Congressman Jeff Miller hasn’t faced an opponent in the Republican primary for Florida’s District 1 in more than a decade, but he has one this year in Pensacola businessman John Krause. Navarre Press talked with both candidates and asked them to comment about four issues important to voters.
A Panama City based real estate company is featuring a prime piece of Navarre real estate for $6.45 million. The 33.4-acre parcel is located on the northwest side of the intersection of U.S. 98 and Hwy. 87 South, adjacent to Publix shopping center.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office reports that two suspects are in custody in connection with a series of burglaries that occurred Jan. 14 throughout Santa Rosa County, including Navarre.
Ty B. Bilbrey is the new General Manager for The Club at Hidden Creek. Ken Walker, Executive Director for The Club at Hidden Creek, LLC and General Manager for Holley-Navarre Water System, which owns the golf course, said Bilbrey started in his new role July 14.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole recently explained to Holley by the Sea residents why the county rejected a $3 million stormwater mitigation grant that could have helped flood-prone neighborhoods. Cole told property owners at the home owners’ association June meeting that the required local match of about $1.2 million was only part of the reason the county didn’t accept the funds in 2007.
A Santa Rosa County man was convicted July 10 of having sex with several teenage girls after giving them alcohol to get them drunk during a weekend camping trip to Chumuckla in February 2013.
A former Santa Rosa County principal who was reassigned after a non-school related December 2012 incident has filed a second lawsuit – this time against the Santa Rosa County School District.
Although Navarre is the largest community in Santa Rosa County, it is not incorporated like Milton, Gulf Breeze or Jay. Those municipalities appeared before the local RESTORE council Monday, seeking project funding from monies expected from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Additionally, representatives from Navarre area organizations attended too to make their pitch for funding.
Humans are not the only ones watching what they eat these days. The healthy and natural food trends taking over store shelves have extended into pet foods as well.
Nesting shorebirds and uncooperative weather have slowed the removal of a tar mat that was found June 21 not far from shore in the Fort Pickens Area of Gulf Islands National Seashore. U.S. Coast Guard Public Information Officer Natalie Murphy said removal efforts were temporarily suspended June 27 and have not yet resumed.
