March 2018

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Jonah Allen | PELAGIC PATTERNS

April 6, 5PM – 8PM • 25 Central Square, Seaside, FL Jonah Allen | PELAGIC PATTERNS Join us Friday, April 6, 2018, from 5PM to 8PM for the opening reception of PELAGIC PATTERNS at 25 Central Square, presenting works by Jonah Allen. To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, Jonah will be giving away a photographic print […] Read More

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Mosquito spray schedule out for Okaloosa

OKALOOSA COUNTY — The Okaloosa County Mosquito Control Program will begin its evening broadcast spray schedule based on mosquito surveillance data and other factors next month. Crews have already begun spot spraying, according to a press release from Okaloosa County.Below is the spray schedule for Okaloosa County:Monday:North County: John Riley Barnhill Road to Escambia Farms, Vinson Ray Road, Beaver Creek to north Baker, Highway 90 [...]
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Sister Jean bobblehead sets sales record

To the surprise of no one who has paid even casual attention to the NCAA tournament, a bobblehead of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt became the best seller in the history of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum within 48 hours of its release.The 98-year-old nun, who leads the Loyola Chicago men's basketball team in prayer before each game, is perhaps college basketball's most recognized new personality in the midst of the Ramblers' improbable march to the Final Four as a No. 11 [...]
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‘Beginning of the end?’ No new babies for endangered whales

The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales is ending without a single newborn being spotted off the southeast U.S. coast, a reproductive drought unseen for three decades that experts say brings the rare species a perilous step closer to extinction."It's a pivotal moment for right whales," said Barb Zoodsma, who oversees the right whale recovery program in the U.S. Southeast for the National Marine Fisheries Service. "If we don't get serious and figure this out, [...]
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Gulf Power customers to see lower bills

TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to quick reductions in monthly electric bills, state regulators Monday approved a plan that will lead to Gulf Power Co. passing along more than $100 million in savings to customers because of the federal tax overhaul. Gulf, which has 460,000 customers in Northwest Florida, and other utilities put together such plans after Congress and President Donald Trump approved a package in December that included cutting the federal corporate income-tax [...]
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