If you’re a restaurateur looking to claim a slice of the Destin harbor, now might be your chance.Claude Perry, a local property owner, is building a two-story, 8,000-square-foot building smack dab on the harbor, in between Boathouse Oyster Bar & Grill and Duck Duck, that he plans to turn into a bar and restaurant. Perry said he isn’t going to run the restaurant, but is soliciting offers from restaurateurs to lease the coveted [...]

Silver Sands School invites the public to participate in the 8th annual Silver Sands School Angel Xpress.The Angel Xpress allows parents, businesses and community members to adopt a child from the school, providing him or her with clothing and toys.Students at the school range in ages from prekindergarten to 22 years.To sponsor a student with varying exceptionalities, contact the Silver Sands office and Valerie Perkins at 833-3364.Gifts deadline is Dec. 13.- [...]

Eglin Air Force Base has one prescribed burn planned in tactical training area B-7 on Sunday.The burn will be 320 acres in the western portion of the reservation, east of Range Road 753, and north of Range Road 735, and south of Range Road 700. The smoke is expected to rise to 3,900 feet with transport winds predicted to be out of the north.Smoke impacts should be minimal in sensitive areas. [...]

MILTON — For many months, the city has attempted to implement a feral cat program by seeking an organization to work with to trap, spay or neuter and release cats, but has had a difficult time finding an organization to partner with — until now.A HOPE for Santa Rosa County FL, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that was recently established in Milton. According to the organization’s website, HOPE stands for health, outreach, prevention and education.The [...]