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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.

It’s hot inside the Panhandle Elite Volleyball Club during a Navarre Raider volleyball summer workout session, the fans that are blowing providing little relief as players compete in a six-on-six match.
With work being done on the gym floor at the high school, the Raiders have gotten their  workouts rolling here in Gulf Breeze and they have come in ready to work.

Navarre’s football team is inching closer to the start of its 2025 season.
The Raiders went 3-7 a year ago. But they are aiming to flip the script and get back on track after enduring their first losing season since 2009.

Tallahassee — A group of Democratic state lawmakers who were denied entry to a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades asked the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to force Gov. Ron DeSantis “to provide immediate, unannounced access” to the remote facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by state Republican leaders.

With the growth of Santa Rosa County’s human population comes an influx of pets, such as cats and dogs.

To keep pets, and their owners, in check, the county has leash laws enforced by Santa Rosa County Animal Services. The leash laws pertain to various areas of the county, namely in population centers such as Navarre, Midway, Gulf Breeze, Milton, Pace and Jay.  

A new business is coming to the corner of Twin Pine Boulevard in Midway.

Plans for a 7,453 square foot auto parts store have been submitted to Santa Rosa County Development Services. According to the plans, the business will carry the O’Reilly brand.

First responders have a difficult job. They are often the difference between life and death, a stressful profession in which it’s necessary to keep yourself mentally healthy. For Santa Rosa County’s Lifeguard Ambulance Service, this is where therapy dog Langley comes in.

Former Navarre lacrosse standout Kate Hudson led the way for the Huntingdon Hawks offensively this past spring.
Her effort also earned her All-USA South Conference honors as a third-team selection.

Summer workouts wrapped up for the Navarre Raider softball team in at the end of June.
And head coach Jacqueline Othmani is pleased with how things went for the squad.

Tallahassee — After Gov. Ron DeSantis last month approved repealing a controversial law about beach access, an appeals court July 10 raised the possibility that the change could halt a legal battle involving Walton County property owners.