District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson and some Navarre Beach residents are advocating for Santa Rosa County to place additional lifeguard staff and stations west of Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.
But some county officials argue such a move could increase the county’s risk.
Fishing boats stream out of the pass leading from Destin Harbor into the Gulf of Mexico most any spring day, and the flow becomes a flood once the season opens for red snapper, the region’s most popular prize.
Around 135 teachers attended the latest negotiation session between representatives from Santa Rosa County District Schools and Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE), the county’s teachers’ union.
District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson Monday told fellow board members the annual Navarre Beach Sand-Sculpting Festival may merge with the Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fun Fest event.
Ervin Edward Gras, 73, of the 9100 block of Quail Roost Drive, was arrested May 8 on a first-degree felony charge of sexual assault by a custodian with a victim between the ages of 12 and 18 years old.
Each time 81-year-old Bill Dworsky or his 80-year-old wife Dorothy opens the refrigerator, closes the bathroom door or lifts the lid on a pill container, tiny sensors in their San Francisco home make notes on a digital logbook.
The sound of waves rolling onto shore, a soft breeze blowing over the Gulf of Mexico and plenty of sunshine provided the backdrop to a perfect day for fishing on the Navarre Beach pier.
Troubled by delays in handling veterans claims, a bipartisan group of senators last week urged a wide-scale, independent review of the Department of Veterans Affairs for mismanagement and changes to improve budgeting and speed up applications.
