HRS Rules Switch On Hospital Need by Ingrid Kreis
A statewide halt on new hospital certificate of need applications may endanger Destin’s plan for an acute care facility. Humana and Destin Medical Center had been denied a hospital. an appeal hearing is set for June as the state develops a bed need methodology and local councils prepare their rules.
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Ingrid Kreis
Destin
State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Humana Corp
Destin Medical Center
Michael Master
General Hospital
Fort Walton Beach
South Walton
Marjorie Turnbull
HRS
Turnbull
Robert Benton
Humana
DMC
Coast Guard's Surf Boat Impresses Destin Harbor Crowd
Chief Joe Scullion tests the new 30-foot Surf Rescue Boat at Destin Station. The SRB, built by Willard Co and costing 115000, reaches 31 knots with a 375 horsepower turbo engine and carries seven survivors plus a crewman. It promises faster responses and a two-mile offshore reach in five minutes.
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Destin Coast Guard
Joe Scullion
Jim Chitwood
Destin Harbor
East Pass
Scullion
Coast Guard
California
Secretariat
Tom Hathaway
Washington
Destin
Hathaway
Cape Disappointment
SRB
Willard Co
Fountain Valley
Destin Leads County in February Building Starts
Destin accounted for more than half of Okaloosa County's 12.3 million in February building starts, led by two condo projects valued together at over 5.3 million. The Destin Yacht Club, a 12 story, 3.7 million project with 50 units, dominated starts, while Waterview Towers Condominium at 1.6 million added 32 units. Total Destin starts reached 7.2 million, about two thirds of the county’s February total.
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Ingrid Kreis
Destin
Okaloosa County
Destin Yacht Club
Destin Harbor Development
Marlborough
Highway 98
Gulfshore Drive
Holiday Isle
Destin Drug
Frank Lemak
Planning and
Point South
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Crestview
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Beach Beach
Slack
Waterview Towers
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