The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber is pleased to announce SpringHill Suites by Marriott Pensacola Beach as the Chamber’s Business of the Month for December 2015.
When Andy Pike opened Auto Depot on Highway 87 south in Navarre in March it was on one of the three lots he was leasing for the business directly in front of Navarre Auto Repair. The lot was originally approved for used car sales for eight vehicles in 2012. The business grew quickly and Pike had to expand to the other two lots on the property. What he didn’t realize, was one of those lots was zoned differently than the others.
In the unlikely event there is a tsunami, Santa Rosa County Emergency Management has completed a Tsunami Plan and completed a “table-top exercise,” according to Brad Baker, Director of Emergency Management for Santa Rosa County, in a memo addressed to the board of county commissioners.
The Navarre Beach pier operator has averted a debt default and takeover of its operations by Santa Rosa County, but Coastal Concessions nevertheless says sharing business responsibilities could help avoid a future financial crisis.
Just after 7 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 deputies responded to a home invasion call on Joyce Phillips Lane in the town of Jay. According to Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Rich Aloy, the suspect broke into the home through the front door and the resident shot the suspect.
During the Dec. 8 budget meeting of the Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS) Board, one thing caught the board members by complete surprise: the benefits package purchased for the employees of the water department, specifically health insurance.
According to a release issued by the State Attorney Bill Eddins, Normond L. Hale was convicted by a Santa Rosa jury on Dec. 10, 2015 on two counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm and for shooting within a building.
Navarre’s boys basketball team went into halftime of its game against Pensacola Catholic Dec. 1 staring up at a six-point deficit and facing the possibility of losing its third-consecutive game.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (AP) — A few dozen elderly men who survived the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor 74 years ago gathered Monday at the site to remember fellow servicemen who didn’t make it.