Jul 16, 2015
Looking back: 50 years since the Navarre pass
It’s been 50 years since a pass connected the Santa Rosa Sound to the Gulf of Mexico. And with it, 50 years of hoping for a second chance.
Jul 16, 2015
Gulf Breeze still treading stormwater
Flooding after even minor rainfall still plagues parts of the City of Gulf Breeze more than a year after the April 2014 storm – despite $1.8 million in government grant funding spent to keep neighborhoods dry.
Jul 16, 2015
County’s contract applicant vetting questioned
The recent award of a Santa Rosa County contract for military affairs consulting to a company that had been administratively dissolved by the Florida Division of Corporations raises questions about how such applicants are vetted, said Commissioner Bob Cole.
Jul 16, 2015
Flags lowered to honor those in Tenn. shooting
Gov. Rick Scott Monday directed the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff in honor of the five service members who were murdered at recruiting centers in Chattanooga, Tenn., last week. The order is effective immediately throughout the state until sunset on the day of the final military member’s date of interment.
Jul 16, 2015
Gulf Breeze man faces felony burglary charges
A 21-year-old Gulf Breeze man was arrested Monday on eight felony burglary charges and eight misdemeanor theft charges after a search warrant turned up multiple items stolen during vehicle burglaries.
Jul 16, 2015
Senior living community proposed for Navarre
The rezoning board is expected to discuss a conditional use to allow development of 19.2 acres adjacent to Baptist Medical Park on Navarre Parkway and Ortega Street for a senior living community.
Jul 16, 2015
Commissioners approve possible tax hike
For the first time in his nearly 20-year tenure, Santa Rosa County Administrator Hunter Walker suggested raising property taxes, and commissioners July 21 approved advertising a possible increase of up to 6.4 percent.
Jul 16, 2015
Commissioners withhold support for pedestrian overpass
Santa Rosa County Commissioners Monday withheld support for a redesigned, less costly Navarre pedestrian overpass, citing issues such as a lack of public parking in the proposed area of U.S. 98 at Presidio Street.
Jul 16, 2015
Here’s looking at you June Rosell
Born in 1927, June Rosell grew up during the Great Depression, hunting and fishing in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Jul 16, 2015
Dog deaths during grooming revive calls for regulations
Curly, a toy poodle, was 17 years old when he died. But old age didn’t kill him — grooming did, his owners and veterinarians said.