Florida is known as the Sunshine State, but sometimes Floridians can get a little too much sun.
Recently, Miami-Dade County declared a “heat season” similar to hurricane season to raise awareness of the dangers that heat can present to the health and well being of Floridians. Although northwest Florida is about as far from Miami-Dade as you can get without leaving the state, extreme heat still presents dangers along the Emerald Coast.
The law library at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse has a new name. On Thursday, June 1, county officials, lawyers, judges and many others attended the dedication of the law library in honor of former judges Colie Nichols Jr. and Woodrow Melvin.
The two judges played prominent roles in Santa Rosa County’s judicial history.
Pickleball and basketball aren’t likely to share space at the newly resurfaced courts across from the NYSA Gym on High School Boulevard, Santa Rosa County District 4 Commissioner Ray Eddington said last week.
James Calkins on Monday refused to apologize for remarks he made last month calling the Democratic Party “evil” and said he stands by his statements, despite residents calling for him to resign from the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners.
Santa Rosa County will use eminent domain to take easements from private landowners in order to install pipe to a planned wastewater disposal site in the Eglin Reserve northwest of Holley.
Preserve Navarre is working diligently to distribute brochures to area residents “before it gets too hot,” according to Wes Siler, president of the two-year-old nonprofit organization, but it isn’t rushing efforts to incorporate the City of Navarre Beach.
Navarre residents gathered at Navarre Park Monday, May 29, for the community’s annual Memorial Day service. Politicians, Boy Scouts, veterans groups, the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Navarre High NJROTC were just a few of those who came to the park to honor those who paid that ‘last full measure of devotion,’ as Abraham Lincoln once said.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) encourages Floridians to purchase disaster preparedness items during Florida’s two 14-day Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holidays beginning May 27 through June 9 and Aug. 26 through Sept. 8.
House Bill 7063, the largest tax relief plan in Florida’s history, was signed into law by Governor DeSantis extending the Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday from a single 14-day holiday to two separate 14-day holidays.
James Calkins criticized Democrats and any Republican who doesn’t agree with his political views at Thursday’s regular Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners meeting.
