Feb 28, 2013
Commission considers wellfield protection at special meeting
The Santa Rosa County Commission is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Feb. 28, to discuss proposed changes to the wellfield protection ordinance.
Feb 28, 2013
Record levels of rain
Navarre was inundated with rainfall from Friday through Monday last week, Feb. 22-25. According to the National Weather Service in Mobile, Navarre recorded 9.05 inches of rainfall during the period.
Feb 28, 2013
Panera Bread baking its way to Gulf Breeze
Panera Bread, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., plans to open a standalone Panera Bread restaurant at the Sea Shell Collections Center in Gulf Breeze by the end of this year, making it the seventh Panera Bread between Pensacola and Sandestin.
Feb 28, 2013
Rotary, volunteers prepare meals for needy
The Rotary Clubs of Northwest Florida came together Feb. 23 to prepare meals for hungry families in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Feb 21, 2013
2013 Python Challenge yields 68 Burmese pythons
Competitors in the 2013 Python Challenge trekked through more than a million acres of swamps and sawgrass in search of well-camouflaged Burmese pythons. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the results last week: 68 Burmese pythons killed during the Jan. 12-Feb. 10 competition.
Feb 21, 2013
Hummingbirds migrating earlier in spring
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating to North America weeks earlier than in decades past, and research indicates that higher temperatures in their winter habitat may be the reason.
Feb 21, 2013
FWC expands hunting opportunity, improves quota system
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently expanded hunting opportunities on private lands and on nearly 6 million acres of its public-hunting wildlife management area system.
Feb 21, 2013
AFSOC identifies mission impact of sequestration
Air Force Special Operations Command will be required to implement spending reductions that will have a substantial impact on its mission if sequestration takes effect March 1.
Feb 21, 2013
NJROTC honors cadets Hersom, Schultz
The Navarre High School Navy JROTC Raider Battalion honored Junior Cadet Chandler Hersom and Senior Cadet Emily Schultz as its Cadets of the Month for January 2013 on Feb. 2 at the unit’s military ball.
Feb 21, 2013
Fire interrupts a peaceful life on the bay, brush fire ensues
Rosemary Peterson intended to spend a leisurely afternoon cleaning out closets upstairs in her bayfront home. The temperature outside was rapidly declining from a high in the 50s to what would be the coldest night of the year at 29 degrees. The wind was whipping off of the bay at 25-30 mph with whitecaps visible. Her husband, John, was downstairs on his computer. Rosemary was deep in thought when she heard what she thought sounded like a door opening or closing.