Mar 26, 2015
Navarre park restrooms
It’s been nearly 11 years since Hurricane Ivan destroyed the restrooms at Navarre Park, and on Friday, March 20, the new facility finally opened its doors.
Mar 26, 2015
Sequestration threatens America’s airpower advantage
Air Force senior leaders testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Airland March 19, and said with the return of sequestration-level funding, America’s airpower advantage is increasingly at risk.
Mar 26, 2015
Outdoor movies planned for pier
Coastal Concessions, operators of the county-owned Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, will host family friendly movies at the facility on Friday nights.
Mar 26, 2015
Permanent memorial planned for military crash victims
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Rob Williamson March 23 told fellow board members Leadership Santa Rosa Class 29 plans to coordinate a permanent memorial honoring 11 servicemen who died in a March 10 military helicopter crash in Navarre.
Mar 26, 2015
New water system president pushing big plans for future
During peak summer tourism months, hundreds of thousands of gallons of effluent is discharged daily into Santa Rosa Sound from the Navarre Beach Utilities treatment plant. Daryl Lynchard, president of Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS), has a plan to stop it.
Mar 26, 2015
Islanders must request $250 lease cap
Santa Rosa County Attorney Roy V. Andrews on Monday outlined a plan to implement a new county policy to cap residential beach lease fees at $250. The plan includes a new July 1 deadline extension for some residential lease fees to accommodate the change.
Mar 26, 2015
NHS honor student killed in car crash
Cherylynn Monno, the 16-year-old Navarre girl who was killed in a car accident Sunday night, was a “beautiful, intelligent and outgoing young lady who made a positive impact on this campus,” Navarre High School principal Brian Noack said.
Mar 26, 2015
Deputy sustained serious injuries in crash
A Santa Rosa County deputy was released from the hospital following a March 17 car accident in Suwannee County.
Mar 26, 2015
Commission to vote on island food vendor
Santa Rosa County Commissioners today will decide whether or not to allow vendors on county-owned commercial property on Gulf Boulevard, and some islanders are concerned the move might set a precedent.
Mar 19, 2015
Seif received Silver Star days before crash
Just four days before he was killed in a helicopter crash, Staff Sgt. Andrew Seif was awarded one of the military’s highest honors for heroism, a commendation he earned for his efforts to save a mortally wounded friend in heavy gunfire in Afghanistan.