As the Navarre Krewe of Jesters crowns their 2017 royalty and big box stores begin to carry bead necklaces and king cakes, it can only mean one thing; Mardi Gras season is here.
Collection of a half penny sales tax is underway and county commissioners made their final recommendations Monday for the Infrastructure Surtax Committee, a citizen oversight group.
Michael Spiker has met with considerable community opposition to his past proposals for development of the vacant four-acre parcel adjacent to the downtown Gulf Breeze shopping center anchored by a Walmart Neighborhood Market.
Navarre’s stretch of Highway 87 will be getting a face-lift thanks to a $250,000 landscape improvement grant from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Santa Rosa veterans can receive Veterans Affairs services Monday, Jan. 9, without traveling to Pensacola through the department’s Mobile Vet Center (MVC).
Historically, new year’s day plunges take place in frigid waters and cold temperatures making it a challenge to complete. But when you live in Florida, it isn’t such a challenge, especially this winter. With temperatures in the 70s, weather conditions were favorable as hundreds of locals and visitors plunged into Navarre Beach’s waters new year’s day. It was part of the second annual Pelican Plunge at the fishing pier and the Penguin Plunge at Juana’s Pagodas.
After months of seeking donations and organizing fundraisers, volunteers of Caring and Sharing of South Santa Rosa County distributed toys and bicycles to hundreds of families who needed help Saturday as part of their annual Christmas toy drive.
The tradition of facing frigid water on the first day of the New Year has been in the U.S. for more than 100 years, starting in 1904 with the L Street Brownies Polar Plunge in Boston.
