The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is holding six meetings around the state to take public input on the department’s water quality assessment and restoration priorities during the next two years. One of the six meetings will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., March 13, at the FDEP Northwest District Office, 160 W. Government Street, Pensacola.
Construction of a new snorkeling reef began Feb. 27 in Perdido Key. The artificial reef is located near a public access area off Sandy Key Drive. Funded by the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST), construction is expected to be complete within the next few days.
Hurlburt Field – Master Sgt. Ronnie Brickey, United States Air Force Special Operations School Force Protection Branch NCO in charge, received his second Purple Heart during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field Feb. 20 for wounds received in action as an explosive ordinance disposal technician in Iraq.
Duke Field – Col. David Tabor took command of the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center during an assumption of command ceremony at Duke Field, Feb. 27.
Shortly after U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airman Master Sgt. Josh Gavulic died in a training exercise Feb. 21 in Elroy, Ariz., members of the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Association established a fund for his family.
A father and son duo from Colorado is cycling across the Gulf Coast all the way to the Atlantic Ocean supporting the fight against diabetes and stopping to meet with other riders affected by the disease.
Attorney General Pam Bondi convened March 3 the Statewide Task Force on Prescription Drug Abuse and Newborns to discuss and release the group’s 2014 report. It provides an update on the implementation of the Task Force’s recommendations to combat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). NAS refers to a group of medical complications associated with the withdrawal process newborns typically experience after birth if their mothers have abused prescription drugs during pregnancy.
The first Run, Walk or Roll Mobility 5k will be held at 8 a.m., March 29 on Navarre Beach and organizer David Raney said the event is being held to help folks locally and worldwide who are need of assistive devices to increase their mobility.
Most Americans are not satisfied with their friendships, lack confidence in even their closest friends and almost half would choose to have deeper friendships rather than more friends.
