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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 [...]

Technology companies accounted for much of the broad rally, which powered the Dow Jones industrial average to a gain of nearly 670 points.

"A lot of our students don't have the voice to speak out, so I want someone watching. I want someone watching and asking if we're doing things the right way."

NAVARRE BEACH — Santa Rosa County has rolled out — literally — a new beach access pathway.County officials unveiled a new 100-foot Mobi-Mat on Friday afternoon at the kayak launch just east of the Sea Oat Pavilion in Navarre Beach Park. The mat, a 5-foot-wide pathway made of recycled plastic, is designed to provide easier access to the beach for people who use wheelchairs or walkers or have other mobility issues.The mat, which can be rolled up when not in [...]

Suddenly my car has begun getting better gas mileage, and while I’m not sure, I think it may be due to an experiment I tried a few weeks ago.I made the mistake of looking at the EPA figures for my car. In the city it’s a dismal 19 mpg, which comes as a shock because for years I thought it was 23 mpg. That 23 is the combined city/highway rating for the model with automatic transmission. Mine is a stick, which has a combined rating of 22 mpg (I thought stick shifts got [...]

Davidson Middle School serves as a shelter for evacuees during emergencies – such as hurricanes – for people with certain needs, but don't require skilled medical care or hospitalization.

A 10-year-old boy suffered minor injuries in collision.