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The Air Force Enlisted Village in Shalimar, Florida, celebrated a historic milestone on July 12, 2024, with a deed signing ceremony marking the purchase of 80 acres from the 96th Test Wing.

The land will be used to build Victory Village, a retirement community for aging wounded service members and their caregivers.

Rumblings of a plan to sell The Club at Hidden Creek (TCHC) golf course led to a packed house at Holley Navarre Water System’s Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, July 16.

Two Navarre homes that have frequently been damaged by flooding are going to be purchased by Santa Rosa County. The homes, located at 2252 Avenida De Sol and 2260 Avenida De Sol, will be conveyed to the county at a total cost of $638,350, according to county documents. Both homes flooded on June 1, displacing […]

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Fraud Alert to the public on Aron Carrillo Jimenez and his company, Tres Carrillos LLC. Carrillo, 34, has been charged with grand theft, two counts of contracting without a license and failing to obtain building permits throughout the Florida Panhandle, Alabama and Louisiana.

There will not be a non-binding referendum on the November ballot regarding the incorporation of Navarre.

July 18 was tourism day for Leadership Santa Rosa’s 37th class. That meant fun in the sun and an opportunity to learn more about Navarre’s contributions to the tourist economy in Santa Rosa County.

Fifty-five years ago this week, mankind achieved something it had long dreamed: a lunar landing.

From July 16 to 24, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins ventured where no human being had gone before, the moon’s surface. Armstrong was the first to step out onto the moon’s surface. During his moonwalk, Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Navarre incorporation will again be discussed at a Santa Rosa County Board of Commission meeting as pro-incorporation supporters continue to push for a non-binding referendum on November’s ballot. An agenda item request detailing the non-binding referendum is listed under commissioner items on Monday’s agenda. The item is listed under Commissioner Ray Eddington, whose district includes […]

Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream is looking to open in September, according to the restaurant’s owner.

Jen Harding, and her husband, Jeff, have been working to develop the restaurant in Navarre for the past few years. The 5,400 square foot restaurant, which will be located on two acres along Highway 87 S north of the High School Blvd. intersection, broke ground on Jan. 5.

The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center took its show on the road this July for SharkCon 2024, held at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.