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HURLBURT FIELD — After two years of planning, the Airmen from the 9th Special Operations Squadron and 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron relocated from Eglin Air Force Base to Hurlburt Field AFB. 

For the fifth consecutive year, the American Stroke Association recently awarded Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola the Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for Sacred Heart’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients.

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and Twin Cities Hospital have been honored with an “A” Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits.

Government auditors recently told a House panel that efforts to build four veterans medical centers are taking on average about three years longer to complete than estimated and costing an additional $366 million per project.

The Formosan Subterranean termite is one of the most destructive termite species in the world. And they are here, in our backyard. 

A Santa Rosa County school bus driver has died of bacterial meningitis, according to the Santa Rosa County Health Department and the Santa Rosa County School District.

MIAMI — Gov. Rick Scott signed a statewide ban on texting while driving into law Tuesday, making Florida the 41st state to enact a texting-while-driving ban for all drivers.

The manager of a business occupying county-owned property on Navarre Beach was arrested on a misdemeanor charge for selling alcohol to a minor during a late March transaction.  The incident took place March 29 in the presence of a Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office detective at Sandy Bottoms, a convenience store located at 8228 Gulf Boulevard and operated by Dorothy Slye, who is also the current manager of the Navarre Beach Pier, another county-owned property.  

A Milton man was put away for two-plus decades following a sexual abuse case involving a five-year-old child.

“This is unprecedented,” said Jim Hizer, President and CEO of the Greater Pensacola Chamber as he was updating the Santa Rosa commissioners on VISION 2015. The vision of the future is indeed looking good for the chamber’s job-creation initiative focused on recruiting new businesses, helping local businesses expand and strengthening the partnerships between the military and the private industry in the Pensacola region.