2010 Oil Spill Coverage

Beachgoers out and about

Friday, 02 July 2010 08:47

There were no reports of oil product on Navarre Beach near the fishing pier this morning, July 2.

Tensions rise over BP spill response

Thursday, 01 July 2010 15:48

The heat emanating from the small conference room of the Navarre Visitor's Information Center was not due to it being packed. Tension and animosity about the BP oil spill flowed from the some 100 residents, business owners and other concerned citizens who gathered to express their feelings to former State Rep. Marco Rubio and State Rep. Matt Gaetz.

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Goodin blasts BP, Coast Guard on oil spill response

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:52 Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:46 Written by Ken Garner

Enough is enough, Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Gordon Goodin said Friday of BP and U.S. Coast Guard efforts to protect the Gulf Coast from oil and natural gas spewing from the ocean’s bottom.

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Brides say ‘I do’ to Navarre Beach

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:48 Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:52

Shortly after the military relocated her family to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, Rebecca Hardee fell in love with the warm, semi-tropical waters.

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Crist announces BP funding for innovative technology

Sunday, 27 June 2010 08:49 Written by Staff Reports

Governor Charlie Crist announced $500,000 in funding from BP for two innovative technology solutions for Okaloosa County. The funding will support two projects that have yet to be tried in protecting Florida from oil spill impacts.

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Miller, Putnam bill would help protect Gulf homeowners from foreclosure

Friday, 25 June 2010 12:06 Written by Staff Reports

Congressmen Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and Adam Putnam, R-Fla., introduced legislation June 24 that would provide mortgage forbearance to homeowners in the areas affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

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