The Holley-Navarre Fire District was dispatched to a residential structure fire in the 8900 block on Sunset Drive due to a reported fire in the kitchen.
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Commerce and Coffee Aug. 28 Raider style. The meeting served as a hometown pep rally for the Navarre High School football team as they prepared for their home opener against Pensacola’s Catholic High School. Head Coach Jay Walls and Dr. Steve Jordan with the Andrews Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center were the featured speakers.
The quickening pace of population growth in Santa Rosa County is testing law enforcement’s capacity, but meanwhile most crime categories are actually on the decline of late, especially in the fast-growing Navarre area.
About 1500 Navarre Beach residents who are eligible for the new $250 cap on their lease fees have missed the June 30 deadline to apply for them, costing some individuals hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Holley-Navarre Water System officials are looking at working with or possibly acquiring, the county’s Navarre Beach Water and Sewer, and for the life of us we can’t figure out why.
Officials at the nonprofit Holley-Navarre Water System are researching a possible merger, acquisition or other combination with Santa Rosa County-owned Navarre Beach Water and Sewer.
When Santa Rosa County began discussing the next go-round of beach renourishment in January 2013, the estimated price was $12 million to $13 million. All necessary permits have been issued and the project now has an $18 million dollar price tag, which could increase to $19 million if the county doesn’t act soon, according to Michael Walther, a professional engineer with south Florida-based Coastal Tech, who attended Monday’s county commission meeting.
Koebi King didn’t see the 3-foot-long cottonmouth snake that bit him just after midnight on Aug. 4 until after the fangs had suddenly sunk into his ankle and been withdrawn.
A black bear roaming in a Holley By The Sea neighborhood was captured in a trap Monday afternoon and taken away by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.