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Jul 22, 2021

Stranding team searches for whale spotted Tuesday

An animal suspected of being in the whale family was reported off Pensacola Beach Tuesday.

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Jul 22, 2021

Local COVID caseload on the rise

COVID-19 positivity rates are rising in Santa Rosa County, a trend that is also being seen statewide. As of July 9, 43% of county residents had been vaccinated, which ranks it 39th out of the state’s 67 counties.
Jul 22, 2021

Navarre Press continues winning streak

Like Tom Brady moving from the AFC to the NFC and still finding a way to win the Super Bowl, the Navarre Press moved into a higher division at the Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest and didn’t miss a beat.
Jul 21, 2021

State cleans ditches ‘packed full of water’ along Highway 98

Crews from the Florida Department of Transportation spent two days cleaning excess vegetation out of the ditch running along the north side of U.S. Highway 98 in an area that has been flooding recently.
Jul 21, 2021

County administrator Dan Schebler steps down after weeks of ‘false criticism and attacks’

Just after 9 p.m. July 13, near the midway point of a Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners meeting that would last more than eight hours, an email went out.
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Jul 21, 2021

County employee terminated for repeated racial slurs

After the use of racial slurs on multiple occasions within 15 months, a county employee has been fired.

Jul 21, 2021

Suspect sought in Pace Publix robbery

Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a robbery at the Publix grocery store at 4739 Highway 90 in Pace on Tuesday evening.
Jul 21, 2021

Navarre Beach residents fight against proposed RV park

The Navarre Beach Leaseholders & Residents Association held its monthly meeting Saturday, July 17 to discuss the possibility of an RV park on Gulf Boulevard.
Jul 21, 2021

Since you asked: Are there snakes in the sand dunes?

Here’s your answer: After Navarre Press posted a “Since you asked” about the dunes being off limits for foot traffic, Becky Cunningham posted in the Facebook comments that there were rattlesnakes in the dunes. We followed up with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, whose spokesperson, Bekah Nelson, said that rattlesnakes can in fact make their homes in local sand dunes.
Jul 20, 2021

County employees disciplined over Waste Pro

In the wake of the release of a 50-page report into Santa Rosa County’s dealings with Waste Pro, two top county employees have been disciplined.

Andrew Hill, the environmental manager for the solid waste division, has been suspended for 10 days without pay for his “failure to effectively manage and enforce the waste hauling contract,” according to the notice of action placed in his county personnel file.

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