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Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman

Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman

World of Beer co-owner to open restaurant in Tiger Point

February 18, 2021

On Feb. 26, Tiger Point Golf Club will change ownership and the next day, a crew will be inside the old clubhouse, starting renovations.

The building, which will be owned by Scott Zepp, is being transformed into The Pointe, a restaurant serving golfers on one side and family dining on the other.

FDOT to meet with local officials, discuss bridge reopening

February 17, 2021
The Florida Department of Transportation is meeting with local officials at its Milton operations office Thursday at 3 p.m. to discuss plans around reopening the Pensacola Bay Bridge.

Wise Words: Appreciate every step you take

February 17, 2021

It’s been three years since I took a careless step into a puddle of water at an athletic event and tore my hamstring muscles.

I remember slowly doing something like the splits and feeling a tearing motion so visceral that I could almost visualize what was happening under the skin.

Unidentified body found in boat at national seashore

February 17, 2021

Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body found at Gulf Islands National Seashore Sunday.

The body, which has not yet been identified, was found on a sailboat that was anchored in shallow water on the north shore of the park’s Naval Live Oaks area.

Rescued pigs happy to ‘be on dry land’

February 16, 2021

As the investigation into an alleged animal rescue in Laurel Hill continues, workers at the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society are providing temporary homes for six adult pigs and eight juvenile pigs.

The pigs had been living in a pit of standing water and feces at the “Frye Branch Rescue,” before animal control workers saved them Friday.

ALDI distribution center breaks ground, no word on local store

February 16, 2021
Although a regional headquarters and distribution center in Loxley, Alabama broke ground this week, there are no updates on an ALDI that is supposed to be built in Navarre.

Gun interest up, supplies down

February 16, 2021
After nearly 45 years in the gun sales business, Miles Schuler has learned how to predict the ebbs and flows of the industry. Before COVID-19 even hit, he predicted 2020 would be a volatile year that would lead to increased gun sales at his store Trade Winds Pawn and Gun.

‘Turner House’ lawsuit heads to mediation

February 15, 2021

A judge has ordered Santa Rosa County and the owners of the “Turner House” to head to mediation before an April court date.

The mediation would attempt to resolve issues lingering from a 2016 lawsuit the county filed against Staci and Gary Turner, live out of state but own the home at 7315 Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach. The lawsuit has been amended multiple times in the last five years.

(Busy) beach birds: Sanderlings always on the move for food

February 15, 2021

They are one of the smaller shorebirds on Navarre Beach and appear to be the busiest.

Sanderlings, the gray and white birds that run back and forth along the water’s edge, spend the winter in places like Northwest Florida and summer in the Arctic.

Bundle up, scan for black ice on local roads

February 15, 2021

The winter storm that’s hitting northern regions hard is going to be felt in Northwest Florida as well.

Wind chills in the teens, black ice on local roadways and damaging storms are all possibilities for the area.

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