Santa Rosa schools make the A grade
The Santa Rosa School District is back on top of the rankings with an A grade for the 2016-17 school year. Last year, for the first time in more than a decade, the district’s ranking had slipped to a B grade.
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Wildlife refuge set to sell Crestview zoo
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Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge has accepted an offer to sell the zoo it owns in Crestview to a man with television aspirations.
Evidence of re-nesting heartens wildlife protectors
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After Tropical Storm Cindy battered the Panhandle, Audubon researchers found that the storm wiped out many of the shorebird chicks and eggs along northwest Florida’s coastline, including Navarre Beach.
Small businesses get free tools from Florida SBDC
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Being a small-business owner requires many skills.
Safety concern leads to investigation at NAS Whiting Field
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Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is conducting an ongoing investigation at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, commencing this week, according to Navy public affairs officer Lt. Elizabeth Feaster. The investigation coincides with a maintenance inspection of all TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters belonging to Training Air Wing FIVE, a unit that conducts advanced flight training for several hundred aviation students per year. The inspection was prompted by a safety concern, said Lt. Feaster. The public affairs office did not elaborate on the nature of the concern.
Gulf Breeze man faces max sentence for child porn
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Thomas E. Matassa, 24, of Gulf Breeze was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, the maximum sentence allowable under federal law.
Housing development planned near new school site
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Just west of Holley by the Sea, a new development is taking root.
Fee simple survives committee without amendment
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Never before has legislation to give Santa Rosa Island residents ownership of their property been so favorably positioned according to supporters.
Turtle Center celebrates a big supporter
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When Zoey Hodges, 7, studied sea turtles in class this year at St Luke’s Episcopal School in Baton Rouge, it made a big impression on the second grader.
Gulf Islands proposing rate increase
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Gulf Islands National Seashore is requesting public comment on proposed increases to entrance fees and to camping fees at Fort Pickens Campground.