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School buses crash on Highway 98 near Sunrise Drive

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 5, 2024. 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 February 5, 2024. 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 February 3, 2024. 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 February 2, 2024. 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 February 2, 2024. Posted in News.

Balancing funding for fire departments with residents who have to pay for it can sometimes be tricky.

An Airman’s journey: Life in the Air Force

Written by Staff Reporters on February 2, 2024. Posted in Military, News.

A lightbulb went off.

“If I’m at the same job for the next 20 years, I’ll go crazy,” thought Airman 1st Class Sydney Gore, 720th Operations Support Squadron command support staff technician. “I want to challenge myself in my career.”

FPL awards $200K in grants to help 28 nonprofits across Northwest Florida

Written by Staff Reporters on February 2, 2024. Posted in Community.

Consider the variety of needs in our community: beds for children who are sleeping on floors. food, clothing and care for at-risk foster children, STEM and mentoring programs to spark brighter lives for children and teens, marine and wildlife conservation and protection programs.

Road to connect Woodlawn Beach Middle School to new soccer park

Written by Ken Garner on February 2, 2024. Posted in News.

A new soccer complex on U.S. Highway 98 will relieve pressure on Tiger Point Park and provide greater connectivity for Woodlawn Beach Middle School.

Boy Scout brings his passion for firefighting to Eagle Scout project

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 2, 2024. Posted in Beach, News.

On most days, firefighters are the ones helping others but on Jan. 20, firefighters with Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District (NBFRD) received a helping hand from a young man.