Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole will receive up to $200,000 in additional bed tax funds for the Agri-plex project if the county commission approves his request.
Florida Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Midway, announced the Florida Department of Transportation will begin installing about 1,000 streetlights on U.S. Highway 98.
County Administrator Hunter Walker is, on average, exceeding Santa Rosa County Commissioners’ expectations, according to the commissioners’ performance appraisal.
Santa Rosa County commissioners elected to keep the 30-year submerged-land lease it has with the Florida Bureau of Public Land Administration for Navarre Beach.
State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Midway, has withdrawn a bill that would have allowed development of oil and gas resources in the Blackwater River State Forest.
The Santa Rosa County Commission is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Feb. 28, to discuss proposed changes to the wellfield protection ordinance.
Navarre was inundated with rainfall from Friday through Monday last week, Feb. 22-25. According to the National Weather Service in Mobile, Navarre recorded 9.05 inches of rainfall during the period.
Panera Bread, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., plans to open a standalone Panera Bread restaurant at the Sea Shell Collections Center in Gulf Breeze by the end of this year, making it the seventh Panera Bread between Pensacola and Sandestin.
