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U.S. 98 lane shifts and temporary overnight road closure near Hurlburt Field pedestrian bridge in Okaloosa County will take place Saturday, Oct. 23 as crews remove the bridge for repairs.  Crews will shift the westbound traffic near the Hurlburt Field pedestrian bridge to the eastbound roadway and transition eastbound lanes to handle two-way traffic (one lane eastbound, one lane westbound) from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. This will allow preparations to be made for the temporary road closure.  At 10 p.m. both east and westbound lanes will be closed to traffic near the pedestrian bridge until 8 a.m., Sunday.

Lia Martinonis has spent most of the last week in her room. The 9-year-old Holley by the Sea girl isn’t in trouble. Her family is. Their house is.

In just two hours last Saturday morning, local divers gathered a collection of debris from underneath the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.

The Florida Highway Patrol has sent updated information about a State Road 87 crash. The vehicles involved were not cars, as originally stated in the release. The 28-year-old Milton man, who has since died, was riding a motorcycle without the headlight on when he was struck by a Jeep driver who turned into him. The second driver was uninjured. The accident happened at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Santa Rosa County’s Public Works Director Amy Tootle submitted her letter of resignation Tuesday. Her last day will be Nov. 2. She was promoted into that position Nov. 16, 2020.

Three more restaurants are on their way to Navarre, working their way through the county’s planning review process.

West Florida Railroad Museum in Milton is among the list of applicants reviewed for tax capital funding project grants at Thursday’s Tourism Development Council meeting. The museum is the former Milton train depot, which was built more than 100 years ago and currently faces significant deterioration.

The Club at Hidden Creek remains closed as officials deal with flooding due to heavy rains in the past few weeks. Chief Executive Officer Dallas Peavey said over two feet of rain fell on the course in a short period of time and the ground is saturated.

Both drivers were slightly injured early Tuesday morning when a 30-year-old Pace man failed to yield to oncoming traffic at an intersection and was hit by a truck. The driver of the truck was a 63-year-old man from Navarre.

In case you missed District 4 Commissioner Dave Piech’s monthly Zoom meeting, here are the highlights of his discussion:

• Fish and Wildlife Conservation is investigating two abandoned, derelict vessels in the Santa Rosa Sound. A preliminary investigation shows that neither vessel is leaking any oil or fuel.