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The heated and contentious Holley-Navarre Water Board elections are over and the handful of members that voted sent a clear message: vote ‘no’ to the refinancing of Fairpoint Regional Utilities debt and operate more transparently. That is exactly what the board now intends to do, according to the president of the board, James Calkins.

The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center welcomed a juvenile green sea turtle named Sweet Pea to its family Jan. 18 on a frigid Thursday morning.

Retired Navy Senior Chief Geoff Ross recently looked for hot-button issues in his candidacy for the Santa Rosa County Commission and hit on a controversial target in the red-light cameras used for traffic enforcement.

The controversial loan restructuring that would have raised the debt total of Fairpoint Regional Utility System by about 40 percent took a big hit last week when Holley Navarre Water System voted in a new board.

A trio of brush fires threatened homes Sunday afternoon in Navarre, Milton and Pensacola. As fire departments were called to their respective fires, other districts were called in as available to cover each district.

In his 15 years at Navarre High School, JROTC Master Chief Jim Ethridge had never seen a congressman come in to present certificates to students in the running for nomination to a military academy.

In traffic management timing can be crucial, but traffic issues along U.S. Highway 98 may not be so easily solved.

Christopher Jason Traffanstead, 41, of Gulf Breeze faces up to 75 years in prison for sexual battery in connection with incidents that occurred over the course of two years.

In an exploration of one of the nation’s founding principles, former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham addressed a crowd of students, professors and media members to discuss citizen engagement in democracy Jan. 16 at the University of West Florida.

After more than 25 years, the murderer of University of West Florida student Susan Morris will face the death penalty.