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One in eight women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime, according to breastcancer.org. One in 10 women in the U.S. are uninsured.

In 2020, Florida was among the states reporting the highest percentages of uninsured nonelderly women at 12%-22%, as stated by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Santa Rosa Medical Center, in partnership with various county and regional entities, will be hosting an emergency preparedness exercise on Oct. 21.

Other organizations involved in the exercise include Santa Rosa County Emergency Operations Center, Santa Rosa County Schools, LifeGuard Ambulance, University of West Florida, Milton Police Department, Milton Fire Department and hospital emergency management personnel.

If you were lucky enough to have your grandparents in your life, you probably remember them teaching you things or just being there for you as you grew up.

That model of helping to raise kids is being translated to area schools in the form of the foster grandparent program.

The 41st Annual Homemakers Holiday Fair will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 1 at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium, 4530 Spikes Way in Milton. There is no admission fee for this event. The Homemakers Holiday Fair features crafts made by local artisans, homemade soup, sandwiches and desserts, and door prizes. Tickets […]

Florida Power & Light will serve free barbecue from noon-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 6451 Park Ave., Milton, to kickoff its Community Energy Saver program. FPL provides free energy services including limited duct system repair, caulking and weatherstripping installation, water heater pipe-wrap installation, faucet aerator and low-flow showerhead […]

Area residents can celebrate National Estuaries this week with a Blackwater River sunset walk, East Bay kayak tour, even a beer quest. National Estuaries Week begins Saturday, but the Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program is getting an early start; its first-ever Brews for the Bays event begins tonight featuring six participating area breweries. Participants […]

Neighbors of the proposed Jubilee project northeast of Pace still have questions about the master-planned community, and some are spreading misinformation, developer Ron Reeser told the Press Gazette Aug. 24.

The UWF women’s soccer team is picked to finish as the runner-up in the Gulf South Conference this season.

The Argos are coming off a year where they went 14-3-3 and reached the regional final of the NCAA tournament. That postseason appearance was their 18th in program history.

Maybe you noticed and maybe you didn’t, but some of the people involved in the decision making efforts when it comes to high school athletics did something right earlier this month with boys weightlifting.

Two regions in the state were divided into sub-regions, including one locally.

A Milton man received his wings of gold at NAS Whiting Field.

On Thursday, April 14, Lieutenant Junior Grade (Lt.j.g) Anthony Young of the United States Navy and twenty others from Training Air Wing Five were honored for completing their advanced helicopter training.