News Archive

Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer’s is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail.

The dreaded Indo-Pacific Lionfish have been spotted in local Gulf Islands National Seashore waters, and park officials are exploring the idea to allow capturing by spearfishing, something which has traditionally not been allowed by the National Park Service within park waters other than Biscayne National Park in south Florida.

On Saturday, April 6, anglers were able to fish Florida’s freshwaters without a fishing license, but not to worry if it passed unaware, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is offering three other free fishing license days.

Fees will rise in the coming months at Gulf Islands National Seashore’s Fort Pickens Campground.

SANTA ROSA BEACH — “Oh my gosh, this looks like something out of a magazine,” exclaimed Kelly Hale as she escorted her husband, Staff Sgt. Aaron Hale, and their four children into their new home for the first time, a foreclosure donated by Chase Bank.

Northwest Florida Water Management District employees now have tighter controls over usage of 87 vehicles and watercraft to be used for official business.

Preliminary projected costs to place resource officers in all 33 public schools in Santa Rosa County would be an initial $3 million with estimated recurring costs of $2 million per year.

It didn’t take long for the Republican field to sprout candidates after Governor Rick Scott announced April 3 the special primary election for House District 2 seat will be held May 14.

The Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners are planning to sell the current Navarre Community Center, located at 1917 Navarre School Blvd., and pursue a larger facility to accommodate more people.“ It appears to me to be surplus in our hands,” Commissioner Jim Melvin said. “We should put it up for bids and see what it is worth on the market.

The owners of Margaritaville on Pensacola Beach and Crowne Plaza in downtown Pensacola are moving forward with plans to rebuild a hotel on the 20-acre parcel they hold for a long-term lease on Navarre Beach.