Firefighters cheer arrival of new lifesaving tools
Patrons of Firehouse Subs are often asked, “Do you want to round up to support local first responders?”
Month: September 2018
Tourism strong despite brush with Gordon
Hoteliers in Navarre continued to see high numbers of visitors over Labor Day weekend despite an impending tropical storm.
Sweet Pea goes on a diet
Sweet Pea is on a diet of sorts.
Reef deployment on schedule despite storm
Rough, high seas halted deployment of hundreds of reef modules along Navarre Beach, but the project is still on schedule according to representatives with deployment company Reef Maker, Walter Marine of Orange Beach, Alabama.
School district will hire bus liaisons
Let’s talk about it.
Tax collector earns seventh Legacy Award
Stan Nichols, Santa Rosa County Tax Collector, is once again in an elite group. He is one of only a few of Florida's 67 Tax Collectors to earn a special designation for excellence in the field of financial operations. A judging panel named by the Florida Tax Collectors Association performed a detailed review of the Tax Collector's financial records, practices and use of technology in considering Nichols for the honor.
Gulf Breeze grapples with stormwater costs
Raising the monthly stormwater utility fee by more than 80 percent to $9.20 is being proposed for City of Gulf Breeze homeowners.
Sign unveiling ceremony for Senator Greg Evers highway designation
The Northwest Florida Legislative Delegation in coordination with the family of Senator Robert G. “Greg” Evers will host a road designation sign unveiling ceremony Monday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Baker Community Center.
Emails show bridge project riddled with missteps
From poor communication between management and workers to using the wrong formula of concrete, Skanska USA has run into many problems in the current construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge, according to inspectors.
School bus driver arrested for child pornography
In the wake of the arrest of a Santa Rosa County school bus driver last week on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office is launching an internal Supervisory Inquiry into why it took so long to secure an arrest warrant for the man.