“I always look forward to this day, it’s one of my favorite days of the year,” said Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols, who handed county commissioners a check for $676,597.78, representing unspent revenues earned by his office during fiscal year 2012-2013. At the same meeting Thursday, Clerk of Court and Comptroller Don Spencer returned excess fees from his office in the amount of $619,339.80, totaling approximately $1.3 million returned to commissioners.
Holly Elassaad and her husband Abdul are passionate about pets. Turns out, the Navarre community shares that passion, as the Elassaad’s business, Pet Nation, will celebrate its 10th year in Navarre next month.
Bear sightings have gotten a lot of attention in recent months in Northwest Florida, and Navarre seems to be a popular feeding ground for the furry mammals.
HURLBURT FIELD – One by one, Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron lined up at the back of a C-130, paused, then stepped off the aircraft last Wednesday, completing their free fall training jump into the picturesque water of Florida’s Emerald Coast.
A local women veterans advocate group is one step closer to its goal of constructing a monument recognizing the service and sacrifices of women veterans past and present.
A fire that began in a trash container at a residence last Wednesday on Candlewood Drive in Holly by the Sea was put out by firefighters before reaching the home’s interior.
An unattended trash fire drew Holley-Navarre Fire District firefighters to a residence on Sevilla Street just before 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday afternoon.
