Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole will receive up to $200,000 in additional bed tax funds for the Agri-plex project if the county commission approves his request.
County Administrator Hunter Walker is, on average, exceeding Santa Rosa County Commissioners’ expectations, according to the commissioners’ performance appraisal.
Santa Rosa County commissioners elected to keep the 30-year submerged-land lease it has with the Florida Bureau of Public Land Administration for Navarre Beach.
State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Midway, has withdrawn a bill that would have allowed development of oil and gas resources in the Blackwater River State Forest.
Panera Bread, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., plans to open a standalone Panera Bread restaurant at the Sea Shell Collections Center in Gulf Breeze by the end of this year, making it the seventh Panera Bread between Pensacola and Sandestin.
Navarre High School’s 2013 baseball campaign began with a road trip to Fort Walton Beach on Feb. 12. First-year coach David Meredith was hoping to get off to a good start and the team responded by opening the season with a 4-3 victory against the host Vikings.