Residents of Hawthorn Drive in Holley by The Sea (HBTS) may have noticed a small yellow sign on a piece of vacant property across from Palmetto Lane at its junction with Hawthorne Drive.

Rep. Jayer Williamson filed a bill to the Florida House of Representatives Dec. 27 that would require a referendum for any prospective municipality incorporation, making Williamson’s “personal requirement” a Florida law.

HB 1035 would include a paragraph in F.S. 165.041 requiring the “passage of a nonbinding referendum … supporting the incorporation of a new municipality approved by 60% or more of the qualified electors within the area of the proposed municipality.”

After a year of internal transitions, Santa Rosa County has a new – and old – attorney in place. Tom Dannheisser, county attorney for more than 20 years, has stepped back into that role after serving as a county and circuit judge.

Navarre Beach Fishing Pier breaks attendance, revenue records

When the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners met Dec. 6, they learned what they may have already realized.

Ready, set, go!

It’s back to school for Santa Rosa County students.

County administrator Dan Schebler steps down after years of accomplishment, weeks of harassment

Just after 9 p.m. July 13, near the midway point of a Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners meeting that would last more than eight hours, an email went out.

Navarre’s extensive reef system expands

Deployment of new reef modules got underway Jan. 5 morning at three different sites off the shore of Navarre Beach.