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Letter: A solution to preserve democracy

Written by Staff Reporters on February 6, 2021. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

A solution to our messy system for electing the president of the United States is in the works.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is gaining steam nationwide, and a bill for Florida to join the Compact has been introduced in the Florida legislature.

Petitions show opposition to to expanding borrow pits

Written by Staff Reporters on February 6, 2021. Posted in News.

More than 4,000 people have signed two petitions that oppose expanding borrow pit mining in Santa Rosa County.

One petition is on the national website change.org and the other on the local website sponsored by the three governing bodies, Holley-Navarre Water System, Midway Water System, and the city of Gulf Breeze, comprising the Fairpoint Regional Utility System (FRUS).

Navarre Raiders started from the bottom and now they’re champs

Written by Brian Lester on February 5, 2021. Posted in Sports.

When Abby Fogg took over as the Navarre girls basketball coach four years ago, the program was in shambles.

Fast forward to Friday night in Milton. A 33-18 victory over the Panthers punctuates a district championship for the first time since 2016.

Letter: Area needs successful strategies to deal with growth

Written by Staff Reporters on February 5, 2021. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Recently there have been multiple articles in various local and regional media outlets pointing out the problems with the rapid growth in the Northwest Florida Region.

Having been CEO of a rapidly growing and evolving community in another state, I am all too familiar with these challenges.

Parade rolls on in Milton

Written by Staff Reporters on February 5, 2021. Posted in Community.

Milton held its Mardi Gras parade last Saturday. Crowds gathered along the parade route as floats rolled by.

Students sing to trees: ‘Let it grow’

Written by Kaitie Kiger on February 5, 2021. Posted in Community.

In late celebration of Florida Arbor Day, which was Jan. 15, two trees were planted on Navarre Beach that are known for growing in sand.

Navarre Garden Club came out and showed high school students from the Marine Science Station program how to properly plant a tree.

Spirit 03 crew remembered

Written by Staff Reporters on February 5, 2021. Posted in Community.

The 1st Special Operations Wing hosted a 30th anniversary remembrance ceremony for the fallen crew of Spirit 03 at the Hurlburt Field Air Park Jan. 29.

The 14-person crew’s AC-130H Spectre gunship was shot down by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile while conducting a combat mission during Operation Desert Storm, Jan. 31 1991,.

Tiger shark caught and released off Navarre Beach

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 4, 2021. Posted in News.

After fishermen hooked a 12-foot, 6-inch tiger shark Wednesday, photos shot of the event lit up the internet.

The fishermen, reportedly associated with True Blue – a self-described community of shark fishermen based in Milton – walked the fishing line down the pier and pulled the animal into shallow water, where they measured, tagged and released it, according to spectators.

County delays borrow pit vote

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 4, 2021. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County commissioners will not vote Feb. 25 on whether to repeal key wellfield protections as anticipated. Instead, county staff will bring the matter to the board at the Feb. 9 work session to ask for further direction.

Senate looking for salary information

Written by News Service of Florida on February 4, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Hundreds of organizations that receive state dollars are being asked to provide information about the salaries of their top executives to the Florida Senate in the next two weeks.

Florida Senate staff members compiled an eight-page list of organizations that would supply salary information. Collectively, those organizations received more than $191 million in recurring funding in this year’s state budget.