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The health risks of cigarettes are widely known, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it is researching the public health risks of menthol cigarettes specifically.

Women across the U.S. are risking their lives for black market procedures to make their buttocks bigger, often involving home-improvement materials such as silicone injected by people with no medical training.

Following his promotion in May, Sgt. Scott Jones is settling into his new position as patrol supervisor at the District 2 Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission made the decision Monday to start the process of declaring the partially-sunken boat in Navarre Beach waters a derelict.

Three members of the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) have terms expiring in October, and the TDC is seeking applicants for potential new members. The TDC’s focus is to guide county advertising and marketing efforts aimed to promote tourism and ultimately increase bed tax revenue, which is generated by a specific tax imposed on guests who stay overnight at local hotels and condos.

The Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Office has launched a new website, votesantarosa.com, which upgrades the user-interface compared to the office’s previous site.

Gulf Breeze City Council members voted 4-1 at a special meeting Wednesday to adopt its master plan, designed to accommodate the projected traffic increase from construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge.

County property owners are set to see a nominal increase in property taxes designated for the Santa Rosa County School Board. The rise from 7.668 to 7.748 mills is a result of the required local effort the state sets for the district to receive approximately $86.3 million in state grant funding.  At their Aug. 1 meeting, the school board approved the hike, which roughly equates to an extra $6 per $100,000 household.

With summer coming to a close, fifth grade teachers Jackie Pratscher and Samantha Lee of Holley-Navarre Intermediate School were busy on Monday preparing their classrooms and discussing changes the new school year will bring.

The Navarre and Gulf Breeze areas are being hit by a new trend in burglaries — via waterway, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.