An important meeting is being held tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. at the regular commissioners meeting at 6495 Caroline Street in the commissioners’ chambers. If you haven’t heard about it, please listen up. These public hearings were advertised by our county in Escambia County (Pensacola News Journal) – not Santa Rosa County. Under Florida Statute […]
Former Adams Sanitation boss and Okaloosa County Commissioner Nathan Boyles has officially been elected to the Florida Legislature.
The newly elected public official will serve as the State Representative for District 3, which represents most of Santa Rosa County the north part of Okaloosa County.
The wider culture has designated this Sunday “Father’s Day,” but if you attend the worship service at COMPASS Church, you will hear me refer to it only as the Lord’s Day, just as I do on the Sunday designated “Mother’s Day.” Our culture is eagerly jettisoning any reference to God, so I have taken this small stand to preserve Sundays as the Lord’s Day, at least among believers. Nonetheless, we do honor our fathers and mothers on those Lord’s Days because it is biblical to do so, not just one day a year, but every day.
You may have read the following before or in the paper, but it needs to be repeated because there are still tickets available to the party of the century, the Navarre Centennial Ball. If you miss it, there won’t be another one for one hundred years. The Centennial Committee is selling the tickets on the sales platform, Eventbrite, and Eventbrite let us know this morning that 61% of ticket sales are usually done in the last two weeks before an event. That might work for a fishing rodeo, but not an event with a plated dinner. We have about 56 tickets left to sell, but truth be told, we could add a few more if needed. I’ve heard from a few people that they don’t want to dress up. I didn’t pick the dress code, but there are people that like to dress up and there are those that do not. Feel free to wear whatever you would feel comfortable in going to a wedding or church. You don’t have to own a ballgown, but if you want to wear a tux or ballgown, you will not be in the minority. I do know a few men who have told me they are going to wear a tux with flip flops.
Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners approved plans for the expansion of Twelve Oaks Recovery Center with some minor caveats based on community input.
Tallahassee – Arguing that a district judge’s ruling “puts millions of kids at risk,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on June 9 asked a federal appeals court to allow the state to enforce a law targeting social-media platforms while a legal battle plays out.
The scenario: A category 4 hurricane has struck Santa Rosa County and now it is all hands on deck for the aftermath.
In preparation for the 2025 hurricane season, Santa Rosa County Emergency Management gathered its partners needed in a crisis and held their annual hurricane exercise.
In the early morning hours of June 10, Holley-Navarre Fire District was dispatched to a reported structure fire in the 3000 block of Tiffany Lane. A nearby resident called 911 after hearing explosions and spotting flames coming from a neighboring residence. The caller also expressed concern that the home’s occupant may have been trapped inside.
