Sep 19, 2025
Sheriff’s Office Detention K9 Unit competes in Southeast Manhunt Field Trials
Earlier this month, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Detention K9 Tracking Unit took on the Southeast Manhunt Field Trials, hosted by Escambia County Road Prison.
Sep 18, 2025
Blue Angels Homecoming pushed back to Nov. 14-15
The Emerald Coast will have to wait an extra week for the Blue Angels’ return this November.
Sep 18, 2025
School board amends lunch debt policies
In early August, local students’ parents were abuzz on Facebook. A post was circulating that administrators at Thomas L. Sims Middle School were refusing to distribute class schedules to students who had an unpaid balance on their school lunch account. While this proved to be untrue, and ultimately a misunderstanding, it brought up the topic of school lunch debt, and what exactly that means for students and schools.
Sep 16, 2025
Flight, fun, futures: Naval Aviation Museum to hold Girls in Aviation Day event
NAS Pensacola is nicknamed the “Cradle of Naval Aviation.”
In the military, it’s recognized as the birthplace of naval aviation—the home of the first formal naval aviation school, established on base in 1914. The base is also home to the National Naval Aviation Museum, which was established in 1962 and displays the rich history of the very profession it’s named for. In the last few years, the museum has hosted an annual event for Girls in Aviation Day on Nov. 1 to teach young women about the profession, cultivate a love for it, and encourage young women to pursue aerospace careers.
Sep 16, 2025
Navarre Beach Fishing Pier will be closed to fishing morning of Sept. 21
The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier will be closed to all fishing activity from 8 to 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, for required quarterly pier cleaning.
Sep 16, 2025
Flesh eating bacteria a concern in Santa Rosa County, across Florida
So far this year, 25 cases of Vibrio Vulnificus — a bacterium sometimes referred to as “flesh-eating bacteria” — have been reported in Florida, including five in Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties.
Santa Rosa Medical Center, one of the major care providers in the area, has treated several of the cases in their own facilities.
Sep 15, 2025
Navarre Beach Utilities replace valves after hydrant issue near Sonata Court
Water supply was shut off last week to various residences, hotels and businesses along the eastern side of Gulf Boulevard in Navarre as workers with the Santa-Rosa-County-owned beach utility replaced two valves along Sonata Court.
Sep 15, 2025
Holley-Navarre Middle School visits National Naval Aviation Museum for STEM lesson
Each year, Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties’ middle school students venture to NAS Pensacola for a lesson in science, technology, engineering and math.
Holley-Navarre Middle School is one of the participating schools.
Sep 15, 2025
Fee increases coming to Santa Rosa County
At the Sept. 8 Board of County Commissioners meeting, commissioners discussed raising fees across Santa Rosa County—including on boats, parks and facility rental fees and animal services fees. Consensus across these discussions made it clear, such fee costs in the county would be going up. During the Sept. 11 commissioner meeting, the new fees were approved.
Sep 15, 2025
492nd Special Operations Wing relocating to Arizona
The Department of the Air Force has selected Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, as the new location for the 492nd Special Operations Wing.