News Archive

The U.S. Navy is preparing to sample drinking water wells near Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field beginning in March.

The Navy will be sampling drinking water wells within a designated sampling area for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. 

Santa Rosa County District 3 Commissioner James Calkins floated his “Protecting Water and Saving Jobs Initiative” as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan borrow pit expansion amendment that the county now seems to be abandoning.

However, the initiative could become part of what the county does next, if commissioners vote Feb. 25 2021, to drop the borrow pit issue as it is currently.

Holley Navarre Water System board members received updates on the Club at Hidden Creek course at their monthly meeting Feb. 16.

The unaudited 2020 year to date financials included the news that there were about 7,000 fewer rounds played that year than in 2019.

The public is invited to attend or share their opinions on the direction Santa Rosa County should take moving forward.

A strategic planning workshop will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23 beginning at 9 a.m. for the Board of County Commissioners.

Santa Rosa County growth pains include garbage and construction materials dumping along roads, land clearing erosion control, and poor maintenance of flood prevention ponds.

To mitigate, if not stop, pollution caused by some homeowners and businesses, one resident at a recent board of county commissioners working session admonished the commissioners to “use the only hammer the county has” – fines.

On Feb. 26, Tiger Point Golf Club will change ownership and the next day, a crew will be inside the old clubhouse, starting renovations.

The building, which will be owned by Scott Zepp, is being transformed into The Pointe, a restaurant serving golfers on one side and family dining on the other.