June 10-16, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
Efforts to incorporate Navarre failed to meet the ballot threshold for the August primary election.
Author: Linda Murchison
June 3-9, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
The 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field had a new commander, Col. Jocelyn J. Schermerhorn. She was the Wing’s first female commander.
May 27-June 2, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
The Boulevard, a 34-acre entertainment district planned for Navarre, was approved without objection at the May 28 county commissioners meeting.
May 20-26, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
With legal action pending, the Santa Rosa County School District opted to hold impact fees in a separate account and not move forward with expenditure.
May 13-19, 2021 Blast from the past
One Year Ago - 2020
The FBI learned that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a Saudi Air Force officer who killed three U.S. sailors and wounded eight others at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Dec. 2019, repeatedly communicated with al-Qaida operatives about planning in the months leading up to the attack.
A glance back at Whiting Field’s history
Rear Admiral George D. Murray, commandant of Pensacola Naval Air Training center, invited Santa Rosa County citizens to attend the commissioning of its newest air station, Whiting Field, July 16 in a July 10, 1943, press release.
May 6-12, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
A prescribed burn got out of control May 4 near the intersection of Avalon Boulevard and Interstate-10, sparking a wildfire that burned more than 2,000 acres, displaced hundreds of people at a time and destroyed 14 homes.
‘Piering’ back in time
Opening April 12, 1963, the original wooden Navarre Beach Fishing Pier stood 18 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, was 800 feet long and 14 feet wide.
April 22-28, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
After ECUA stated that they did not plan to extend their existing contract for waste disposal services in the northern unincorporated parts of the county, commissioners stated during the April 23 meeting that they would negotiate with Waste Pro on taking over the area.
April 15-21, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago - 2020
On April 17, the Home Builders Association of West Florida Inc. (HBA) filed to prevent impact fees from being collected in Santa Rosa County on new home construction. The complaint alleged that the fees were calculated using faulty data that was not fully updated.
