Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) have announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad.
School officially starts Aug. 11. While most Navarre High School students will be thinking of where their next class is, members of the Class of 2026 have spent the final days of summer break crafting custom parking spaces.
With students going back to school this month, parents are looking for affordable ways to stock up on school supplies and get their children what they need for the new school year.
On my recent visit with family in Canada, I was not surprised when one of my brothers called me “Pasquale.” He has called me Pasquale as long as I can remember but I don’t remember why. He has nicknames for other family members, their origins more easily recognized, yet, I am Pasquale, and we are not Italian.
July went by very quickly. We hired three new team members in July and only said farewell to one. Going through resumes and interviews is exhausting but then training is right around the corner. People don’t realize when you are training you aren’t able to do your own job. Kaitie had a taste of it this week. We have a new very talented new team member for the front desk which is where Kaitie is right now. Kaitie was conducting some of the initial training and was asking me when she was supposed to do “her” work. Welcome to the club, Kaitie!
In late July, as the sun blazed over Navarre Beach and vacationers flocked to the Gulf, a health advisory blindsided visitors and locals alike. The Santa Rosa County Health Department issued a no-swimming warning due to high levels of Enterococcus bacteria—a dangerous signal that the water could pose serious risks to human health. But while the advisory itself was necessary and scientifically justified, what followed—or rather, what didn’t follow—may have created an even bigger problem. The silence.
Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Air Force Base are continuing to address the toxic pres-ence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on their respective properties, also known as “forever chemicals.”
PFAS is found in a variety of products, from clothing to heat-resistant pans to adhesives. They are also present in certain kinds of firefighting foams commonly used by military fire-fighters.
Tallahassee – Saying the case has “significant implications for home construction and the economy,” home builders and the septic-system industry this week backed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in its appeal of a federal judge’s decision that required additional steps to protect manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon.
From Gulf Breeze in Santa Rosa County to Mary Esther in Okaloosa County, there are few, if any, alternative routes to Highway 98 if traveling east and west. Combine ever increasing amounts of tourists, people commuting to and from work and school traffic and you have a serious congestion problem.
