The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Services will host a QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Workshop from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Citizens Moving Forward Event Center, 6151 Dogwood Drive in Milton, to help residents prevent suicide.
An investigation into the death of a 24-year-old Navarre resident has led to the arrest of multiple people.
At a news conference Monday, March 27, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson announced some of the latest updates to the Colby Vinson case.
The Santa Rosa County Commission will begin discussing the old courthouse’s fate “in the near future,” Assistant County Administrator Brad Baker said last week.
The Santa Rosa County Commission tabled a developer’s variance request last week, but it can’t stop construction of a proposed 16-story hotel at 8469 Gulf Boulevard.
Branch Properties, the Atlanta-based real estate investment and development firm overseeing several developments in the Navarre area, has announced that Wynnehaven Plaza is now officially open for business.
The plaza is a 57,750 square foot shopping center. It is anchored by a 48,387 square foot Publix supermarket, which held its grand opening March 8. The property is 100% pre-leased as of earlier this year.
Within the next year, motorists making their way down U.S. Highway 98 in Gulf Breeze will no longer see powerlines strung above the roadway. The City of Gulf Breeze is taking on the task of placing a portion of U.S. 98’s powerlines underground through a project years in the making.
The Utility Underground Conversion Project, which was laid out in the 2018 community redevelopment plan, began to take off in 2021 when funding and planning began to come to fruition. The scope of the project is to convert 4,200 linear feet of above ground wire to underground and install LED lighting fixtures. The project will cover 1.1 miles and is expected to be complete in 2024.
An arrest has been made in the fatal weekend shooting that took place at the Cayo Grande apartment complex in Navarre.
Santa Rosa County sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported shooting at the 7700 block of Navarre Parkway at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Deputies discovered the body of a dead male who had been shot.
Residents across Navarre may be hearing a knock on the door very soon. Preserve Navarre is launching an informational, door-to-door outreach campaign to let people know about what incorporation could bring.
Preserve Navarre is a nonprofit organization devoted to incorporating Navarre, something which has been tried twice before (2006 and 2014) but to no avail. The organization has been active since the start of 2021.
