in their own communities.