For Citizens Property Insurance, the ultimate goal is to go out of business.

Before 1970, residents of Holley used pitcher pumps for their water source. But a small group of Holley residents saw the need for potable water and stepped forward to form what is the Holley Navarre Water System. With funding from the Farmers’ Home Administration, they began laying the pipes to bring water into their homes.

Nolen Allen Childers, age 67 of Gulf Breeze, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 2, and charged with attempted second degree murder for reportedly shooting his neighbor Ralph Amick.

With more than 2,500 bills already on the docket, Florida legislators will be back in the Capitol to duke it out Jan. 9 as the 2018 legislative session kicks off.

With an increase in cases of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) in our area, the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) encourages everyone to protect themselves and their families from the flu by getting vaccinated.

Sign-gate

Early in March the marketing firm hired by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), announced a new marketing slogan for Navarre. The motto, “Florida’s most relaxing place” would replace the long used “Florida’s best kept secret.” Problems started early in what would later be dubbed “Sign-gate.”