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Watching the election results from the comfort of his home, Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Ron Norton heaved a big sigh of relief with the unofficial results Tuesday night from the Supervisor of Elections Office.   The citizens of the fire district, with the exception of Holley, spoke loudly in support of an increase in the fire-assessment fees with 62.44 percent of the district voting in favor of it.  The community of Holley, where a new fire station is planned, voted the assessment down with 50.12 percent casting ‘no’ votes.

While the Navarre community was deliberating  support for a hike in fire taxes for a Holley-Navarre Fire District strapped for personnel, Holley-Navarre Water System scrambles to keep pace with growing water and sewer needs, U.S. Highway 98’s excess of 5,000 cars and Navarre High School is bursting at the seams, an outside agency has determined South Santa Rosa County needs four low-income housing developments.

Design and permitting of Deepwater Horizon oil spill funded improvement projects for Navarre Beach Park are coming to a close as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) prepares to put the roughly $2.8 million project out for bid in January.

The developer of two proposed affordable living complexes on the 17-acre parcel between Ortega Street and Elks Way has tabled them for now to pursue another South Santa Rosa project on land that has more favorable zoning.

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement officer involved in the investigation of online child sexual predators was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 1 on three counts of molestation and two counts of sexual battery of three different children.

Navarre resident Cinnamon Holderman found a shock in her mailbox last week in the form of a letter from her health insurance company.

Stephanie Wright, mother of a teenage son, would not be here today if not for her landlord David Hammond.

The Navarre Senior Center will be hosting its Fall Health Fair and Craft Bazaar Friday.

Driving along a highway on any given day, the signs above the road may flash the words Silver Alert followed by a vehicle description and the license tag number.

Rochester, Minn. (AP) — Ailing and alone, Denise Krivach lay at Mayo Clinic thinking the worst — until a ball of fur bounded up onto her bed in what’s being described as a life-changing moment.