As the nation continues to ready itself for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, news broke last week that businesses with more than 50 employees will not be facing fines until 2015 for failing to offer health insurance coverage.
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medical scan that can help diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children by measuring brain waves.
Wildlife tourism, from hunting and fishing to bird and dolphin watching, is a $19 billion-a-year business along the Gulf of Mexico, and states spending their settlement money from the 2010 BP oil spill should focus on restoring ecologically sensitive areas that keep guides, hotels and others working, a study says.
The South End Tourist Development Committee, which makes bed tax funding recommendations to the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC), voted to support a well-presented $125,000 request from the Marine Science Station on Wednesday, but ignored a $145,000 request from Commissioner Bob Cole for the Agri-Plex in East Milton due to a lack of supporting documentation.
A Navarre man was arrested last Monday after his neighbor called officers in reference to a domestic disturbance involving a minor. Ronald Wagner, 38, was arrested for battery and false imprisonment of a child under 13 after becoming violent with the victim.
Residents lashed out at Santa Rosa County commissioners July 11 over the board’s inconsistent use of a public solicitation process when leasing county-owned property. The reaction came after Hunter Walker, county administrator, placed a discussion on the agenda for soliciting proposals for the design of an air-conditioned storage facility to replace the Santa Rosa County warehouse, which was leased to a local nonprofit organization last year.
All five Santa Rosa commissioners agree the time has come to replace what has been called the worst courthouse in Florida. The board even seems to be in unison that the best way to fund building a new judicial facility would be placing a vote to enact a temporary local one-cent sales tax on the November 2014 ballot. The biggest question remaining at the end of a public workshop held to address the matter July 11 was where the new courthouse should be located.
With more leeway in this year’s tentative budget, the Midway Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners chose to implement pay raises at Tuesday night’s meeting.
A 20-year-old Navarre man who applied for employment with the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a juvenile, after a background check revealed evidence of the relationship.
