In late January, the first concerns about the Zika virus began to surface in the state of Florida.  By February, the first alert was issued and Santa Rosa County had reported its first and, to date, only case of the mosquito-borne illness which was travel-related.  On Feb. 2, the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County said there were a total of nine cases in the state and all were travel-associated cases.

The risk of a state-imposed regulatory moratorium on new sewer hookups by Holley-Navarre Water System is being exaggerated so the company can build a controversial wastewater treatment unit in the Williams Creek residential neighborhood.

Mike Sandler signed a confidentiality agreement before he joined the BentProp expedition this year in the Republic of Palau on a mission to find downed planes and vessels that may contain remains of MIAs from WWII.  Sandler, a resident of Navarre, and a retired chief master sergeant from Hurlburt Field,  was one of only three new selectees this year for the task after a nationwide search by BentProp.  Sandler returned in mid-April and when asked if he found anything, he would say, “We found a lot of places where there isn’t anything.”