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Santa Rosa County District 3 Commissioner James Calkins has a surprise for his webpage on the Board of County Commissioners’ website.

Calkins is the only commissioner whose page is “under construction.” Calkins and District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright were both elected in the same 2020 cycle, but Wright has a complete biographical information page.

After bed tax numbers in April nearly doubled those in 2018-2019, parking lots along Gulf Boulevard are at a premium.

“We are at capacity right now on Navarre Beach,” Tourist Development Director Julie White said. “So, this destination is doing extremely well.”

The seniors in the Navarre High School class of 2021 turned their tassels, tossed their caps into the air and got the celebration rolling Saturday night inside the Pensacola Bay Center.

The United States Navy is planning to sample drinking water wells near Naval Air Station Whiting Field’s Outlying Landing Fields in Florida and Alabama this month.

Tom Thumb, is kicking off summer with free coffee Fridays during the month of June. Beginning June 4 and ending June 25, customers will receive any sized coffee – hot or iced – for free, with no purchase necessary. The coffee giveaway is taking place at all Tom Thumb locations with a limit of one coffee per customer.

The Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners approved several aviation-related items and development projects within the county at a regular commission meeting on May 25.

A parcel along U.S. Highway 87 at its intersection with Hickory Hammock Road got the go ahead for rezoning from rural residential agriculture to highway commercial development at the May 27 Board of County Commissioners Special Rezoning Meeting.

Approximately ten individuals were involved in a brawl at Stripes Pub and Grill May 15. Knives were flashed, punches were thrown and faces were kicked. One man held a knife eye level to another man’s face and told him, “I’m going to cut your hair off.”

Debate continues about whether an RV park would be allowed on Navarre Beach, with the final decision likely coming before the Board of County Commissioners.

If you’re not well-versed in shorebirds, the snowy plover may look a lot like the busy little sanderlings that run up and down the wave line trying to spot what the waves have uncovered.