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58 votes and .2 percent of the vote.

That is all that separates Kerry Smith from Jeff Ates in the Santa Rosa County Commission District 2 seat.

That .2 per cent of the vote is significant as an automatic recount is triggered when vote-getters are not separated by more than .5 percent of the vote.

Gabby Johnson didn’t play a whole lot of varsity basketball last season at Navarre.
But this season, she’s full-time with varsity, and the junior knows she’s being looked upon as a leader.

In addition to Tuesday, Dec. 3, the cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will also be open nights Thursday, Dec. 5, and Friday, Dec. 6 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton. Those who would like to stay at the shelter must arrive between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Only service animals (with verification of rabies vaccination) are permitted to stay with guests. No one will be admitted after 8:30 p.m. unless brought in by law enforcement. The shelter closes at 7 a.m. each morning.

Tallahassee – Customers of Florida’s largest power company will see a bump of about $12 in monthly bills next year to cover restoration costs from the 2024 hurricane season.

Navarre’s girls basketball team notched its second win of the season Monday, beating rival Gulf Breeze 43-25.
The Raiders (2-2) snapped a two-game losing streak and capitalized on a balanced attack to get the job done.

As part of the Navarre Beach Restoration Project, heavy equipment will begin staging on Thursday, Dec. 5 at Navarre Beach Access 37A. This access will be closed to the public until further notice beginning Tuesday, Dec. 3.

The Gulf Scholars Program of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, has selected the University of West Florida to join the program’s fourth cohort. UWF will receive $525,000 over the course of five years from the Gulf Research Program to prepare undergraduate students to address pressing environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region. This preparation will include courses, workshops, field experiences and a major research or creative project in partnership with a local or regional organization centered on the Gulf of Mexico region known as a Gulf Impact Project.

Another coffee chain has set its sights on opening a location in Navarre.

7Brew, a drive-thru coffee chain with 256 locations across the United States, has submitted plans to build a store at the corner of Prado Street and Navarre Parkway (Highway 98). The store’s address is 8534 Navarre Parkway. The site is currently home to a church and was formerly the home of a multi-tenant retail, which included Turtle’s Nest gift shop and All American Heroes subs.

Flag football remains a sport on the rise and Chris Raggard has aided that growth in his time with the Pace Patriots.
Now, he’ll take his coaching talents to the collegiate level after being named the first flag football coach in program history at Lindsey Wilson College, an NAIA school in Kentucky.

Tallahassee – Florida’s 2025 legislative session will begin with 26 new lawmakers in the 120-member state House and nine new Florida senators out of 40 — but the make-up of the chambers will shift in the coming months, due to President-elect Donald Trump.