Each New Year’s Day, people flock to Navarre Beach to brave the (sometimes) cold temps and jump into the Gulf or Sound to usher in the new year. For the past few years, there have been a couple of ‘plunges’ on Navarre Beach.
The announcement of a Happy Joe’s coming to Navarre came in February 2022. Jeff and Jennifer Harding selected the location and told Navarre it would be coming soon.
Northwest Florida is expecting severe weather tonight, Jan. 8 into Tuesday, Jan. 9. The National Weather Service in Mobile is providing updates on the weather and multiple county and local agencies, including schools, have issued statements on their plans during the severe weather:
Alcohol will be able to flow a little more freely now in south Santa Rosa County thanks to an amendment to the Land Development Code, which went into effect Jan. 1 after being approved last September.
It’s no secret that 2023 was a tough year for military recruiting, but that situation is looking up, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder during a news conference yesterday.
The 2023 high school football season had its share of big moments. Navarre won a district championship for the second straight year and Jay enjoyed a turnaround season that resulted in a playoff berth. Pace went 8-2 but was left out of the playoffs despite its record.
Tourism is one of the chief economic drivers of Florida and Santa Rosa County is no exception. Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors come to Navarre Beach and other places in the county to spend money on things like hotels, restaurants, canoeing and camping.
Happy 2024! We are looking forward to the new year. We have two additional team members joining us within the first eight days of the new year, and we interviewed a very good candidate for Crestview today. One of our new team members will be “newsworthy” because of her history with Santa Rosa Press Gazette. You can “read all about it” next week. Can you tell I’m excited about having more help? The week between Christmas and New Year’s we have been getting computers and offices ready for our new team, clearing out a storage unit – one of three. Yes, we are the culprits keeping all the storage units in business.
