Questions are being raised about the background checking practices of an outside vendor in the hiring of the 1,000 or so substitute teachers needed weekly to plug absences in the Santa Rosa School District.
In a presidential memorandum released Jan. 23, President Trump ordered a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees. The order said no vacant positions existing at noon Jan. 22 may be filled and no new positions could be created, except in limited circumstances. The memo clearly excluded all military personnel and it went further to exempt any positions that are deemed necessary to meet national security or public safety responsibilities.
Payton Watson and Savannah Diel etched out a special place in Navarre girls weightlifting history last Thursday, joining Kylie Shelley as the only lifters to repeat as individual state champions.
The Lady Raiders won the state weightlifting title for the third straight year and the fourth time in the last five years last Thursday at Belleview High School.
Inside his office on a Thursday afternoon, Navarre girls weightlifting coach Garrett Bagley is talking to a couple of his lifters about what they should be focused on during their workouts for that day.
Dante Wright had just hit a jump shot in the lane in the fourth quarter, pushing Navarre over Gulf Breeze back to 10 in an intense rivalry game Tuesday night in Navarre.
Tabitha Gorse walks around the Nature Explore Classroom at Hurlburt Field on a sun-splashed Monday morning and points to some of its most interesting features.
Couples who sweat together…are sweaty. I could say stay together, though, and that would be just as appropriate. By now you’ve heard about studies that show you’re more likely to stay committed to working out if you have a partner. There are several out there. In one of those studies, the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University followed 16 married couples and 32 married singles actually found that the dropout rate for the singles gym-goers was 37 percent higher. So science sayeth. Accountability and support are one of the biggest benefits of working out with your spouse without a doubt. But there are more!
