Oct 19, 2017
Planting the seeds with Junior Garden Club
Students of West Navarre Intermediate School and Holley-Navarre Intermediate School are learning about their local ecosystems and making some of their own as part of the Junior Garden Club.
Oct 19, 2017
Church brings fright for a good cause
As the sun went down the forest near Community of Christ Church in Navarre came alive with screams Friday and Saturday as part of the church’s Fear Forest event.
Oct 19, 2017
Young Brien Carter maintains positive attitude as he battles leukemia
Brien Carter’s dad points to a photo on the wall of their Navarre home. It’s a picture of Brien decked out in wrestling gear, and a medal hangs over it. A photo of Brien wearing his football uniform is next to it.
Oct 12, 2017
Area firefighters take part in important training sessions
Holley-Navarre Fire District Battalion Chief Howie Rounsaville has been waiting quite some time to hold a large-scale extrication training session.
Oct 12, 2017
Ceramic artists seek grant to expand outreach
Fire and art go hand in hand. For more than 15,000 years humans have been bending fire to their will to create beauty through ceramics.
Oct 12, 2017
Drive-thru rabies clinic
The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County and Santa Rosa Animal Control will host a drive-thru rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats, Friday, Oct. 27. The clinic will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Animal Services facility, 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton.
Oct 12, 2017
Contest challenges students to devise software apps
For the first time in the contest’s history, the Congressional App Challenge is open to students in Florida’s 1st Congressional District.
Oct 12, 2017
Santa Rosa offers household waste Amnesty Day
Santa Rosa County will host Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Amnesty Day on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Santa Rosa County South Service Center, 5819 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Midway. This event offers residents the opportunity to dispose of HHW at no charge without having to drive to the Central Landfill in Milton.
Oct 5, 2017
Generator mandate puts nursing homes in a bind
Nursing home operators are raising concerns about their ability to comply with a 60-day deadline requiring facilities to install generators that can provide electrical power for at least 96 hours in the event of an outage.
Oct 5, 2017
Irma evacuees now home from Santa Rosa
A day after Irma had cleared south Florida, Teresa Focaracci, her son, his girlfriend and their friends headed back home from the Springhill Suites on Navarre Beach. They were six people, five large dogs and a cat crammed into two cars, and rode out the storm in the hotel.