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A 50-year-old Mary Esther man was killed in a wreck on Highway 98 Monday morning. The wreck occurred when a Freightliner box truck struck the rear of a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 98 east around 3:30 a.m. Monday, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol. The accident occurred east of Brookwood Boulevard. The […]

After well over an hour of heated debate that at times got personal, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners voted against a resolution that would’ve declared that the county did not welcome “illegal aliens.”

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has two new faces, however, they won’t be donning a badge. They are public information officers, responsible for releasing pertinent information concerning the agency to the public. For the past few years, Jillian Durkin has held the role, helping facilitate press conferences, interviews with the Sheriff, and being a public face of the agency at community events. To replace Durkin, who left the agency in June, the Sheriff’s Office has named Mikiko Tucker as public information officer (PIO) and Kylie Blankenship as assistant PIO.

May is the official start of sea turtle nesting on Navarre Beach, but June has been three times as busy as May this year. According to Cathy Holmes, founder of Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center, four nests have already been found on Navarre Beach. Three of those nests were found in June. With an average of between seven and 15 nests per season, seeing four halfway into June is a good trend toward a higher-than-average number of nests by October, when the season ends.

The Navarre Visitor Information Center, 8543 Navarre Pkwy. in Navarre, will be closed on Monday, June 24 due to the electricity being shut off while utility work is being performed along Navarre Parkway (Hwy. 98) in front of the center.

In Navarre, about 17,000 households have sewer service through Holley Navarre Water System while the remaining households use septic tanks.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accelerating initiatives to provide Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI, with adequate safeguards in place.

From the air we breathe to the water we drink to the food we eat, our oceans and rivers play a critical role in our health and survival. Recognizing that water is one of our most precious resources, the Florida Governmental Utility Authority (FGUA) asks all Floridians to consider and appreciate the “bigger picture” of this life-giving liquid during National Oceans Month and National Rivers Month, which take place each June.

The Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners, the city of Milton and NAS Whiting Field signed an intergovernmental agreement on June 13 that will allow the two local governments to provides services to the military.

There was a significant shake-up in Santa Rosa District Schools in June.

At the June 13 school board meeting, the district appointed seven people to new positions at schools throughout the district, including four principals at Holley Navarre Primary School, Avalon Middle School, East Milton Elementary School and Gulf Breeze Elementary School.