Extra points from week one of high school football season
Week one of the high school season is complete.
Here’s a look back at the first week and what is ahead for Navarre, Pace, Central, Jay and Milton.
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Santa Rosa County voters flip one seat in school board elections
Written by Collin Bestor on . Posted in News.
Santa Rosa County voters flipped one seat on the Santa Rosa County School Board during the Florida primary on Aug. 18, with the race over who will hold that seat moving to the November general election.
Competitive Raider swimmers not holding back from putting in work
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Uncategorized.
Navarre’s swim team is excited about its potential. And the Raiders have been working hard in the pool to maximize it.
Up early each morning at the Pullum YMCA, the swimmers have embraced the grind.
PHOTOS: Soundside High School’s first day
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, Education, News.
Soundside High School opened its doors to students Aug. 10. This first day marked the first time classes were taught at the new three-story high school.
Eglin Project Phase I nearly complete as county gears up for Phase II
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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.