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Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than $389 million in grants to improve water quality and quantity across Florida. The funding includes $189 million in Water Quality Improvement Grants and $55 million in Alternative Water Supply Grants.

On April 1, the TRICARE Online Patient Portal will no longer be available. The Department of Defense’s new electronic health record — MHS GENESIS — has replaced the TOL Patient Portal. As part of the transition, the DoD is decommissioning the TOL Patient Portal. 

On Thursday evening, March 27, at approximately 5:30 PM, emergency responders were dispatched to the Santa Rosa Sound near the 7300 block of Grand Navarre Boulevard in reference to a hydrofoil accident. The victim was a male in his 60s. The individual sustained severe injuries, including the loss of three fingers.

Attorney General James Uthmeier is issuing a Consumer Alert regarding 23andMe’s March 23rd bankruptcy filing. 23andMe is a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that collects and analyzes the most sensitive information about individuals: their genetic code.

The University of Florida, IFAS and Pensacola State College Milton Campus is having its annual Spring Festival of Flowers on April 4, 5 & 6, 2025. Over one-hundred vendors selling plants from natives to ornamentals as well as various craft and food vendors. The event proceeds will be used for student scholarships, student field trips, and student computer lab needs at the University of Florida, IFAS Milton Programs.

When a convenience store development was first announced for the south side of Highway 98 near Edgewood Drive, developers were mum on the brand of the proposed store.

We know now that Wawa, a popular convenience store brand found mostly on the east coast of the U.S., has submitted plans to build a new location in west Navarre. The 6,372 square foot store will serve sandwiches, coffee and specialty food and beverage items.

East Bay Boulevard will be closed beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 5 just west of Bergren Road in Navarre to install a cross drain pipe. Weather permitting, work is expected to be completed by 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 6.

Rachel Wallace founded Ladies Skill Share in January 2023. Now she has hosted several classes, and a large-scale event dedicated to teaching the community homesteading skills.

Ladies Skill Sharing is a women-based group that teaches homesteading skills. The group began because Wallace could see the need to learn and teach the skills that generations before us utilized in their daily lives and sometimes to survive hard times. Wallace believes there is power in knowledge and in wanting to share that with the community she founded Ladies Skill Sharing.

Navarre Beach is one step closer to getting a new beach retail shop.

Santa Rosa County Tourism Development Council convened March 20 to discuss and approve a preliminary budget for FY 2025-26, which runs from Oct. 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2026.

The total overall budget for the TDC, which funds Tourism Development Office (TDO) operations, brand marketing for Santa Rosa County and grants for a variety of events throughout the county, is $3,633,563.