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Covenant Hospice and Covenant Alzheimer’s Services is accepting items and volunteers for The GEM, a secondhand boutique, slated to open in the fall.

Legislation approved by the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee would stop insurance companies from insisting that patients “fail first” before covering medical treatments prescribed by their physicians.

The Florida Department of Health recently enhanced its programs in the Division of Children’s Medical Services (CMS).

With your doctor’s OK, you may be able to safely start an exercise program on your own, said A. Lynn Millar, chairman, department of physical therapy, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina.

Warren “Biggie” Tucker earned his wings long ago when he piloted airplanes and, once, when he jumped out of one.

We feed them, groom them, clothe them and otherwise shell out the big bucks to protect and pamper our pets.

Gardening can be tricky in a part of the country where the soil is essentially sand and creates a less than ideal situation for growing plants, trees or vegetables.

An Air Force Special Operations Command Air Commando permanently paralyzed from an enemy attack in 2013 will receive a mortgage-free home from the nonprofit organization Building Homes for Heroes, officials announced March 6 during a Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and Twin Cities Hospital will present the fourth annual Women on Wellness symposium April 10, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Resort on Okaloosa Island. This one-day educational conference is aimed to help women achieve balance and success in life, work and health. 

Master Sgt. James Albanesi received the General Lew Allen Jr., Trophy for 2014, Feb. 27, 2015, at the Pentagon in recognition of his outstanding contributions while assigned as the Forward Area Refueling Point manager at the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron on Hurlburt Field.