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Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen the Fort Pickens Area, Oct. 8 at 8 a.m.  

Residential recycling services will resume on Mon., Oct. 11 for customers in all unincorporated areas of Santa Rosa County who utilize Waste Pro, the county’s waste collections franchisee.

With the decline in active COVID cases, Santa Rosa County District Schools have adjusted their health guidelines for the second nine-week period which begins Oct. 11.

From The Club at Hidden Creek Facebook page: “Due to the excessive rain we have accumulated over the past few days the course and driving range are closed. We do not have a date at this time when we will be able to re-open or book tee times. Please check our website, facebook page and instagram page for additional updates.”

At its October meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved temporary closures to recreational harvest of gray triggerfish, red grouper, blackfin snapper, queen snapper, silk snapper and wenchman in Gulf state waters starting Monday, Oct. 11. These closures are consistent with recent closures in Gulf federal waters. 

Santa Rosa County officials confirmed Wednesday that a Tractor Supply store is in the works for Navarre.

The opening of the Navarre Beach Pier will be delayed until 9 a.m. on Sat., Oct. 9 to allow a group of divers a chance to clean up debris from the pier pilings and nearby sand from 7-9 a.m.

County officials closed a section of East Bay Boulevard Monday night after a part of the roadway began to sink. Temporary repairs Tuesday allowed it to be reopened, but future work will be needed.

Due to lightning striking a 10” water main this morning at the corner of Bob Tolbert Road and Forester Road, Holley-Navarre Water System is issuing a precautionary boil water notice for residents affected by the outage.

Affected Holley residents include those located from Bob Tolbert Road at Holley Ball Field, up to and including Natalie Lane to Levi Street and Ginger Lane. Forester Road from Bob Tolbert Rd eastward to Wells Beach Road is also included.

The Florida Highway Patrol is hoping someone will come forward with information about a fatal accident on East Bay Boulevard that happened early on Oct. 1.

A 24-year-old Gulf Breeze man was killed by a vehicle that left the scene of the accident. The victim was walking in the eastbound travel lane when he was struck and killed. The accident happened just west of Zilla Street, according to FHP.