Santa Rosa County’s nearly 159,000 residents are the sixth healthiest in Florida, according to a study released last week comparing the overall health of Americans by county.
Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols said litigants involved in the lawsuit over property tax assessments on Navarre Beach leases have roughly two years to pay related delinquent taxes.
Two Fort Walton Beach restaurants that were temporarily closed last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations (FDBPR) have reopened for business after successfully meeting inspection standards.
Funding a proposed City of Navarre has been a hot topic since the idea of incorporation was first researched in 2006. The topic and associated questions are alive and well now that the Citizens to Incorporate Navarre are actively seeking signatures to place a non-binding straw poll about incorporation on the August 26 primary election ballot.
Each spring area roadways fill with tourists who have headed south to enjoy warmer temperatures and beautiful beaches. The tourists this year have been joined by orange barrels, signs and construction crews stretching from the Pensacola Bay Bridge to Hurlburt Field.
After much anticipation, the Florida Department of Transportation confirmed that a date has been set to present plans to the public for the new Pensacola Bay Bridge.
After sustained public criticism over plans to spend millions on land for a proposed new county courthouse, Santa Rosa commissioners decided March 13 to also include an option on the ballot for using county-owned or donated land in East Milton.
Fuchsia Ann Parris Spann is now the fourth candidate seeking to be elected Santa Rosa County School Board District 3 Representative. She filed paperwork March 17 with the Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Election’s Office.
The attorney representing the Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association’s (NBRLA) is filing a motion in the Supreme Court seeking clarification of its March 20 ruling. NBLRA President Linda Coley provided Navarre Press with a copy of a letter from attorney Danny Kepner addressed to the leaseholder’s Liaison Committee.
