Mar 30, 2017
Tuition, graduation and the ever-present bottom line
Florida legislators in the House and Senate are taking a long, hard look at the state’s college and university system. Legislation in both arms of the Capitol could change not only how the state’s schools of higher learning are funded, but how the students are billed and funded, too.
Mar 30, 2017
Gulf Breeze officials criticize bridge safety
The more that City of Gulf Breeze leaders see of the planned new Pensacola Bay Bridge, the less they seem to like it.
Mar 30, 2017
Block tuition
HB 3 in conjunction with Senate SB 2, which passed March 15, would insure that Florida resident undergraduates would pay tuition in a block tuition system.
Mar 23, 2017
New Tiger Point Golf Club costs loom for Gulf Breeze
The deal that seemed too good to be true—being paid at least $100,000 a year by a company to run your money-losing golf course—has turned out to be a pipe dream for the City of Gulf Breeze.
Mar 23, 2017
Pier partners owe county
The already shaky partnership that manages the Navarre Beach Pier is crumbling amid unpaid state sales taxes leading to issuance of a tax warrant and failure to make the lease payment due to Santa Rosa County earlier this month.
Mar 23, 2017
SpringHill Suites opening delayed
The opening of Navarre Beach’s newest hotel has stalled again.
Mar 23, 2017
County officials’ travel expenses vary widely
The work-related travel by certain Santa Rosa County officials at taxpayers’ expense more than doubled during the past year, while some others cut back on business trips.
Mar 23, 2017
School Board seeks renewal of 20-year-old levy
Residents throughout the county have begun receiving sample ballots in the mail for a special election March 28.
Mar 23, 2017
Sacred Heart completes first successful kidney transplant in northwest Florida
A University of Florida Health transplant surgeon has performed northwest Florida’s first kidney transplant as part of a collaboration between the Gainesville-based health system and Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola.
Mar 23, 2017
Dinner theater at senior center turns out to be a hit
It’s safe to say the Mystery Dinner Theater put on at the Holley-Navarre Senior Center Saturday night was the most successful one yet.