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Many people said it was a crazy idea. He tried and failed, tried and failed again, and then the impossible happened and in 1984 Pat Quinn built a zoo. Not just any zoo – the Gulf Breeze Zoo. Forty years later, the Gulf Breeze Zoo stands strong on the shoulders of Quinn’s legacy.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ (FDACS) Division of Aquaculture is now accepting applications from Florida educators for aquaculture classroom systems and supplementary materials.

While some high school students will spend this summer doing odd jobs or hanging out with friends, Lauren Mavity, a student at Navarre High School will complete an intensive eight-week U.S. Navy Summer Flight Academy aviation program at Delaware State University, achieving her FAA Private Pilot’s license upon completion of the training. The program takes place from June 9 – Aug. 2.

Early in the morning on June 1, Chaz Johnson heard a loud knocking at his front door at 2252 Avenida de Sol in Navarre.

Two new candidates have entered the District 5 Santa Rosa County Board of Commission race.

Santa Rosa County Commission Chairman Sam Parker has asked that repealing the occupational license tax be added to Monday’s meeting agenda. Parker noted in an email to County Manager Brad Baker that business owners have told him that inflation is impacting their bottom line. “I think that eliminating the County’s Occupational License Tax (business tax) […]

America Avenue at 1998 in the Midway area has reopened following a brief closure due to road erosion after heavy rains early Saturday morning, June 1.

Santa Rosa County has a new county administrator in Brad Baker, who previously served as assistant county administrator. To fill Baker’s previous role, the county appointed Jared Lowe, an administrative services director who has been with the county on and off again since 2019.

On June 1, Holley Navarre Water System’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) suffered a spill of 180,000 gallons of untreated wastewater. The location of the spill was 2190 Pepper Drive, in Holley By The Sea. According to an initial report sent by HNWS to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the spill started at 6:30 a.m. and concluded at 2100 (or 9 p.m.). HNWS was first made aware of the incident when Chris Legg, the WWTP operations manager, arrived at the site Saturday, June 1, at 7 a.m.

In November, voters will decide whether school board races should be partisan.

Currently, Santa Rosa School Board seats are all non-partisan, meaning board members are not tied to a political party. If Amendment 1 passes, then board members can campaign as part of a political party.