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Jim Bynum, a therapist who’s spent years as a bereavement counselor, has spent much of his career helping others deal with grief and loss.

The local branch of Baptist Medical Park in Navarre is always buzzing with patients seeking top-notch care close to home. Many locals use the facility regularly for the  professional and prompt diagnostic imaging and laboratory services offered right around the corner. Those services include fast-turnaround service for ordering physicians and patients with digital X-ray, digital mammography, a 16-slice CT scan, a new bone density (DEXA) scan, and new ultrasound and echocardiogram equipment. The facility also is a collection site for blood draws and urinalysis with physician orders for lab tests.

The Florida Department of Health recently received 33 awards through the 2015 Prudential Productivity Awards Program. Since 1989, this awards program has recognized and rewarded individuals, teams and agencies within state government for innovations and productivity improvements resulting in cost savings, cost avoidances and increased revenue for state government. 

The Baptist Health Care Foundation recently announced the 2014 Hollinger Award recipients, chosen for their outstanding service contributions to the community.

More than a week has passed since Navarre High School students and their parents scrambled to determine just what prompted a heightened police presence on campus last Tuesday.

Former longtime Santa Rosa County District Schools principal Stewart “Buddy” Powell pre-filed March 6 for the county’s 2016 superintendent race.

Recently, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office received information related to two separate incidents of ATM skimming devices – one in Milton and one Gulf Breeze.

Police arrested a Louisiana man wanted in New Orleans for a double homicide after responding to a reported break-in in Milton on March 5.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners quietly agreed March 9 to settle a lawsuit with Terhaar & Cronley, a Pensacola-based general contracting company with properties in Santa Rosa Industrial Park.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners today are expected to approve $173,882 for a Navarre playground. The board also plans to seek state support to fast-track a community access road study and approve relocation of controversial signage.