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Florida residents and businesses likely will get hit with higher electric bills in 2023 as utilities continue to struggle with increased costs of natural gas.

Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Florida and Tampa Electric Co. filed petitions Friday at the state Public Service Commission that detailed expected costs in 2023.

Joe Dunne and Tony Thomas are hoping for a workout boom in Milton.

“The name really started as a joke,” Dunne said of The Country Gym Bar & Grill, opening soon at 5198 Willing St. “If somebody’s wife is calling to find out why he isn’t home, he can tell her ‘Baby, I’m at the gym.’ We’ve even bought novelty glasses shaped like barbells.”

Chamber members from both Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce cheer as Suncoast Flooring and Design owners Jeremy and Carrie Carver cut ribbons at their Grand Re-Opening Friday, Sept. 2.

Angry at a ratings agency that raised the possibility of downgrading 17 Florida property insurers, state leaders could be poised to look for an alternative.

The Joint Legislative Budget Commission next week is expected to consider a proposal to spend $1.5 million to hire a consultant that would look at options for property insurers to get adequate financial ratings.

The paperwork adds up. This is the stark reality many small businesses face when they don’t yet have the time, tools, or know-how to keep up with their financial records.

Unfortunately, this is also one of the reasons many of those small businesses don’t make it.

Navarre will be getting a little bit cheesier sometime in the near future.

Charley’s Philly Steaks will be coming to Navarre, and more specifically the Navarre Walmart Supercenter.

Businesses across the United States have been hurting amid economic pressures such as inflation and supply chain issues. The Sunshine State’s businesses are no exception.

A recent study found that, as of April 2022, 44.7% of Florida businesses are experiencing domestic supplier delays and 26.1% are seeing delivery or shipping delays to their customers.

Eglin Federal Credit Union recently announced it will start developing a property located on the corner of Tiger Lake Drive and Highway 98 in Gulf Breeze. The short term plan is to install two drive-thru ATM/Video Tellers in 2023.

According to a press release from Eglin Federal Credit Union, this will look similar to the drive-thrus currently being constructed near Niceville High School as well as the site at Jonquil Avenue NW and Mary Esther Cutoff NW in Fort Walton Beach, and the recently announced location in DeFuniak Springs. Construction of a full-service branch in Gulf Breeze is expected to begin in 2024.

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce came out to support the ribbon cutting for Perfect Blend Coffee Company’s new mobile coffee trailer July 21. The trailer is parked in front of St. Michael’s Brewery from 7-11 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

There are many developments going up in Navarre and the south end of the county. From new stores to new apartments and a water system project years in the making Navarre is expanding. One of the projects with the most impact is the Eglin RIBs Project. Holley-Navarre Water System and Santa Rosa County are working together on the project, which will carry treated wastewater, or effluent, to a site on Eglin.