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Santa Rosa County is expecting roughly $4.3 million in its first direct allotment of RESTORE funding resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The grand opening of the Clear Creek Off-Highway Vehicle Trails at Blackwater River State Forest is set for 8 a.m. Saturday.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners April 9 presented a proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month to the board of Santa Rosa Kids’ House, a local organization aimed to help abused and neglected children.

Two consultants applied to provide Santa Rosa County’s military affairs consulting services by the April 7 deadline.

George Conover sat in a chair under a tree on his Gulf Breeze property Tuesday afternoon and enjoyed a long journey down memory lane, recalling a life that has spanned nearly a century.

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.