Santa Rosa hosts education innovation event
More than 100 educators and innovators from all over the country and even outside the U. S. flocked to Santa Rosa County schools Tuesday to experience firsthand how the school district is revolutionizing the teaching of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.)
New location for beach condos proposed
The developers behind an unpopular plan to build condominiums in Navarre Beach Marine Park have told Santa Rosa officials they are willing to swap that private property for a less controversial parcel outside the park.
Deputy raises approved
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s deputies could expect raises as early as Aug. 1 thanks to a reallocation of up to $290,000.
FWC investigating bear attack in Gulf Breeze
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded Saturday to the scene of an incident involving a man and his dog being injured by a bear in Gulf Breeze.
New athletic park planned for Navarre
Santa Rosa County Commissioners moved forward with turning a piece of county owned land into new athletic fields in Navarre off East Bay Boulevard Thursday, Jan. 26.
Linthicum shares her artistic talent at senior center class each week
Although she has been passionate about painting for more than half her life, Mary Ellen Linthicum never planned on teaching an art class at the Holley-Navarre Senior Center.
Black powder demonstrations set to return to Fort Pickens
Any opportunity the national parks get to bring history to life is going to be taken advantage of, and at some point late this spring, black powder demonstrations will be booming again at Fort Pickens.
FARP: Night Owls of USSOCOM
Hurlburt Field – Under the cover of darkness, a team of specially trained Airmen stand by a tanker aircraft in preparation for a covert refueling operation. The group waits as helicopters hover-taxi within 300 feet of one another and the tanker aircraft. Once the helicopters are in range, the awaiting Airmen rush to haul more than 760 feet of refueling hoses to the aircraft to transfer the necessary fuel needed for them to get back into the fight.
Andrews reaching into neighboring counties
The Andrews Institute is expanding its sports medicine coverage reach into the Okaloosa and Walton county school districts.
Wyrosdick eyes tax support and new schools
With three new schools in Tim Wyrosdick’s five-year plan, he’s rallying support to renew the existing half-cent sales tax that will help pay for them while his staff scouts likely locations.






