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Stock up and save during Florida's second Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
The State of Florida will launch its second Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday of 2024 on Saturday, Aug. 24, continuing through Friday, Sept. 6. During this period, residents can purchase qualifying disaster preparedness supplies tax-free. The tax holiday offers financial relief and encourages residents to prepare emergency kits during peak hurricane season.
Salmonella from cucumbers sickens hundreds; 60 in Florida. CDC says outbreak is over
Your cucumbers are safe again. According to health officials, the multistate salmonella outbreak — partially tracked to cucumbers from two Florida farms — that sickened 551 people in 34 states and the District of Columbia, including 60 in Florida, is over. ...
'A FINtastic place to be': New Destin High Principal Diane Kelley 'delighted' with 1st week
After a few weeks in, Diane Kelley loves her time as principal of Destin High School. “I love it, what’s not to like,” she said sitting in her office Wednesday morning. This is the fourth year for the Destin High Sharks, a charter school that got off the ground in 2021 with 300 students in grades nine through 11. In three years, the school added 12th grade, a three-story, 26,000-square-foot facility and now has an enrollment of about 660 students.
As Jubilee seeks rezoning to allow 8,000 new homes, data shows heavy toll on Pace roads
The developers of Jubilee, a long-discussed mega-community to be built on agricultural land north of Pace, are scheduled to meet with the Santa Rosa County Planning Board Sept. 9 to discuss rezoning that will allow for the construction of 8,017 new homes. Those homes, to be built primarily between Luther Fowler and...
Escambia, Santa Rosa high school football 2024 season schedule, results
Friday Night Lights returns to Northwest Florida. The 2024 high school football season is here in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties from the end of August until – at least – the end of the regular season at the end of October into the beginning of November. However, there are surely several teams...
Affordable homes built by Escambia County sitting empty during housing crisis. Here's why:
Escambia County’s use of the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP) is under scrutiny after county staff announced there is no longer any funding available for down payment assistance through the SHIP program. Now some are questioning why the county is spending so much of the state dollars, used jointly by the city of Pensacola and Escambia County, on other programs including building brand new homes and rebuilding others, and it's not really clear who is...
Florida homes owned by corporate investors: 117,000 — and counting
It was the serenity of The Enclave at Twin Rivers that pushed Kelly Phillips to buy. “The peacefulness of Parrish really drew us in,” said Phillips, who bought the house in Manatee County last year. “It had a lot of the things we wanted.”. Nestled along Gamble Creek...
Survey finds strong opposition to school library restrictions despite Florida book bans
A new national survey shows that two-thirds of American adults oppose efforts to restrict books in public schools. The data sheds more light on one of today's most pressing education issues, revealing a significant divide between public opinion and what's actually happening in school libraries, where book restrictions have skyrocketed across Florida...
Rising Above the Flood: Floridians lifting their homes above the surge
Lifting homes process to avoid flooding weather hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, record rainfall events more people are opting to lift their homes above storm surge flood zone hard to lift a home?
Florida's new Jimmy Buffett Day keeps the party going in N. Fort Myers, Naples, FM Beach
Jimmy Buffett died nearly a year ago, but parrotheads are keeping the party going in Southwest Florida and the rest of the state. The Florida Legislature has declared Friday, Aug. 30, to be Jimmy Buffett Day in the Sunshine State. Concerts and other events are happening everywhere to celebrate the tropical troubadour and his easygoing songs about pirates, beach bums, fruity drinks, smoking weed and the glory of the Florida lifestyle. ...
Project seeks to convert warehouse into indoor basketball gym with fitness equipment
A local Navy veteran has plans to convert a 20,000-square-foot Brent-area warehouse into a basketball gym with multiple courts and a variety of training equipment. But first he needs the approval of Escambia County's Development Review Committee. Peter Verdecchia fell in love with pickup basketball after graduating high school. While still in the...
Smalls Sliders mini-burger chain expected to drop into Tallahassee
Smalls Sliders, a fast-casual miniature hamburger chain, is vowing to "slide thru" the Panhandle with a restaurant set for Tallahassee. The Louisiana burger franchise operates all of its restaurants out of converted shipping containers, but still provides customers with limited outdoor seating options if they opt to eat at the restaurant rather than going through...
Foley To Host National Pickleball Tournament
The City of Foley has been chosen as one of five locations in the United States to host a new USA Pickleball tournament. The Select Series Gulf Coast event will take place at the Foley Event Center from August 23 to 25. Pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in America for the...
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