4:30 p.m. Tuesday: Due to a shipment of vaccine not arriving, the vaccinations at the Milton Community Center, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, are canceled.
Through Sunday, Florida totaled 1,031,795 COVID-19 vaccinations. Gov. Ron DeSantis has focused heavily on vaccinating people ages 65 and older. Here is a breakdown of vaccinations by age group:
A 61-year-old Navarre man was charged Jan. 5 with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill after allegedly pointing a gun at his neighbor and her 20-month-old child.
The Coalition for Santa Rosa’s Water Future will conduct a social-distanced presentation addressing Santa Rosa’s current water crisis. It will be held this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 6 p.m., at 8418 East Bay Boulevard in Navarre. Parking is limited and overflow is across the street at ServePro.
The federal government is mostly to blame for what some people see as a slow distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Florida, state Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz told a House panel Thursday.
Proposed regulations to impose structure on Santa Rosa Board of Commissioner meetings were tabled last week after commissioners and citizens expressed concerns with the first drafts.
The resolutions would standardize everything from who could add last minute agenda items to how long citizens would be allowed to speak at public meetings.
The state’s rocky rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations came under scrutiny this week, as Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees made the rounds of House and Senate committees.
Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, chided Rivkees, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration hasn’t been open with the public about the effort to get shots in arms.
Florida officials maintained Thursday they can still land Space Force operations and facilities, a day after the state was passed over for the command headquarters of the newest military branch.
The new primary target is the Space Training and Readiness Command field command, or STARCOM, which is set up to handle education, training and unit testing for Space Force.