Nov 2, 2017
Fighting like a girl pays off
Participants at this year’s Fight Like a Girl Fireman challenge had some serious reasons for fighting. Danielle Johnson, for example, was fighting for her 88-year-old grandmother who survived a mastectomy.
Nov 2, 2017
Gulf Breeze makeover needs investors
The City of Gulf Breeze’s recent $30 million request for BP oil spill funds is part of a push to solve its identity crisis.
Nov 2, 2017
Waste Pro to take over hauling services
Following customer complaints about failures to collect yard waste and a request for more money, Waste Management lost the contract for servicing south Santa Rosa County residents earlier this year.
Nov 2, 2017
Residents concerned about losing property
Maps of miles of U.S. Highway 98 stretched across tables last week at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) public hearings outlining the impacts that widening the road could have on hundreds of property owners and hundreds of thousands more who drive the corridor each day.
Nov 2, 2017
South county in line for concealed-carry permit office
The Santa Rosa County Tax Collector’s Office started taking appointments Oct. 13 for concealed weapons carry applications and renewals at the Pace branch.
Oct 27, 2017
More residents pay property taxes on time
In yet another sign of the area’s economic recovery, the number of Santa Rosa property tax delinquencies continues to fall.
Oct 26, 2017
County remains a hot spot for human-bear conflicts
When a black bear was found dead in the yard of a Navarre home last week, it prompted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to launch an investigation into the death.
Oct 26, 2017
Risking their lives on behalf of the nation
Staff Sgt. Richard Hunter found himself in the midst of chaos in Afghanistan last November. He and the U.S. Army Special Forces team he was embedded with were ambushed by insurgents as they entered a village in Kunduz province.
Oct 26, 2017
Go as you for Halloween
Have you ever thought about going as the you you’ve always wanted to be on Halloween? Who do you want to be? What kind of person? What do you want to do?