‘Very positive outcome’ announced for Turner House mediation
A beach house on Gulf Boulevard that has been the source of dispute and frustration for more than a decade may finally have found a way to fit in with the neighborhood.
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Local father, grandfather struck and killed by motorist who left scene
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
A 50-year-old Navarre father and grandfather was killed Tuesday by a driver who hit him and fled the scene.
Robert Triplett was walking to work just before 6 a.m. when a box truck driver swerved into the bike lane on U.S. Highway 98 in front of the Navarre Walmart.
The truck fled. Florida Highway Patrol is asking anyone with information about the accident to call 850-287-8090.
Sprowls tells House to ‘be brave’ as 2021 session starts
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Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls kicked off the start of the 2021 legislative session by criticizing the media and lobbyists and encouraging lawmakers to “be brave.”
Courthouse construction provides classroom tool
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Education.
As 6,000-pound wall panels were being placed on the new Santa Rosa County (SRC) courthouse behind them, county commissioner Dave Piech and other county officials recorded an educational video for SRC students.
The video was filmed Feb. 26 and included interviews with the construction workers, project managers and architects behind the courthouse construction project.
Residents say speeders endangering Ortega Street
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A small group of citizens concerned about speeding on Ortega Street met with Commission Chair Dave Piech and representatives from the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office last week.
The citizens say that speeding is a recurring and dangerous problem along their residential street, where the speed limit is 20 miles per hour, only increasing to 30 mph as it approaches the high school.
DeSantis State of the State address
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Gov. Ron DeSantis gave his State of the State address Tuesday to formally start the 2021 legislative session. Here are his remarks, as prepared for delivery:
State looks at costly fix for unemployment site
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More than $73 million is needed over the next two years to revamp Florida’s much- criticized unemployment system, which was overwhelmed in the initial weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the state’s unemployment agency said Monday.
DeSantis, GOP lawmakers take aim at foreign influence
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Calling Florida’s higher-education system one of the state’s “primary targets of foreign influence,” Gov. Ron DeSantis joined Republican lawmakers Monday in releasing proposals that take aim at espionage and intellectual property theft by China and other nations.
Raider flag football team dominates preseason games
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Until last week, Navarre’s flag football team didn’t have its entire roster together for a practice. Several of the girls were still playing basketball for a Raider squad that reached the Elite Eight.
Yet, Thursday afternoon at Bennett C. Russell Stadium, the Raiders looked like a well-oiled machine in a pair of preseason games against county rivals Pace and Gulf Breeze.
Leggett, Arno lead way at Viking Relays
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Rachel Leggett set a school record in the long jump and AJ Arno won the triple jump as Navarre competed in its first big meet of the season Saturday.
A week removed from wrapping up her high school basketball season, Leggett went out and crushed the previous record with a distance of 17-feet-6 1/4-inches at the Fort Walton Beach Viking Relays.