U.S. Reps ask DeSantis for details on vaccinations
Fourteen members of Florida’s congressional delegation on Friday sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis requesting that he provide them with a briefing on the state’s COVID-10 vaccination efforts.
Hurlburt Medical Group receives COVID-19 vaccine
Medics now have their biggest weapon against coronavirus due to the Jan. 7 delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine at Hurlburt Field.
Tourism numbers double in November
Bed tax revenues for November 2020 were up more than 50% over the same time frame last year.
Officials: More vaccines on way, cases rising
Less than a week after the first Santa Rosa County officials got the first call about COVID-19 vaccines being on the way, 5,000 have already been administered.
Another 2,000 individuals 65 and older are scheduled to be vaccinated next week and officials are still setting up new dates and sites the coming days and weeks.
Bridge construction on track
As 2020 came to a close, a familiar sound began once more in Gulf Breeze near the battered Pensacola Bay Bridge.
The rhythmic pong, pong, pong signifies a new milestone in repairs. Pilings are once again being driven deep into the soft bay floor by a massive crane like structure, a hammer and nail type set up on a grand scale.
Bridge taking shape again
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contractors have set multiple beam spans and will begin pouring concrete for the deck on the Pensacola Bay Bridge this week.
I wonder what they’re building…
Find out what they’re building along 98 in Santa Rosa County by checking out this map.
Commissioners may alter public comment guidelines
Santa Rosa County Commissioners are scheduled to discuss Thursday whether to change the way the public gives input during meetings.
A proposed resolution on the agenda for the Jan. 7 meeting requires citizens to notify the county in advance if they wish to speak during a meeting.
Water system mounts protest to protect wellfield
The Holley-Navarre Water System board of directors decided at their monthly meeting in December to intensify their campaign against the county’s decision to lift key wellfield protections.
The new HNWS CEO, Dr. Dallas Peavey Jr., will lead the effort.
Reef deployment goes off without a hitch
Deployment of new reef modules got underway early Tuesday morning at three different sites off the shore of Navarre Beach.
A total of 47 were deployed during the daylong effort, including 20 at a location a little more than a mile south of the Navarre Beach Pier. The other two reef locations were west of the other one.











