Holley Navarre Water System will hold its annual meeting and election Tuesday, Jan. 20, at its offices at 8574 Turkey Bluff Road in Navarre.
The meeting and election will give members of the water system the opportunity to vote on three seats on the board of directors. The current board will also vote on the 2026 budget, which has been developed over the past several months.
An alleged burglary Friday, Jan. 16, led to the arrest of four people in Milton.
The incident was reported after a neighbor noticed suspicious activity and alerted the homeowner. Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded, and the suspects attempted to flee before being apprehended.
Tuesday night, January 13, 2026, at approximately 7:20 p.m., deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted armed burglary at Navarre Jewelry & Quartz Watch Repair, located at 2282 Highway 87 South.
Late last month, a Milton resident posted a picture of a river otter swimming through Annie’s Basin near the Blackwater River. The woman was on her dock when a little furry head stuck out of the water.
While not an uncommon sight, river otters are not exactly the poster child for Florida animals. Despite not being as famed as alligators, manatees and Florida panthers, river otters play an important ecological role.
Holley-Navarre Fire District is no stranger to high-pressure situations. District personnel routinely respond to structure fires, rescues and urgent medical emergencies.
In 2025, that pressure intensified as the district handled 4,349 calls for service across its 53-square-mile coverage area. The majority of those calls — 2,795 — were handled by Station 45 on Esplanade Street East. In 2024, the district responded to 3,995 calls.
A Greyhound bus stop operating out of a convenience store on Navarre Parkway has become the focus of growing community concern, prompting an online petition calling for its relocation away from nearby homes and a school.
A project nearly a decade in the making is still on the drawing board entering 2026.
While the Project Development and Environment Study has been completed for the Navarre Community Access Road, the county is still waiting on the study’s findings.
