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Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Santa Rosa County for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2020.

Celebrating 36 years of family-friendly fun, floats and beads, the Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Parade is set to roll rain or shine Saturday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. along Gulf Boulevard.

The parade starts at Indiana Street and Gulf Boulevard, and continues east on the boulevard, ending at the Navarre Beach Causeway. The event typically attracts tens of thousands of people – locals and tourists alike.

According to District 4 County Commissioner Dave Piech, Elevate Navarre will be adding two new businesses to the growing development at the corner of US Highway 98 and State Road 87.

Drone pilot Arthur Ladd was out and about Tuesday taking photos of the Navarre Beach bridge inspections that began that day.

Officials with the Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater Forestry Center are issuing words of caution as wildland firefighters in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties have responded to nine wildfires in the past week.

A Valentine’s Day fire completely destroyed a mobile home, according to a Holley-Navarre Fire District press release.

The call came in just after 5 a.m. of a structure fire on the southside of U.S. Highway 98 near Walmart. The call was actually in the 2000 block of Blankenship Road.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold a hybrid public hearing concerning the I-10 Widening Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Studies from west of State Road (S.R.) 281 (Avalon Boulevard) to west of County Road (C.R.) 189 (Log Lake Road) and from west of C.R. 189 (Log Lake Road) to east of S.R. 85 (Ferdon Boulevard) in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties Tuesday, March 15.

Santa Rosa County was awarded a $800,000 Resilient Florida Grant for the Floridatown Living Shoreline project.

The Santa Rosa Commissioners selected Caldwell Associates Architects Inc. to design the District One Medical Office and moved their contract approval to Thursday morning’s meeting.

Navarre Beach is filled with beach house rentals, but very few can hold 30 people comfortably. Some families find ways around that by inflating air mattresses and combining sleeping arrangements.

No Shoes Beach House, which was recently completed, is a new option for large groups with nine bedrooms.