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Sea turtle hatching begins on Pensacola Beach, anticipated on Navarre Beach

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in Beach.

Pensacola Beach’s record-setting number of sea turtle nests this season are starting to hatch. Three of the 20 nests have hatched, confirmed Mark Nicholas, a biologist with Gulf Islands National Seashore.

FDA funding studies on public health risk from menthol cigarettes

Written by Staff Reporters on August 8, 2013. Posted in News.

The health risks of cigarettes are widely known, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it is researching the public health risks of menthol cigarettes specifically.

TDC seeks active members for council

Written by Staff Reporters on August 8, 2013. Posted in News.

Three members of the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) have terms expiring in October, and the TDC is seeking applicants for potential new members. The TDC’s focus is to guide county advertising and marketing efforts aimed to promote tourism and ultimately increase bed tax revenue, which is generated by a specific tax imposed on guests who stay overnight at local hotels and condos.

Gulf Breeze officially adopts master plan

Written by Staff Reporters on August 8, 2013. Posted in News.

Gulf Breeze City Council members voted 4-1 at a special meeting Wednesday to adopt its master plan, designed to accommodate the projected traffic increase from construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge.

Hurlburt opens food pantry to AF civilians

Written by Staff Reporters on August 1, 2013. Posted in Military, News.

HURLBURT FIELD – In response to sequestration and civilian furloughs, the food pantry inside the Airman’s Attic at Hurlburt Field recently opened its doors to civilian personnel.

Local author, physician talks new book with Happy Bookers

Written by Staff Reporters on August 1, 2013. Posted in Business.

What do Prozac, Dee Pak Chopra and The Celestine Prophecy have in common? They all served as inspiration for the new book “The Fifth Stage,” by local author Richard Stachler, M.D.

United Peninsula Association discuss nonprofit status at meeting

Written by Staff Reporters on August 1, 2013. Posted in News.

The tax exempt status of the United Peninsula Association and its effect on a Florida Department of Transportation project was discussed at a meeting last Wednesday in the Tiger Point Golf Clubhouse.

Col. Bud Day, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 88

Written by Associated Press on August 1, 2013. Posted in News.

MIAMI — Retired Col. George “Bud” Day, a Medal of Honor recipient who spent 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam and was Arizona Sen. John McCain’s cellmate, died at the age of 88, his widow said Sunday.

Officials ask commissioners to fund raises

Written by Staff Reporters on August 1, 2013. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa Commissioners held hearings last week to start allocating the county’s approximately $100 million budget. Raises for county employees was a request made repeatedly by constitutional officers to the board, which voted to move forward with the process to increase property taxes three percent to facilitate the $1.35 million needed to fund the pay hike.

HNWS talks financial assistance, fire protection

Written by Staff Reporters on July 25, 2013. Posted in News.

The Holley Navarre Water System board of directors met last Tuesday to discuss ideas for financial assistance for military personnel and other members of the community. Holley Navarre Fire District Battalion Chief Howie Rounsaville was also at the meeting to address the need for adequate fire protection.