The increased impact of the influenza infection has led Florida Medicaid to temporarily activate payment for Medicaid recipients who are pregnantand age 21 and older now through March.
According to a former employee, it was quite literally costing the Navarre Church’s Chicken an arm and a leg to stay open. The restaurant, located at 8068 Navarre Parkway, closed its doors Dec.12, and former employees said that the reason for the abrupt close was due to the fact that the location had been losing money.
Gulf Power has just completed the installation of nearly 1,000 LED streetlights from Bayshore Road in Gulf Breeze east through Navarre to the Okaloosa County line to help keep drivers more safe when traveling at night.
The sky was overcast and the water temperature was in the 50’s but none of that mattered to the more than 350 participants in Juana’s annual Penguin Plunge.
Despite not having enough appointees present for a quorum, attendees at a specially called Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) meeting Jan. 7 decided to use prior input from council members to develop a committee list of five bids to recommend for further consideration for the TDC marketing services contract.
TC’s Coastal Porch, LLC took over operation of Navarre Beach Fishing Pier Jan. 1, following what one partner described as an eventful transition. Santa Rosa deputies responded to the county-owned pier four times Dec. 28 after previous contractor Pier, Inc.’s employees were observed using sledgehammers to demolish wooden structures on the deck. Although one commissioner called for prosecution in the matter, two county officials later decided the demolition had been within the rights of the contractor.
When Navarre High School senior Colton Boney was dealing with the death of his grandparents five years ago, little did he know that comforting words of wisdom from a former teacher would have such a profound effect on him.
A national coaches association recognized that Navarre High School’s 2011-2012 girls soccer team earned a Team Academic Award for its overall performance in the classroom. Last year’s Lady Raiders compiled a 3.53 team GPA.