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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month

Written by Staff Reporters on October 8, 2015. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

A cancer diagnosis at any stage is devastating news. The questions, concerns and even panic that can set in can throw any life off of a sure path. In the case of breast cancer, it can affect the sheer essence of who a woman thinks she is. We have been taught in life that our female body parts are what make us who we are. And that couldn’t be further from the truth. Breast cancer survivors will tell you that.

Too fast at any speed

Written by Staff Reporters on October 8, 2015. Posted in Community.

No matter how few drivers exceed the speed limits on residential streets in the city of Gulf Breeze, that’s too many for the volunteer Traffic Calming and Enforcement Committee.

Nine candidates make cut for top county job

Written by Staff Reporters on October 8, 2015. Posted in News.

Nine candidates to succeed Santa Rosa County Administrator Hunter Walker when he plans to retire at the end of the year have made the first cut by a selection panel.

iNKSTAND students reporting for education

Written by Gail Acosta on October 8, 2015. Posted in Education.

Hundreds of students grace the hallways of West Navarre Intermediate School. And a group of 18 of those students may well be the future journalists of Navarre. This class, known as iNKSTAND, is reporting the news of WNIS through a digital newsletter under the leadership of teachers Kenny Long and Elizabeth Bauer.

Pass needed, no private funds for public beach

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Dear Rep. Doug Broxson,

Nichols not aiming to process concealed weapon licenses

Written by Sandi Kemp on October 1, 2015. Posted in Community.

County tax collectors around the state of Florida are becoming alternative sites for residents to apply for or renew a state concealed weapon license under the direction of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The legislation to make this all possible was passed in 2014. This unique partnership allows tax collectors to receive applications, take fingerprints and photographs and send the information to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to process the request for a concealed weapon license.

Proposed aquatic center has home but no funding

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Community.

Finding an acceptable site for any proposed public project can be among the toughest hurdles, but the nascent campaign for a new aquatic center in south Santa Rosa County already has a prospective home.

Escambia prisoners paying their way in Santa Rosa

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in News.

The Escambia County Jail inmates who have been housed in Santa Rosa since an explosion destroyed their facility in April 2014 are paying their own way as guests of Sheriff Wendell Hall.

Public information officer to return to Escambia County

Written by Sandi Kemp on September 24, 2015. Posted in Community.

When Santa Rosa County Public Information Officer, Joy Tsubooka, left Escambia County eight years ago as a communication specialist, she was one of four other specialists. When she returns in November, she will be supervising as the community and media relations division manager.

Tiger Point residents bend on golf course rehab

Written by Staff Reporters on September 24, 2015. Posted in News.

The battle over whether the City of Gulf Breeze will be held to its promise to restore Tiger Point Golf Club’s defunct west course appears headed toward a compromise.