Recycling services temporarily suspended in Santa Rosa County
Beginning Aug. 16, any material deposited into the blue recycling bin and placed at the curb will no longer be collected until further notice.
Local man handcrafts 3D cross for church
A cross is typically the centerpiece of a church sanctuary and the focal point when someone walks through the doors.
After Hurricane Sally caused substantial damage to Navarre United Methodist Church (NUMC) last September, the church began to revamp their building.
Report: Several old school buildings need to be replaced
As generations of students move through Santa Rosa County, the school buildings age.
It can get to a point where it is more cost-effective for the county to start all over on a building than to renovate.
Navarre Aldi to break ground next week
Morgan Construction Company, Inc., a Tennessee firm that will be building the Aldi in Navarre, has confirmed that ground will be broken next week.
Permit for potential Milton K-8 school to come before board
The Santa Rosa County School District has requested a conditional use permit to build a K-8 school on a portion of a 130-acre parcel at the corner of Tanglewood Drive and Willard Norris Drive in Milton.
The parcel, which the district does not yet own, is surrounded by residential property and zoned for residential development.
Golf course lake spills into yard regularly, homeowners frustrated
Every evening, Gary Weber and his wife sit behind their Holley by the Sea home enjoying the solitude and the view of what’s left of their back yard.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz dines at Navarre pub, table hops to talk to customers
When Gaby Austin got a tip that U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz would be at Stripes Pub and Grill Wednesday, she knew she had to go.
Austin, a member of Escambia Federated Republican Women, said that meeting Gaetz was a dream of hers. She trusts him to help lead the country in the right direction and, as a legal immigrant, appreciates his position on illegal immigration.
Neighbors, church fighting over downed privacy fence
A Midway church has been cited with a code violation for having the wooden fence surrounding the property in a state of disrepair following Hurricane Sally nearly a year ago.
‘It’s a girl:’ Navarre EMS crew welcomes baby into world
An EMS crew in Santa Rosa County helped deliver a baby girl who just couldn’t wait until her mom got to the hospital. The baby was born in the back of an ambulance at 1:02 p.m. Tuesday, less than an hour after the first call came in to local dispatch centers.
Lawsuit against Santa Rosa County looming over RV Park
The Board of County Commissioners have received a litigation hold notice after a hotly debated discussion that ended in the commissioners voting to refuse amending the Navarre Beach lease agreement to allow construction of an RV Park.
















