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Eglin Project Phase I nearly complete as county gears up for Phase II

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 9, 2026. Posted in News.

The multiyear, multimillion-dollar Santa Rosa Regional Reuse Project is nearing completion in its first phase.

The project, also referred to as the Eglin RIBs Project or simply Eglin Project, involves the county, Holley-Navarre Water System, Northwest Florida Water Management District and the city of Gulf Breeze.

Santa Rosa County Schools petitions state judge for right to fire employee

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 7, 2026. Posted in Education, News.

Santa Rosa County District Schools is awaiting a judge’s order to see if it can fire a suspended employee accused of inappropriate communication with Central School students in 2024 and 2025.

The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) is hearing a case between the school district and Keith Elliott, an IT professional who was suspended by the district last September.

Newman far from home but close to start of next football chapter

Written by Brian Lester on August 6, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Ethan Newman is the furthest he has ever been from home playing college football. He’s more than 2,300 miles away from Navarre, now playing ball for the University of Nevada in Reno.

It’s taken some time to get used to it.

Jessie Holmes feeling blessed and happy to be coaching football

Written by Brian Lester on August 5, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Lying on his back one night in the summer of 2024, Jessie Holmes was struggling to breathe.

A chest x-ray later confirmed a scary diagnosis for the former Navarre Raider football standout. He had congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy.

Florida Dept. of Agriculture closes shellfish harvesting location in East Bay

Written by Staff Reporters on August 5, 2026. Posted in Business, News.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) announced the closure of a leased shellfish harvesting area in Santa Rosa County.

According to a recent agency release, the state closed the conditionally approved No. 0232 East Bay sites in the Pensacola Bay Shellfish Harvesting Area. The closure went into effect at sunset Monday, Aug. 3.

Raiders have new way to pick game day captains in football

Written by Brian Lester on August 3, 2026. Posted in Sports.

The Navarre Raiders have a new way of selecting game captains for the 2026 season.

Only those players who earned Iron Raider recognition will have a chance to be a captain.

Right on Q: Randolph’s fifth season in IFL comes to a close

Written by Brian Lester on August 3, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Quentin Randolph’s fifth season in the Indoor Football League ended with a playoff loss to the Arizona Rattlers on Aug. 2.

The reigning league champion Vegas Knight Hawks lost 47-36 to the Arizona Rattlers in the first round at home.

UWF Argos focused on building a team ahead of first D-I season

Written by Brian Lester on July 30, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Construction is going on around the University of West Florida’s Darrell Gooden Stadium on a Thursday morning in late July and it ties right into what is being built on the field as the Argos prepare for year one in NCAA Division I football.

Natalie Busch headed to Division I level for flag football

Written by Brian Lester on July 29, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Natalie Busch is headed North.

The former Navarre Raider flag football standout announced she is playing at Division I Eastern Michigan next season.

Closer look at new era of athletics at UWF

Written by Brian Lester on July 28, 2026. Posted in Sports.

University of West Florida Athletic Director Dave Scott remembers the days of overhearing prospective students on campus tours talk about the Argos going Division I.

At the time, it was just talk. But the goal was to always get there.