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District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole officially nominated District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright for the honorary commander title during the Nov. 9 commission meeting as a part of the 2022-2023 Team Hurlburt Honorary Commander Program.

The Florida Association of Counties (FAC) and the Small County Coalition created the ACCESS 67 program to help expand internet services to under-served areas in Florida in conjunction with small Florida counties.

A listing for real estate available at Elevate Navarre shows another official sale.

According to commercialexhange.com and the Santa Rosa Clerk of Courts, Outparcel No. 2 has been sold to Navarre Wings Eats, LLC. Buffalo Wild Wings’ logo has been added to the map for the site.

According to a press release from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a bomb threat at the Pen Air Federal Credit Union located at 4586 Highway 90 in Pace just after 9 a.m. Authorities were advised there was an individual at the bank claiming to have a bomb.

Midway firefighters were called to 1472 Tiger Park Lane Wednesday morning after multiple callers notified 911 that a car had driven into a building there.

Nearly 80 years have passed since Mike Swierc vaulted over the side of a ship hundreds of yards off Utah Beach during the first wave of the D-Day invasion.

But for Swierc, a 100-year-old Coast Guard veteran, the memories of those fateful days and nights have not faded from his mind.

Circuit Judge Gary Bergosh was recently selected by the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association to be honored at the statewide inaugural The Florida Patriot: Honoring Legal Leader Veterans virtual event Nov. 8.

A lift station at 4121 Madura Road has been taken out of service until repairs can be made after it was discovered that wastewater was leaking into the Santa Rosa Sound.

A baby orangutan born two months ago at Gulf Breeze Zoo has been hand-raised by zoo staff to make up for her mom’s lack of “maternal instincts,” according to a press release.

“We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving,” said Jamie McMaster, Director of Gulf Breeze Zoo. “Every birth to our zoo is significant, but this particular arrival is especially exciting since orangutans are a critically-endangered species.”

Without any fanfare or visible changes other than a new banner with a new name of Brookview at Navarre Sound draped over the former entry sign that once read, The Sound at Navarre Beach, the complex sold earlier this month for $60.5 million. The sale is forecast to add an additional $500,000 to the county coffers annually.

Their goal was to build and bring jobs to Navarre and not just create an investment for themselves.