Aug 18, 2016
Car and body of missing man recovered
Susan Teal of the Gulf Islands National Seashore confirms that both a car and a body were recovered from the Gulf Islands National Seashore some time on Friday evening, Aug. 12. Teal says the Seashore is conducting an investigation in conjunction with the Walton and Santa Rosa County sheriff’s offices.
Aug 18, 2016
Santa Rosa splits on sales tax
Enthusiasm for the two proposed half-penny sales-tax measures is much higher on the north end of Santa Rosa County than in Navarre or Gulf Breeze.
Aug 18, 2016
Tomell retires after 20-plus years with Publix
In most grocery stores, customers have no clue who the store manager is, and odds are, aside from the occasional wall poster introducing them, they will leave without having ever seen the manager’s face.
Aug 18, 2016
Tiger Point residents stuck with pocketful of mumbles
After scolding City of Gulf Breeze officials over their broken promises to repair and reopen Tiger Point Golf Club’s defunct west course, county commissioners decided they’re legally powerless to put things right.
Aug 18, 2016
Man struck by vehicle dies
A Navarre driver fatally struck a pedestrian Wednesday night, Aug. 10, on Esplanade Street in Navarre.
Aug 11, 2016
Silver Wahoos dance and laugh their way to a good time
Full of life and passionate about what they do, the Silver Wahoos savor the opportunity to perform at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola.
Aug 11, 2016
Nonprofit ensures seniors and their pets don’t go hungry
Savannah, Ga. (AP) — He thinks he’d be in a nursing home without it.
Aug 11, 2016
Greater amberjack season closes early
Plans to reopen the greater amberjack recreational fishery in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico this month are off the table due to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projecting the allowable harvest has been exceeded.
Aug 11, 2016
1st SOCES preserves endangered species habitat
Hurlburt Field, Fla — Just below the soil’s surface rests a small black and grey or white net-like patterned creature called the Ambystoma bishop, also known as the reticulated flatwoods salamander, an endangered type of salamander whose habitat exists amongst the seasonal ponds found throughout the base.
Aug 11, 2016
Mosquito-borne Zika poses travel fears for Miami
Following reports of 16 non-travel-related transmissions of the Zika virus in the last two weeks in Miami-Dade County Fla., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory for pregnant women and their partners not to travel to Miami.