Aug. 5-11, 2021 Blast from the Past
One Year Ago – 2020
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection notified the county that they would no longer issue general permits for larger projects in the south county.
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Live Oaks provide shade in the summer
Written by Les Harrison on . Posted in Opinion.
As July fades into August, more residents are questioning how the trees in their home landscapes would fair in a tropical storm or hurricane.
Some have a high potential to cause problems, other like the Southern Live Oak are less likely to damage structures.
Letter: Citizen blames ‘THAT’ commissioner for turning meetings into a circus
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Opinion.
We all see it and have seen it for well over a year.
The Santa Rosa County BOCC 5 ring circus. We see a concerted effort by THAT commissioner and his not so merry band to literally suppress and deny citizens First Amendment right to free speech.
Raider band camp brings marching band out of hibernation
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Community.
After taking a year and a half hiatus, marching band is back, and the Navarre High School Raider Band is ready to march on the field again. Last year, the band was only allowed to have a pep band during football season.
“No one was allowed to march, so we just played in the stands,” Navarre High School band director Dean Barrow said.
Raiders’ team unity solidified during summer volleyball workouts
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
As much as this summer has been about improvement and preparing for the season ahead, it’s also provided an opportunity for the Navarre volleyball players to form a strong bond.
Senior Reese Carroll believes she and her teammates have done just that.
Man who stopped to help victims of head-on collision haunted by scene, what could have been
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
A Louisiana family traveling to the beach Friday morning narrowly missed being struck head-on by the driver traveling on the wrong side of State Road 87 over the Yellow River.
The driver, a 56-year-old Navarre man, was killed after striking a driver just behind Ken Parker and his family.
Vaccinations up in county; so are the number of COVID cases
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
The number of people vaccinated for COVID-19 nearly doubled last week, with 1,843 people receiving vaccinations compared to 938 the week before. About 45% of the population is now vaccinated.
But the number of cases and hospitalizations also increased dramatically too. Santa Rosa now has the fourth highest positivity rate in the state at 27.6. That means more than a quarter of the people being tested are positive for the virus.
How to find sand dollars this summer
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Beach.
Folks visit Navarre Beach for the crystalline blue waters, white sand and diverse marine life.
It’s a place to swim, fish and relax. But some people come to the beach on a mission – to find seashells and sand dollars, fragile treasures that rarely wash up on shore fully intact.
Public Notice # 2398 – NOTICE OF TAX FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY – SRC Schools
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Legal.
NOTICE OF TAX FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY The Santa Rosa County School District will soon consider a measure to continue to impose a 1.5 mill property tax for the capital outlay projects listed herein. This tax is in addition to the School Board’s proposed tax of 4.404 mills for operating expenses and is proposed solely […]
Caballero ready to be impact player for Raiders
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Follow the Twitter feed of Christian Caballero and it doesn’t take long to figure out the rising Navarre junior is leaving a lasting impression on college coaches left and right.
Georgia Southern, Wake Forest and East Carolina are among the stops Caballero has made this summer for camps.