Last week the skies over Santa Rosa County were filled with a variety of helicopters flown into Naval Air Station Whiting Field for the 25th annual Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) Fleet Fly-In.
Last week Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce officials celebrated the opening of Santa Rosa Medical Center’s new occupational health care center in Pace. Chamber officials hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the center’s new location at Woodbine Medical Park.
Three years ago Pete Sharrett found himself chasing children while coaching friends and family through CrossFit workouts in his garage. At work, he led coworkers in similar workouts at the Okaloosa Island Fire Department, where he works. Then he and his family started having workout parties that combined CrossFit and BBQ.
Navarre resident Laura Densford Navarre arrived at her polling station Tuesday to find she was unable to vote on one of the big issues of the day: incorporating Navarre.
The Holley-Navarre Fire District recently had its Insurance Service Office Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating upgraded from a Class 5/10 to a Class 4/4Y, effective Nov 1. ISO classifies communities from 1 (the best) to 10 (the worst).
“It’s awesome,” said Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections Tappie Villane of voter turnout for the Nov. 4 general election primary, which was dominated by Republican voters who showed an expected outpouring of support for the Grand Old Party.
Once again Santa Rosa County voters have opposed the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners’ effort to enact a local option sales tax (LOST) to fund construction of a new judicial facility to replace the aging county courthouse, which was originally built in 1927.
In a debate that divided Navarre for months, voters Tuesday night showed their lack of support for the possible incorporation of Navarre, with nearly 6,000 people voting no in the straw poll. The unofficial vote was 5,993-4,765 against continuing the study of incorporation.
