Baskerville-Donovan, Inc., in partnership with Santa Rosa County, will hold a public meeting regarding the East Navarre Watershed Analysis at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 at the Tiger Point Community Center, 1370 Point Park Lane in Gulf Breeze.
A University of West Florida-Institute for Human Machine & Cognition research team received a $478,000 grant for the acquisition of advanced robotic platforms and equipment from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program of the Office of Naval Research. The grant was one of only 64 grants awarded in the nation. Dr. Robert Griffin and Dr. Matt Johnson, who both hold dual appointments with IHMC and UWF through the Intelligent Systems and Robotics program, and Dr. Hakki Erhan Sevil, UWF ISR faculty member, worked together to apply for the funding.
Last Monday marked the 10th anniversary of a tragedy Navarre residents won’t soon forget.
On March 10, 2015, a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter carrying seven U.S. Marines and four Louisiana National Guard soldiers crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound approximately 5 miles east of the Navarre Beach Bridge. There were no survivors.
The race for Florida House of Representatives District 3 is heating up. Endorsements are being handed out and final pitches are being made to voters.
With the election just a couple of weeks away, Jamie Wells, one of the candidates, decided to hold a forum with other candidates in Navarre. The event was held Monday, March 10, at Stripes Pub and Grill.
Multiple instances have been reported to the Santa Rosa County Animal Services administration wherein scam callers, showing up as the correct SRCAS shelter phone number, elicit payment information from residents to pay fees or fines.
Santa Rosa County Animal Services will never ask anyone to submit payments over the phone. Residents should hang up immediately and call the shelter line to report the fraudulent call if such a request is made.
If residents dial the shelter line (850-983-4680) from their own device, it will connect them to the correct SRCAS front desk number.
On Thursday, March 13, Toby James White, who was apprehended by law enforcement Jan. 25 for second degree murder, was found dead in his cell at Santa Rosa County Jail.
