TC’s Coastal Porch wins pier rebid thru new process
The new year will bring a new management team to the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. Santa Rosa County Commissioners stumbled through a revised proposal selection process on Tuesday, picking TC’s Coastal Porch to operate the county pier starting in 2014.
Future of courthouse remains unsettled
Santa Rosa County’s courthouse was deemed unsafe in 1914. It wasn’t until 13 years later that the current courthouse was built. In what seems to be history repeating itself, replacement of the 86-year-old county courthouse has again been delayed over a decade.
County makes exception for dirt pit
Commissioners will allow developer James A. “Jim” Young, Jr. to construct a borrow pit on property located within the county’s expanded well field protection area. The commission had adopted an ordinance on Mar. 7 expanding the area to provide further protection of the local water supply, including a ban on resource extraction, such as dirt removal.
Keep Your Holidays Bright Fire Safety Campaign underway
Santa Rosa County emergency service agencies are teaming up for the seventh year to promote fire safety during the month of December with the “Keep Your Holidays Bright” campaign.
GB city worker arrested for DUI in city truck
A Gulf Breeze city worker was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence while driving a city vehicle last Wednesday.
Candles likely cause in Blackjack Circle blaze
A woman sustained minor injuries just after 11 p.m. Friday night after her residence at 7505 Blackjack Circle caught fire from suspected unattended candles. Marva Smith, owner of the mobile home off of East Bay Boulevard, was home with her two pets when the blaze started.
Citrus canker confirmed in county
The first case of citrus canker in the Florida Panhandle was recently confirmed, and it’s very close to home.
Ex-BP engineer who deleted texts heads to trial
NEW ORLEANS — Nearly a year after energy giant BP cut a deal to a resolve a criminal investigation of its role in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, a jury is set to hear the Justice Department’s case against a former company employee accused of trying to stymie the federal investigation.
Hospice allows pet owners to say goodbye at home
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christi Winter always tried to give her dog Josie the very best in life, so when it was time to say goodbye, Winter didn’t want to do anything less.
Air Force specialties affected by retraining reduction
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — As many as 1,000 Airmen may be affected by a recently identified decrease in fiscal 2014 retraining objectives, with 35 or more Air Force specialty codes removed from the retraining-in list, Air Force officials said Nov. 26.