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Another former Florida state legislator has thrown property he owns into consideration as a future courthouse site. Former senator Charlie Clary joins former representative Cotton Byrom in offering the county an East Milton land deal.

Los Angeles (AP) — Dogs and cats have become part of the American family inner circle over the last 20 years, sleeping in their own beds or yours, eating food bought specially to help their digestive tracts, drinking purified water and cuddling up in chairs on heated pads made to fend off arthritis.

Spring marks horseshoe crabs’ mating season, and biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee (FWC) want the public’s help identifying spawning sites.

About 30 people, most of them representing local governments and organizations that participate in water monitoring data collection, attended a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) meeting March 13 in Pensacola to provide input and learn about the department’s water quality assessment and restoration priorities for the next two years.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) released March 10 an endangered Florida panther on private property in Hendry County near Everglades Wildlife Management Area.

The Navarre High School NJROTC Orienteering Team took home 12th place overall at the national competition in Elberton, Ga. March 8 and 9. A total of 22 schools and 331 students from as far away as California competed.

Hurlburt Field – “Off we go into the wild blue yonder…” begins the U.S. Air Force Song, but Airmen at the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron aren’t leaving all the flying up to traditional pilots. 

Eglin Air Force Base – The Tricare Service Center at Eglin Air Force Base will close for walk-in services April 1.

The Florida Senate unanimously passed the Florida GI Bill, House Bill 7015, March 11, which is recognized as Florida National Guard Day at the Capitol.

March is National Kidney Month. The National Kidney Foundation estimates about 95,000 people in the U.S. are awaiting kidney transplants. One man who isn’t thanks to the kindness of a Florida resident is 70-year-old Phillip Cunningham from Scarsdale, New York.