The departure of several employees from the marketing firm with whom the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) has a contract is causing some headaches for the council, and forced a special meeting of the TDC to be called last Tuesday on short notice.
Troubles continue for Navarre businesswoman Dorothy Slye, whose Sandy Bottoms retail store, which occupied a county-owned building on Navarre Beach, is now closed. Slye owed delinquent taxes on the property totaling $20,577. Tax collector records show Sigma Tax LL of Aventura, Florida purchased the tax certificate, which ultimately went unsold at an Oct. 28 auction.
Since forming last year, the Southeastern Dog Hunters Association has spent thousands of hours volunteering in the community, coordinating their own events and helping other organizations and local nonprofits. Recently, SEDHA members participated in the Ronald McDonald Charities’ Annual Fire Truck Pull held on Oct. 12, and beat out 31 other teams to win first place.
Football season is in full swing, and the 2013-14 hunting season is cranking up. Heck, in Zone A, they’re already into general gun season. But for the rest of us, I’d like to cover some things you should know regarding three hunting seasons that are just around the corner: muzzleloading gun, gray squirrel and the first phase of dove.
Four people are facing multiple charges for killing at least seven deer at night on Eglin Air Force Base, two of them large trophy bucks in velvet, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
JACKSONVILLE — Florida Blue is dropping 300,000 customers whose policies the health insurer says aren’t sufficiently comprehensive under the health care overhaul.
For the children living in the poverty-stricken Sicuani District in Peru, medical treatment for congenital abnormalities such as webbed feet and extra fingers and even injuries such as broken bones and burns can go untreated for months, or even years.
