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Locals Gain Free Day Use Park Admission

Do you have a library card? Use it this summer to check out a day pass to your favorite local Florida State Park. The...
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Arts & Design Society in Action!

ADSO July Speaker Renee Broxson, artist, tennis teaching professional and animal rescue supporter, spoke at the Arts and Design Society Luncheon in July. Introduced to...
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Okaloosa Public Arts Call to Artists!

By Toni Dineen, OPA Secretary/Historian Okaloosa Public Arts (OPA) has many exciting opportunities for artists to share their talents in the upcoming months including our...
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Insurance Market Conditions in Florida Continue to Deteriorate

By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone The unpopular, but familiar topics and headlines continue. Florida now has the highest premiums in the nation. It has been...
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Hormones Aren’t For Me

By Dr. Richard Chern, MD Have you or a friend tried hormone therapy in the past and had no results or minimal results? Worse are...
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COURAGEOUS Deployed

On April 28, the Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin Air Force Base’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating...
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Alzheimer’s Disease: Combating the Stigmas

By Hannah White Local resident Butch McKay has witnessed first-hand the consequences of stigmas and misconceptions about Alzheimer’s, a progressive and fatal brain disease affecting...
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Living Hope

By Michelle Ruschman Cindy Smith has taught child abuse prevention in schools since the 1990s. This earlier work led her to become an advocate, author,...
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Tax Relief for Floridians

By Jim Jaquess Governor DeSantis recently signed into law more than $1.2 billion of tax relief for Floridians. The new law creates 10 sales tax...
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Moving Kids from Hunger to Hope

By Lori Leath Smith In April, local business F45 hosted a “Playoff” event to raise money for the 4th Annual Hope for the Hungry Emerald...