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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.

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.

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.

The more that City of Gulf Breeze leaders see of the planned new Pensacola Bay Bridge, the less they seem to like it.

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.

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.

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.

The opening of Navarre Beach’s newest hotel has stalled again.

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.

Residents throughout the county have begun receiving sample ballots in the mail for a special election March 28.