National Seashore benefiting from fee increase
Gulf Islands National Seashore offers visitors plenty to do during the year, from camping and swimming to exploring old military forts and biking or walking along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.
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In support of Rob Williamson
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
I’d like to point out that Mr. Rob Williamson is our duly-elected (by a wide margin I might add) county commissioner despite the Navarre Press’ and reporter Romi White’s diligent efforts to prevent that from happening last fall.
Fat Albert pilot all about thrills
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Community.
Maj. Dusty Cook is in his second year as a pilot for the Blue Angels’ Hercules C-130 aircraft, Fat Albert.
Owner shows off zoo’s latest improvements
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in News.
The improvements that have been made to The Gulf Breeze Zoo are evident the minute a visitor drives through the gates. From the entry sign to new shelters in the parking lot, past visitors will notice that the grounds are well care for.
County may purchase part of Tiger Point Golf
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Up to 70 acres of the beleaguered Tiger Point Golf Club would become a Santa Rosa County park under a proposal discussed Tuesday morning by officials of the county and City of Gulf Breeze in a meeting that abruptly excluded the public.
FWC welcomes new chairman, vice chairman
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
New leaders assumed their roles with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). At its meeting June 25 in Sarasota, the FWC elected Vice Chairman Brian Yablonski of Tallahassee to serve as chairman and Aliese “Liesa” Priddy of Immokalee to serve as vice chairman.
Air Force couple heals, touches lives with ‘Tiny’ stitches
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Military, News.
For nearly two years, they’ve collected and crocheted handmade blankets to help cancer patients in South Carolina. But it all began with a “tiny” idea.
Cruz, Huckabee competing for evangelical votes
Written by Associated Press on . Posted in Faith.
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee went head-to-head for evangelical votes last weekend, telling a megachurch congregation in Georgia that God favors the United States but warning that the nation is on a perilous spiritual path because of actions like the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
Impares waters
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Santa Rosa Sound is always bubbling with activity, including swimming, kayaking, jet skiing or fishing. So it may come as a surprise to some that the Sound does not meet water quality standards set forth by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Episcopalians OK allowing gay marriage in churches
Written by Associated Press on . Posted in Faith.
The Episcopal Church has completed its embrace of gay rights, changing church law to allow same-sex religious marriages throughout the denomination, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.