Jul 7, 2016
FWC discusses ways to deal with human-bear conflicts
The reality of the bear problem in Florida is that it’s not going away.
Jul 7, 2016
Special operations medical Airmen save lives at sea
Hurlburt Field, Fla. – Members of a special operations surgical team assigned to the 720th Special Tactics Group here worked to save the lives of two critically-burned fishermen rescued 500 miles off the coast of Bermuda, June 22.
Jul 7, 2016
Organic bug repellent could go global
Skeeter Juice Inc., a locally created organic bug repellant, is currently in negotiations to go global.
Jul 7, 2016
Gulf Breeze wrangles better deal for bridge right of way
State officials blinked in their negotiations with Gulf Breeze City Council and agreed to pay the municipality nearly three times Tallahassee’s original offer for right of way to build the planned new Pensacola Bay Bridge.
Jul 7, 2016
Water company leader resigns
Executive Director of Holley-Navarre Water Systems, Billy Sublett has resigned his position with the member-owned company saying in part in an email to Navarre Press, “My work here is completed.”
Jul 7, 2016
Tough Mudder results disappointing
The economic impact of April’s two-day Tough Mudder event, while significant, was far less than the $6 million that the company claimed at its one-day military-style obstacle course in March 2015, according to a new Haas Center study.
Jul 7, 2016
Navarre’s earliest known history
The neighborhood called “Robledal Estates” on East Bay Boulevard may seem like just another waterfront neighborhood. However, it was the scene the oldest documented history of the area we now call Navarre.
Jul 7, 2016
Sacred Heart refuses homeowners’ plea on clinic
Although a member of the Sacred Heart Health System’s development team finally agreed to meet with the leader of several homeowner groups in Tiger Point East, the controversial entrance to a new clinic won’t be relocated.
Jul 7, 2016
Jul 7, 2016
Escaped inmate apprehended
Fugitive John Wesley Saatio was on the run when he was apprehended by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies Sunday evening, July 3. Saatio escaped Saturday when he reportedly fled a private inmate transportation company’s custody at 10:30 p.m. at the I-10 rest area at mile marker 29 in Santa Rosa County. Saatio was extradited last week from Costa Rica after escaping custody last year in Michigan. News reports state that Saatio also escaped custody in Costa Rica after he was initially caught – and then caught again.