Jan 2, 2014
Top 10 stoires for 2013
Pier contract changes hands; but not before drama, controversy
While the new year begins with a new management team for the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, the previous year began with a one-year extension for the now-former management team — and plenty of drama that followed.
Jan 2, 2014
Health 2013 Year in Review
Baptist, Sacred Heart adopt tobacco-free hiring
Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System will start the New Year with a healthy choice for themselves and for others, as they adopted tobacco-free hiring policies beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Current employees who use tobacco products were not affected by the policy. To encourage healthy lifestyles, Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System are currently, and will continue to offer, tobacco cessation assistance to existing team members. Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System worked with the Partnership for a Healthy Community (PFAHC) on an assessment of the state of health in the two-county area that includes Escambia and Santa Rosa. Results revealed discouraging statistics related to tobacco use, obesity and health management. Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System became smoke-free campuses in 2010. The hiring policy is another step in support of a healthy workforce.
Dec 26, 2013
More license-free fishing days coming in 2014
The license-free fishing days were such a hit in 2013 that more are already planned for the coming year.
Dec 26, 2013
FWC seeking input on large fish dump
Investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) need the public’s help in solving the case of a large fish dump.
Dec 26, 2013
Farmers to benefit from FDA rule revisions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it will revise sweeping new food safety rules proposed earlier this year after farmers complained the rules could hurt business.
Dec 26, 2013
No comm, no bomb
HURLBURT FIELD – Silence. Picking up the phone or transmitting over a radio to get no response on the other end can be an eerie feeling, especially when Airmen deployed to a remote location seek directions on what they need to do, where they need to go, and how to get there.
Dec 26, 2013
AFSOC bases implement new, faster emergency notification system
HURLBURT FIELD – We’ve all heard the outside ‘giant voice,’ received a telephone call from the command post or seen that pop-up alert on our work computer during an emergency at one time or another. But do these methods provide instant accountability?
Dec 26, 2013
From Build to Boom: Munitions Line Delivery
HURLBURT FIELD – Those within earshot of Eglin Range can hear the sound of freedom raining from the sky as 25, 40 and 105mm rounds strike targets with precise accuracy.
Dec 26, 2013
NHS orienteering team takes home first place
The Navarre High School NJROTC orienteering team successfully defended its championship recently, and will be traveling to Oak Mountain, Ala., in hopes of qualifying for nationals for yet another year as the champs.
Dec 26, 2013
Medical marijuana supporters hold day of action
TALLAHASSEE — Medical marijuana supporters were out in force this weekend.