Apr 25, 2013
Commissioners discuss penny tax to fund courthouse
Santa Rosa County commissioners discussed pursuing a local option sales tax to fund a new judicial center at the April 22 commission committee meeting.
Apr 25, 2013
Truck collides with school bus
A truck collided with a Santa Rosa County school bus carrying Navarre High School students on County Road 399, near Bay Club Drive, at 3:55 p.m. April 19, in rainy conditions.
Apr 18, 2013
Navarre’s Clint Hale attends Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
For the last 27 years, Navarre resident Clint Hale, 64, a U.S. Air Force veteran, has joined other disabled veterans from across the country to participate in the Disabled Veterans Sports Clinic in Colorado. The clinic is open to veterans with certain disabilities such as spinal-cord injuries, amputations and the visually impairment.
Apr 18, 2013
Residents oppose County’s boat ramp plans
Many who own property near the Live Oak Boat Ramp in the Holley community don’t want a vacant lot to be cleared and paved. parking lot at the Live Oak Boat Ramp.
Apr 18, 2013
Priton Homes to bring 200 jobs to county
Priton LLC, a home-manufacturing company code-named Project Breeze by the Santa Rosa Economic Development Office, officially has arrived. Priton already has hired a start-up staff of nine and plans to add 200 more jobs at its Santa Rosa Industrial Park location this year.
Apr 18, 2013
Council Reversed Vote on Sunday Sales
Although Milton City Councilman Wesley Meiss and others had hoped the city would set a precedent to push for more Sunday alcohol sales in the north end of Santa Rosa County, the council retreated from an April 1 executive committee vote which initially had approved allowing restaurants in the downtown tourist district to serve alcohol on Sundays.
Apr 18, 2013
Pier proposals to be reviewed
Five companies are vying to manage the Navarre Beach Pier, including current contractor The Pier, Inc., owned by Navarre businesswoman Dorothy Slye and her brother, Everett Ratliff, Jr.
Apr 18, 2013
Survivors lead Relay for Life efforts
Three times a survivor.
By the time Navarre resident Brenda Whidden was 20 years old, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer; by 30 she had ovarian cancer; and by 40 she had a bilateral mastectomy after four diagnoses of breast cancer.
Apr 18, 2013
Abatement complaints result in four notices
Skip Tompkins, Santa Rosa County compliance superintendent, has completed his investigation of Navarre First Addition properties identified by Navarre resident Laurie Gallup as potentially in violation of county codes. Four property owners have received or will receive abatement notices as a result.
Apr 18, 2013
Crash results in minor injuries
A driver’s failure to yield when making a left turn last week resulted in minor injuries and damages totaling $17,000.