News Archive

As temperatures drop amid cold snaps throughout the state, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is debuting a revamped, free resource to help families be energy efficient this winter.

The FPL House of Savings Winter Edition is an interactive tool that uses augmented reality to help customers learn how to save on their energy bill all winter long.

Mediacom Communications announced last week it enrolled more than 40,000 customers in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a new federal program that provides eligible households $30 per month off their internet bills.

The Santa Rosa County Commission approved spending up to $600,000 for a Navarre Community Access Road project development and environment study last week with no fanfare.

Commissioners didn’t discuss the item at their Jan. 9 committee meeting, forwarding it to the Jan. 12 regular meeting’s consent agenda without objection. The expenditure passed as part of the consent agenda at the regular meeting.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke eloquently of the character and quality required to be nominated to one of the nation’s military academies at a ceremony Tuesday at Navarre High School.

School safety is a top priority for schools across the country, especially after tragedies like the ones at schools in Uvalde, Texas, and Parkland, Florida. Last year, Santa Rosa District Schools decided to pursue the implementation of a guardian program, based on the state’s Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program. The program, which is meant to add an extra layer of protection for schools, has not been fully implemented.

Finally! More than 20 years in the making, the new Santa Rosa County Courthouse began serving the First Judicial District of Florida and county courts today, Jan. 16.

A new traffic signal on U.S. 98 in Navarre at the U.S. 98 and Rosewood Drive intersection will become operational Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. The new signal is mounted horizontally on mast arms.   Since the signal is in the horizontal position, motorists with color weakness problems will need to remember red is on the left and green on the right.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left one person injured in the early morning hours Saturday, Jan. 14. At approximately 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a shooting at the 5500 block of Sea Spray Court in Navarre.