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A Santa Rosa County jury has awarded a $37,495,930 verdict to 28 plaintiffs affected by the 2021 Midway water crisis. Represented by Morgan & Morgan attorneys Mitchell Schermer, Benjamin Webster, Evin Dyess Childs, and Alexia Nyiri, the plaintiffs rejected pre-trial settlement offers, resulting in the multi-million-dollar verdict. In the Spring of 2021, a homeowner in […]

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.

Summer workouts kicked off for the Navarre Raider football team on June 8 and head coach Garrett Bagley said the team settled in to getting back to work.

The Atlantic Hurricane Season lasts from June through November. While last year was quiet as far as named storms go, Florida Power & Light are staying prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws their way in 2026.

FPL is the state’s largest power utility. Serving a large swath of the state, they are a major player when it comes to turning the lights back on after a natural disaster rolls through.

Navarre’s softball team are hosting a two-day camp this week, bringing in players to teach them skills and play games that made learning the sport even more fun.

An outdated policy requiring developers to install reclaimed water piping in new developments served by Holley Navarre Water System has been rescinded by the board of directors.

During the May HNWS board meeting, directors voted unanimously to rescind the 2017 resolution affecting developers. According to HNWS, the policy is “outdated” and no longer makes sense from both a regulatory and investment perspective.

Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Colten Wright says that a proposed amendment on the November ballot that would eliminate property taxes on certain homesteaded properties would guarantee cuts to public safety, infrastructure and other core county services.

Navarre’s girls basketball team is coming off a turnaround season and aims to build on it this coming here.


That’s where summer comes into play. The Raiders are spending time in practice and playing games, opening the summer a few weeks ago with a few games at Pace.

The love for soccer is undeniable as young athletes run around on a soccer field on a Tuesday night in June, working on skills, playing games and coming away with an experience that further fuels their interest in the game.