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New water well for south Santa Rosa customers now online

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 11, 2023. Posted in Business, News.

On Thursday, April 6, Holley Navarre Water System cut the ribbon for a new drinking water supply well off Pinewood Lane in Harold. It is Well No. 7 for the Fairpoint Regional Utility System, which is comprised of three member utilities, of which HNWS is one.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on April 11, 2023. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

When I left my house this morning my granddaughter was watching dancing vegetables on the living room TV and she was mesmerized.

My four children were not raised watching screens or TV and I had already cautioned my daughter about getting her daughter hooked on screens.

Middle school sports are a start; school board, county can do better

Written by Staff Reporters on April 11, 2023. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Excited social media posts rippled across Santa Rosa County last week when the school board approved adding a limited middle school sports program.

It’s about time. Our neighbors in Escambia and Okaloosa counties have offered robust middle school sports programs for years while Santa Rosa County families wonder why they don’t have the same opportunity.

Technology really is the best and worst

Written by Dusty Ricketts on April 11, 2023. Posted in Opinion.

I love technology.

I think it’s incredible that the science fiction of my childhood has become my reality as an adult.

DeSantis, BoCC announce broadband awards

Written by Ken Garner on April 10, 2023. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners tentatively approved spending $1.5 million to help bring rural broadband access to communities along Munson Highway in the northeast part of the county. Just hours earlier, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an award of almost $3.4 million to expand access in the communities of Allentown, Chumuckla, Pace and Wallace in the county’s northwest.

Rhodes Elementary student cooking competitively

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 10, 2023. Posted in Education.

Braxton Parker always knew he wanted to be a chef; he just didn’t know he would be recognized for it at such an early age.

Parker, a third-grade student at Rhodes Elementary School, won Santa Rosa County District Schools’ 2023 Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge. His official title after winning the competition is Santa Rosa County Future Chef Grand Champion.

Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on April 10, 2023. Posted in Brian Out Loud, Opinion.

I’m going to say for 364 days of the year, most of America could care less about women’s college basketball.

Most of America doesn’t put it on its list of sports to watch on a Tuesday night in late January and no one is racing to fill out women’s basketball brackets for an office pool.

For God’s Sake: Today is the day of salvation

Written by Michael Bannon on April 10, 2023. Posted in For God's Sake, Opinion.

Growing up in Canada, my first taste of pineapple was from a can.

Those perfectly sliced rings of gold, floating in juice, looked enticing, but they tasted a lot like the can. Pinning them to the side of a Sunday ham and immolating them in an oven did little to improve the taste.

Navarre residents, nonprofit provide care internationally through Christ

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 10, 2023. Posted in Faith.

Healing the sick is one of the ways Jesus showed love and the grace of God. While ordinary people cannot cure people simply by laying their hands upon them, they can continue to show love and compassion for other human beings with medical care.

Navarre’s boys lacrosse season ends with loss to Gulf Breeze

Written by Brian Lester on April 10, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Nick Wilhelm scored what head coach Jonathan Jones called a ‘beautiful goal.’

The nice move by the senior standout to get open and fire a shot into the net gave Navarre an early 1-0 lead against rival Gulf Breeze in the opening round of the District 1-2A tournament Friday night.