The Navarre Beach Area Chamber Foundation is pleased to welcome returning headline sponsor Okaloosa Gas District to the 2021 fishing rodeo that is set for Oct. 2-3 on Navarre Beach.
After Adams Sanitation appealed its denied permit to collect waste in South Santa Rosa, a quasi-judicial hearing was scheduled for Sept. 9, but the interim county administrator has informed Adams’ legal counsel that the hearing has been canceled.
The Coast Guard is conducting critical incident search and rescue overflights and assessing for damage Monday along the Gulf Coast Region of Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.
I-10 westbound is closed from Exit 31 to Exit 22 due to a fuel spill. A vehicle going that direction was leaking diesel fuel and I-10 is very slick from the MM 29 to the county line.
The Navarre Beach Pier remains closed Monday due to weather conditions. Weather permitting, the pier will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday at regular business hours. The pier gift shop is open and Windjammers on the Pier remains open with limited food service.
After county attorney Greg Stewart notified the Board of County Commissioners in late July that his law firm’s final day in an interim capacity would be Aug. 31, the commissioners voted to continue with their legal services until a new attorney is appointed.
Schools will be closed Monday in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa county due to “widespread lingering” impacts from Hurricane Ida. The closure affects all extracurricular activities. The area is at continued risk due to high wind gusts, tornadoes and significant flooding rain. The decision was made in conjunction with the National Weather Service in Mobile.
The National Association of Counties (NACo) appointed Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole, District 2, to serve as an energy subcommittee vice chair of the Environment, Energy and Land Use (EELU) Steering Committee.
