Local businesses take an active role to improve community’s health
Community, health and business leaders who attended a community health summit on May 10th are taking an active role in developing health improvement initiatives in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. B…
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY JAY LOCATION
Beginning July 1, the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County will begin new clinic hours at its Jay location at 14122 Alabama Street behind Jay Hospital. Services will be offered from 9:…
Area hospitals feel the crunch of Florida's Obamacare defiance
Local hospitals are feeling the pinch of a tight belt as they try to cope with financial losses stemming from indigent care, a key issue that the Affordable Health Care Act aims to resolve.
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Man arrested after firing gun at truck
Law enforcement agencies joined forces last week, serving a felony warrant on a 21-year-old Milton man wanted for multiple gun violations after shots were fired during a street fight, according to po…
Sea Cadets help out at the ARC Blueberry Bash
Left to right: Sea Cadets Logan Hergott, Spencer Williams, Wolfie and Dakota Williams helped out during the Arc Santa Rosa Blueberry Bash this weekend. The cadets moved picnic tables, opened doors fo…
ARC supports Intellectual Disabilities Bill
Self-advocates in Pensacola are thanking Gov. Rick Scott for signing Senate Bill 142, the Intellectual Disabilities Bill, into law last week in Tallahassee. The bill, which was passed unanimously by…
Bagdad Volunteer Fire Department holds groundbreaking
Bagdad Volunteer Fire Department broke ground on its new fire station off of Garcon Point Road Monday. Chief Nick Anderson says the new station has been in the works for around three years. The firef…
Pace Fire Department gets advance life support certification
Pace Fire Department can save your life. In more ways that one.
They routinely kick in doors and stomp out house fires. They are always ready to jump on their truck and wrestle an out-of-control b…
Two people killed in June 16 Interstate 10 wreck identified
MILTON — Officials have identified two of the three people killed in the June 16 wreck on Interstate 10. Dustin Richard Davis, 22, of Chipley, Fla., was driving a 1993 Jeep Cherokee around 2:45 a.m. …
Santa Rosa OKs $239,000 for Health Department
MILTON — Santa Rosa County commissioners have decided to help the county Health Department through its budget shortfall.
Commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to approve $239,000 in emergenc…