Work continues on Navarre Beach turtle center
Renovations continue on the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center and Director Cathy Holmes hopes to see the project finished by the end of the month.
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Seashore to increase fees
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Starting June 14, Gulf Islands National Seashore will increase entrance fees in order to fund maintenance and improvement projects that directly serve and benefit visitors within the park. Eighty percent of fees collected stay in the park, according to a release from the Seashore.
Alexander out as chamber CEO
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After nearly two years as the CEO and president of the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Tony Alexander was terminated Tuesday morning in a vote by the board of directors.
Deputies respond to a rollover at the intersection of Shipton Street and Seascape Lane Friday, June 4.
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Residents along Shipton Street and Seascape Lane could hardly believe what they saw Friday afternoon. On the backroads of Navarre, at approximately 4:30 p.m., witnesses saw an orange Jeep traveling east at a high rate of speed overturn in the middle of the street, stopping short of careening into a neighboring occupied house and backyard.
Escapee captured in Pensacola after 2 years
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The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force captured an Alabama escapee June 4, when they pulled him over on the Bob Sikes Toll Bridge just before entering Pensacola Beach.
Girl, 7, dies in crash
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A 7-year-old Navarre girl died Friday night following injuries sustained in a car crash in Walton County.
Search to begin for new county administrator
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Santa Rosa County Commissioners today are expected to approve the job posting in the search for a new county administrator.
Commissioner’s hearing delayed
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Santa Rosa County District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole was scheduled June 5 to attend a mandatory hearing before County Judge Jose Giraud for a non-criminal Sunshine Law violation charge filed March 12 by State Attorney Bill Eddins. Cole faces a $500 fine.
Property tax revenues continue upswing
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For the third consecutive year, Santa Rosa County property tax revenues are expected to increase. During Tuesday’s pre-budget workshop, Budget Director Jayne Bell projected a 2.1 percent increase of just over $1 million – but don’t expect commissioners to lower ad valorem assessments.
Black Hawk pilots lost control, crashed in thick fog
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A Black Hawk helicopter crashed last March, killing 11 servicemen, because two veteran Louisiana Army National Guard helicopter pilots got disoriented and lost control while switching from visual-based to instrument-based flight procedures in a thick fog during a training exercise, the military said June 4.