The Holley Navarre Water System held a special meeting of the board of directors Thursday, July 6, to discuss the Eglin RIBs Project and impact fee solutions for local businesses.
The Eglin RIBs Project will be coming back open for bid after HNWS didn’t get what they wanted during the first bidding process.
Santa Rosa County District Schools have almost 200 vacancies to fill three weeks before teachers return to the classrooms, but district officials aren’t worried – yet.
Casting Crowns, Tauren Wells, for KING & COUNTRY, and Passion will join evangelist Scott Dawson on stage for UNITE: Gulf Coast beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, at the Pensacola Bay Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
To reserve free tickets or reserve tickets and donate to the UNITE Movement, go to unitesdea.org.
Tallahassee – The Florida insurance market took a hit Tuesday, as Farmers Insurance said it will end residential, auto and umbrella policies in the state, forcing tens of thousands of customers to look elsewhere for coverage.
The Santa Rosa County Commission has, and had, no plans to restrict shark fishing on Navarre Beach, according to Chairman Colten Wright. But area anglers are worried that a staff plan to add swimming areas along the 4-mile length of the beach would do just that.
A Pace restaurant linked to the nonfatal poisoning of seven people announced Friday that it has closed permanently after being “brutally harassed” by news outlets and social media.
A 40-year-old law could threaten federal funding for Navarre Beach renourishment, Michael Schmidt said last week.
Schmidt, director of Santa Rosa County’s Environmental and Public Works departments, said Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are interpreting the 1982 Coastal Barrier Resource Act differently than they have for past beach restoration projects.
A Santa Rosa County news release Friday announced a “possible recommendation” to add more designated swimming areas — and prohibiting shark fishing — between sunrise and sunset from March 1 and Nov. 15. Fishermen are expected to voice their objection to the idea at the commission’s public forum at 4:30 p.m. today at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room, 6495 Caroline St., in Milton.
Bistro 98, a popular breakfast and brunch restaurant in Midway, has shut its doors.
According to Jennifer Telfer, a former employee of Bistro 98, staff were informed of the decision Monday, June 19. The staff found out via a messaging app.
