A team of Washington, D.C. officials visited Santa Rosa County last week, part of a 21-city tour to assess economic recovery efforts in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Though administrators awaited the 2010-2011 school year with trepidation thanks to tougher class-size requirements, principals in the South End agree that the year got off to a good start.

According to David Crissey, vice principal at West Navarre Intermediate School, the first day was smooth sailing for the more than 750 students who walked in the school’s front doors at the start of the day.

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An independent agency on Monday took responsibility for settling oil spill claims, but BP will be in Northwest Florida “as long as it’s necessary.”

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Holley-Navarre Fire District employees, including Chief Ron Norton, will get a 5-percent pay raise beginning Oct. 1.

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 A 28-year-old Gulf Breeze woman was arrested on three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for giving adolescent kids alcohol on three different occasions.

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 Local leaders’ failure to protect Eglin Air Force Base is at least partially to blame for the area’s losing 48 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters — and the 2,500 jobs and $615-million economic impact they were expected to bring with them to Northwest Florida, Santa Rosa County Commissioner Don Salter said Monday.

“I think this loss of those aircraft shows the importance of protecting your bases and understanding the value of protecting your fence lines like we try to do at Whiting Field,” Salter said.

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