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With the summer in full swing, Navarre Beach Lifeguards have invited a new crop of Junior Lifeguards to participate in their series of camps. At the camps, held during the week throughout June, adolescents ages 8 to 15 learn the ins and outs of lifeguarding, from water rescue skills to CPR and first aid. This is the fifth year Navarre Beach Lifeguards is hosting the program.

Navarre may soon be getting a Crumbl Cookies food truck.

While other children are earning allowances through household chores or yardwork, a group of just over a dozen children were earning money from strangers earlier this month by selling products, from lemonade to crochet stuffed animals to bracelets. The children are young entrepreneurs and were at Pik-Itz’s Saturday morning market June 7 for the Highway 87 Krafty Kids Expo.

In partnership with Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce, Santa Rosa County District Schools is all set for year two of its Junior Leadership Santa Rosa class.

This past school year, students from across Santa Rosa County high schools met together to learn more about their communities, from industry to government to the latest technological advancements in robotics.

Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) has issued a precautionary boil water notice for homes on Tavira Street, Nevada Street, Miranda Street, Mercado Street, Verdura Street, and Beleza Street – between Avenida De Sol and Frontera Street. 

A Miami court has convicted a South Florida man of crimes related to posing as a flight attendant over a period of nearly seven years. Prosecutors said he was able to book more than 120 free flights.

An important meeting is being held tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. at the regular commissioners meeting at 6495 Caroline Street in the commissioners’ chambers. If you haven’t heard about it, please listen up. These public hearings were advertised by our county in Escambia County (Pensacola News Journal) – not Santa Rosa County. Under Florida Statute […]

Former Adams Sanitation boss and Okaloosa County Commissioner Nathan Boyles has officially been elected to the Florida Legislature. The newly elected public official will serve as the State Representative for District 3, which represents most of Santa Rosa County the north part of Okaloosa County.

Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners approved plans for the expansion of Twelve Oaks Recovery Center with some minor caveats based on community input.

The scenario: A category 4 hurricane has struck Santa Rosa County and now it is all hands on deck for the aftermath.

In preparation for the 2025 hurricane season, Santa Rosa County Emergency Management gathered its partners needed in a crisis and held their annual hurricane exercise.