Tourism development office makes big plans for 2018
Tourism Development Director Julie Morgan revealed plans for fiscal year 2018 including the addition of a new “social liaison” staff member and the creation of a traveling visitor’s center.
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Andrews reaching into neighboring counties
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The Andrews Institute is expanding its sports medicine coverage reach into the Okaloosa and Walton county school districts.
$3 million for 30 minutes
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An extra 30 minutes of school time each day could cost an extra $3 million, but Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Tim Wyrosdick said it would be money well spent.
Answers never easy
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“Homeless in Paradise” ran in big letters on the front page a week ago as the Navarre Press took a deeper look at the suffering of those in our own county, and following the publication, we had one concerned citizen come into our office to look for deeper answers.
Hope can be challenging but rewarding
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Hope is a pretty young woman who really hopes she will have an adoptive family of her own soon. She comes to us because of drug abuse by her parents and a disrupted relative placement.
Nichols begins third term as tax collector
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Santa Rosa Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols officially began his third term Tuesday evening as he took his official oath of office.
Sales tax oversight committee named
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Collection of a half penny sales tax is underway and county commissioners made their final recommendations Monday for the Infrastructure Surtax Committee, a citizen oversight group.
Tourism Development Office wants more staff
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After three months of research and a roughly $14,000 tab, a strategic plan presented to and approved by the Tourism Development Committee board Friday would request additional tourism staff be placed on the county’s payroll.
Getting medical marijuana no easy task
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After more than 70 percent of Florida’s voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution broadening allowable use of medical marijuana, law makers at the state and local level were scrambling to put regulations in place and sort out fact from fiction as Amendment 2 went into effect Jan. 3.
Sheriff’s office: Stabbing suspect identified, not arrested
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Nearly three weeks have passed since the deadly stabbing of young Navarre teen Daniel Jebadiah Bubanas, 19.