By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite In person, Gary Jobson, 62, is understated, unhurried and unshaven. He wears a weathered baseball cap
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Locklin Graduates Have Lock On Finding Jobs
By Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite On his last day as a student, Leroylan “Ralo” Birge held two job offers in
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Innovators Are Revolutionizing Military Training
By Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite Matthew Zimmerman firmly believes he can provide a software engineering solution that will change
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Triumph Gulf Coast Board Is On A Diversification Mission
By Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite “This is the single largest pool of money in Florida’s history designed to diversify
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Character Development – Theater guides children through stages
By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite Photos by Nikki Headrick Courtesy of ECTC “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-A, my oh my, what a wonderful day,” sings Alice,
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Protecting the Last Wild Places on Earth
By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite A few years ago marine ecologist Dr. Enric Sala was working in California as a professor at the
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Coast Guard captain’s career comes full circle
By Jim Thompson (NWFDailyNews) DESTIN — Capt. Martha J. LaGuardia’s career ended earlier this month where it began 33 years
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Believers – The story of rescue swimmer Jeffery D. Tunks and the efforts to save a Father and Son stranded in Sitka Sound
By Martha LaGuardia-Kotite Night fell just northwest of Sitka, Alaska, leaving Jim Blades and his six-year-old son, Clint, to fight for
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Twirly Birds – 75th anniversary of helicopter operations in U.S. Naval Aviation
By Captain George E. Krietemeyer, USCG (Ret.) On 15 February 1943, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J. King assigned responsibility
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“Who wouldn’t be inspired?” Women’s military forum to be held in Norfolk
The Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium inspires Coast Guard Capt. Martha LaGuardia-Kotite. “It’s the largest gathering of women in uniform (in
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