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February 2023, year in review

Written by Staff Reporters on December 23, 2023. Posted in News.

Simply the best

Karen Cody, a math teacher at Navarre High School, was named Santa Rosa County teacher of the year Wednesday, Jan. 25. Santa Rosa District Schools Superintendent Dr. Karen Barber, school board members and Santa Rosa Education Foundation members delivered the news to Cody’s classroom.

Parker’s plan will streamline meetings without reducing public input

Written by Staff Reporters on December 14, 2023. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Santa Rosa County is fortunate to have a committed group of citizen advocates, small but vocal, who monitor local government to protect the interests of “We the People.”

New Southend high school breaks ground

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on December 13, 2023. Posted in Community.

With shovels in hand and hardhats on their heads, members from Santa Rosa County school board ushered in the beginning of a new era for education on the south end of the county Wednesday, Dec. 6. They were at 5760 Gulf Breeze Parkway, the new home of a new high school, for a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction on the three story, 74 classroom Southend high school.

Contractor arrested for taking $15K payment without doing work

Written by Staff Reporters on December 8, 2023. Posted in News.

A Pensacola contractor has been arrested for larceny of over $15,000 after not performing work on a Gulf Breeze woman’s home.

Jesse Wayne LaCoste, 30, owner of LaCoste Construction Group, was arrested on Nov. 30 after Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated him for two years for not completing work he was contracted to do in 2020 and 2021.

Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center to hold annual Sea Turtle Soiree Dec. 9

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on December 7, 2023. Posted in Community.

On Saturday, Dec. 9, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) will hold its 2023 Sea Turtle Soiree. Proceeds from the event go toward NBSTCC programs and operations, which include educating visitors about marine ecosystems and helping injured or distressed sea turtles in Santa Rosa County.

Community Book Exchange to be held at Navarre Library

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 29, 2023. Posted in Community.

Looking to get some new books while getting rid of some you’ve already read?

On Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a community book exchange will be held at Navarre Library’s meeting room. Santa Rosa County Libraries, which oversees Navarre Library, is not affiliated with the book exchange or its organizers.

Groundbreaking for new Southend High School set for Dec. 6

Written by Staff Reporters on November 28, 2023. Posted in Education, News.

Santa Rosa County District Schools will host a groundbreaking for the new Southend High School on Wednesday, December 6, 1:30 p.m. at 5760 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze.

BoCC picks Pensacola firm to conduct feasibility study for aquatic center

Written by Ken Garner on November 15, 2023. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Commission last week picked Pensacola-based Baskerville-Donovan, Inc., to study the feasibility of building an aquatic center – or centers.

“This is all part of a process, and we’re on our way” then-Commission Chairman Colten Wright said after commissioners directed staff to begin contract negotiations with BDI.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on November 13, 2023. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

We want to send some love out to Santa Rosa County Animal Services. They are being recognized for saving more than 90% of the dogs and cats that entered the shelter last year. We think that is an amazing number of saves – animals that got adopted rather than euthanized. We see them working hard to find those dogs and cats their forever homes. The staff there truly cares about the animals, and we celebrate you!

School board candidate goes to Sheriff’s Office with book complaint

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 13, 2023. Posted in News.

A school board candidate in Santa Rosa County has been caught up in controversy following a visit to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 25. Jennifer Tapley, a candidate for Santa Rosa school board district 2, along with Tom Gurski, went to the Sheriff’s Office with a complaint about Jay High school’s librarian after a student checked out a book Tapley considered to be “pornographic.”