A giant U.S. flag would help unify Santa Rosa County
Should the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners invest in buying and flying the largest U.S. flag in Florida? Absolutely.
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East Bay K8 students learn about drug dangers with familiar face
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education.
In addition to combating drugs in the community through law enforcement, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is taking the fight to the elementary school level.
Working without contract since October, Santa Rosa teachers still at negotiating table with district
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.
Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE), the union representing teachers and other instructional staff in Santa Rosa County schools, has been at the negotiating table with Santa Rosa District Schools for the past five and a half months trying to agree to terms for a contract for the 2023-24 school year.
The two sides have been through eight negotiation sessions with no end in sight. One of the most recent sessions was held Jan. 18.
Arc of Emerald Coast receives $25,000 from Fort Walton Beach Rotary
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The Arc of the Emerald Coast announced that on Wednesday, Jan. 31, it received a generous donation of $25,000 from the Fort Walton Beach Rotary. The funds were raised at the North Florida Pickleball Brawl, the Rotary’s annual pickleball tournament.
Santa Rosa All County Band hits right note in Pace
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community.
The sound of rain couldn’t drown out the sound of Santa Rosa’s All County Band Saturday, Jan. 27.
In spite of the gloomy weather, parents, school district employees and the community packed Pace Assembly of God to hear both middle school and high school students perform a variety of tunes from classics such as the Wizard of Oz and Star Wars to more recent compositions such as Tarantella by Carol Brittin Chambers.School buses crash on Highway 98 near Sunrise Drive
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.
A bus bound for West Navarre Primary School Monday morning, Feb. 5, didn’t make it to its destination. Instead, the bus, filled with 24 kindergarteners, first graders and second graders were involved in a collision with another school bus, which had no children in it at the time.
The crash left the buses and the children stuck on the side of Highway 98 for over half an hour. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. near the intersection of Highway 98 and Sunrise Drive in Navarre.
County officials address community about past, future budget
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in News.
Throughout the first two months of 2024, Santa Rosa County staff, namely those who oversee the budget, have been attending various community meetings to discuss the budgetary process, what the county’s budget has looked like and, most importantly, what future plans for county spending might be.
Flushed! Rudman pulls proposed bill to create utilities authority
Written by Ken Garner on . Posted in News.
A proposal to create a utilities authority to manage water and sewer services in Santa Rosa County north of the Yellow River is dead, for now.
Gulf Breeze Zoo’s ‘Kenya’ predicts an early spring and a Chiefs Super Bowl win on Giraffe Day
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Community.
An excited crowd gathered Friday morning around Kenya, a 16-year-old reticulated giraffe resident at Gulf Breeze Zoo, to watch her predict the future.
Feb. 2, or Groundhog Day as it’s called everywhere else, will now be referred to as Giraffe Day in Santa Rosa County, according to county commissioner Colton Wright who read an official declaration at the celebration Friday morning.Special fire districts respond to bill’s impact on funding
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in News.
Balancing funding for fire departments with residents who have to pay for it can sometimes be tricky.