Bed taxes show robust growth trend
In a fiscal year of high numbers for bed-tax collections, January saw a 41 percent increase in these fees paid by overnight visitors to Santa Rosa County.
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LOST: Are we getting what we paid for?
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County commissioners plan to ask voters to raise the local option sales tax (LOST) in an August special election. This would extend and expand an existing half-cent LOST approved by voters in 2016.
Water system working on effluent deadline
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Holley Navarre Water System will hit the critical limit for effluent disposal on Nov. 25, 2025.
County to collect bed tax on Airbnb rentals
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An amendment to the collection agreement between Santa Rosa County and Airbnb and the cleanup of an abandoned truck stop on Highway 87 were among the topics discussed by county commissioners Monday.
Brian Out Loud
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Brian Out Loud, Opinion.
Are you ready for some football?
Fralick helps East edge West
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Fog rolled in before halftime of the Subway All-Star Soccer Game. A storm was on its way.
Medical devices with paws: Service animals are not pets
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At less than a foot tall and weighing just a few pounds, Tosha is among the smallest of the working dogs, but this service animal does a big job for her owner with a disability.
Local singer makes ‘American Idol’ debut
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Santa Rosa County native Chloe Channell, 17, has been entertaining mass audiences with her musical skills for most of her life, but her talents went national last week as she debuted on the hit singing competition show “American Idol.”
Raiders continue to make strides as weightlifting season rolls on
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Navarre rolled through another weightlifting meet last Wednesday afternoon.
For God’s Sake
Written by Michael Bannon on . Posted in For God's Sake, Opinion.
Last Saturday thousands lined Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach for the annual Mardi Gras parade, a family friendly version of the more hedonistic event in New Orleans. Mardi Gras, French for “Fat Tuesday,” refers to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and marks the end of a month of festivities before the forty-day season of Lent.