Jun 14, 2018
Inmate pleads guilty to bomb, anthrax threats
Santa Rosa Correctional Institution inmate Craig T. Pope, 29, faces a sentence of up to life in prison after he threatened to blow up a Tampa courthouse and deploy a biological weapon.
Jun 14, 2018
Navarre pedestrian killed crossing U.S. 98
Friends and love ones are grieving the death of Troy Edward Walter, a 46-year-old from Navarre, who died after stepping into the path of a car while trying to cross U.S. Highway 98. The Florida Highway Patrol says it happened just after midnight Sunday morning.
Jun 14, 2018
Proposed relief valve for Highway 98 rattles some residents
Almost everyone wants traffic reduced on Highway 98 through Navarre.
Jun 14, 2018
98 flyover lacks chamber support, widening gets thumbs-up
When asked to name the greatest obstacle for Navarre’s future, residents have one overwhelming response: Traffic.
Jun 7, 2018
Skylar remembered for bright personality
Usually in a pair of Chuck Taylors and a tie dye shirt, Skylar Farej, 14, never went anywhere without her headphones.
Jun 7, 2018
Navarre Beach land preservation deal falls through
The future of a vacant, privately owned parcel in the heart of the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary is up in the air again after a buyer interested in preserving the land’s natural state bowed out.
Jun 7, 2018
Army Corps cautions subdivision about dredging canals
The waterfront subdivision of Santa Rosa Shores has received a warning of sorts from the Army Corps of Engineers about its plan to dredge parts of the canals that allow boat access to its 231 homeowners.
Jun 7, 2018
Risk seen in calm after Alberto’s near miss
Santa Rosa dodged a bullet when subtropical storm Alberto veered to the east over Memorial Day weekend, but experts warn that Mother Nature could be reloading for several more shots this summer.
Jun 7, 2018
Pier progress prompts praise
It has been roughly six months since the previous operators of “the longest pier in the Gulf of Mexico” walked out early on their contract with Santa Rosa County, leaving the 2017 bid winner, Growing Santa Rosa Enterprises (GSRE), to jump in early.
Jun 7, 2018
Operation Pay Dirt seizes $7 million of drugs, guns
Nearly $7 million worth of “poison” is off the street thanks to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s bust of the largest heroin/fentanyl distribution organization in county history.