Mar 30, 2017
Juggling academics with athletics no easy task
Sunday afternoon is slowly turning into Sunday evening and the University of West Florida softball team has just wrapped up a tightly played doubleheader against Christian Brothers, the Argos winning the opener 1-0 in eight innings and securing a 2-1 victory in the finale.
Mar 30, 2017
Patience important in effort to catch one of the Gulf’s most sought-after fish
Shaun Abbott leans against the railing of the Navarre Beach fishing pier, his pole leaned up against the side of it with a colorful lure dangling from the end of the line high above the sparkling green water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Mar 30, 2017
Two arrested in Navarre shooting
Two men have been arrested for their involvement in a March 23 Navarre shooting that left a man in stable condition after being shot in the face at his home on Shoreview Court.
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.