Water tap fees have been an unwelcome surprise to many new businesses exploring Navarre locations. Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS) has officially made the fees more palatable for non-residential businesses that receive a building permit between Sept. 1, 2015, and Aug. 31, 2016.  Depending on the number of full-time employees, businesses could see an automatic 50 percent or 25 percent reduction in fees.

Show us the money. That’s what City of Gulf Breeze leaders are waiting to see as their light at the end of the Tiger Point Golf Club tunnel.

Let’s share the pain.

The recent award of a Santa Rosa County contract for military affairs consulting to a company that had been administratively dissolved by the Florida Division of Corporations raises questions about how such applicants are vetted, said Commissioner Bob Cole.

Up to 70 acres of the beleaguered Tiger Point Golf Club would become a Santa Rosa County park under a proposal discussed Tuesday morning by officials of the county and City of Gulf Breeze in a meeting that abruptly excluded the public.

In the wake of allegations that the Gulf Breeze Zoo CEO and his daughter willfully violated the Animal Welfare Act, Dr. Natalie Dyson, the zoo’s veterinarian, said she’s never seen any signs of misconduct at the zoo.