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Northwest
Gaetz Headed to Senate; Childers to Prison
Okaloosa County Schools Superintendent Don Gaetz takes a seat in the Florida Senate. Former state Sen. W.D. Childers goes to prison.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Northwest: Naturally Businesslike
Stunning scenery is the backdrop for business prosperity.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Action at Jackson's
Florida's Mango Gang is not confined to the Gold Coast, although that's where it has the greatest name and fame for Floribbean fare.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Hands-On Science
Volunteers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties' 235 fifth-grade classrooms will be guiding students in building telescopes, discovering kinetic energy and removing pollution from water (and more), as part of a plan to make science more exciting.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Mansion Sales
Sales of $1-million-plus homes in Florida were up 440% last year compared to 2000.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Northwest Florida Business Briefs - Sept. 2006
Bay County, Milton, Navarre Beach, Northwest Florida, Okaloosa County, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Tallahassee, Taylor County.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Job Growth
Walton County's employment was the lowest in the state for four consecutive months.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Northwest Florida Players - Sept. 2006
Gerald L. Hoewing, Charles Wood, Willie C. Taylor, Lydia McKinley-Floyd.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Animal Kingdom
For the past three years, television's "Wild Kingdom'' co-host Jim Fowler has been talking about bringing kangaroos, tigers, rhinos and more to roam free in a wildlife park in northwest Florida.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Sinking Study
How much PCB contaminant will scrapped Navy vessels add to the undersea environment?
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Published on 8/1/2006
Northwest Florida Business Briefs - Aug. 2006
Callaway, Crestview, Defuniak Springs, Madison, Panama City Beach, Pensacola.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Overvalued
Home prices are increasingly overvalued, according to a survey of 317 metro areas; 71 markets, with pricing 34% or more over appropriate levels, are considered extremely overvalued.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Cooldown
Formerly hot northwest Florida housing markets were nipped this spring, as sales dipped by double-digit percentages.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Northwest Florida Business Briefs - July 2006
Northwest Florida, Okaloosa / Santa Rosa Counties, Pensacola, Perry, Tallahassee, Walton County.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Sinking In
The $21-million cost of sinking the decommissioned Navy attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany -- called the "Mighty O'' -- was cheaper than scrapping it, according to Navy estimates.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Targeting Unmanned Vehicles
A year after selling his military electronics company for $75 million, Fort Walton Beach entrepreneur Paul Hsu is already launching another venture: A $16-million airpark focusing on the manufacture and storage of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Northwest Florida Players - June 2006
Mike Rogers, Spurgeon McWilliams, Susie Busch-Transou.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Northwest Florida Business Briefs - June 2006
Campbellton, Crestview, Escambia & Santa Roas Counties, Gadsden County, Pensacola Beach.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Saving the Mouse
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has presented an award to Escambia County for its successful efforts in breaching a divide between developers and wildlife protectors.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Florida Peanuts
Peanut farmers may have a harder time making a profit this year because of rising costs and last year's surplus.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Conservationists' Coup
Forest products giant International Paper Co. has shifted its focus from forest management to paper and packaging production.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Northwest Florida Business Briefs - May 2006
Crestview, Escambia County, Fort Walton Beach, Madison County, Tallahassee. Taylor County.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Going Upscale
Not all migrants to northern Okaloosa County are motivated by the search for cheaper homes.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Jack Fetterman, 73
Retired Vice Adm. Jack Fetterman, a Pensacola civic leader, former chief of the Naval Education and Training Command and former CEO of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, died March 24.
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Published on 5/1/2006
