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The cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will open Fri., Feb. 18 and Sat., Feb. 19 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton.

Those who would like to stay at the shelter must arrive between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Only service animals (with verification of rabies vaccination) are permitted to stay with guests. No one will be admitted after 8:30 p.m. unless brought in by law enforcement. The shelter closes at 7 a.m. each morning.

The highly anticipated Navarre Aldi is set to open March 10, according to District 4 county commissioner Dave Piech. The store is located at 8816 Navarre Parkway, which is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Ortega Street.

Construction progress has been evident as multitudes of traffic pass the site of the new Aldi daily. The blue sign outlined in red, orange and yellow has been up for months. The siding is up, and the parking lot is paved and striped. And in a few more weeks, shoppers will fill the aisles.

Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Santa Rosa County for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2020.

Celebrating 36 years of family-friendly fun, floats and beads, the Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Parade is set to roll rain or shine Saturday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. along Gulf Boulevard.

The parade starts at Indiana Street and Gulf Boulevard, and continues east on the boulevard, ending at the Navarre Beach Causeway. The event typically attracts tens of thousands of people – locals and tourists alike.

According to District 4 County Commissioner Dave Piech, Elevate Navarre will be adding two new businesses to the growing development at the corner of US Highway 98 and State Road 87.

Drone pilot Arthur Ladd was out and about Tuesday taking photos of the Navarre Beach bridge inspections that began that day.

Officials with the Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater Forestry Center are issuing words of caution as wildland firefighters in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties have responded to nine wildfires in the past week.

A Valentine’s Day fire completely destroyed a mobile home, according to a Holley-Navarre Fire District press release.

The call came in just after 5 a.m. of a structure fire on the southside of U.S. Highway 98 near Walmart. The call was actually in the 2000 block of Blankenship Road.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold a hybrid public hearing concerning the I-10 Widening Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Studies from west of State Road (S.R.) 281 (Avalon Boulevard) to west of County Road (C.R.) 189 (Log Lake Road) and from west of C.R. 189 (Log Lake Road) to east of S.R. 85 (Ferdon Boulevard) in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties Tuesday, March 15.

Santa Rosa County was awarded a $800,000 Resilient Florida Grant for the Floridatown Living Shoreline project.