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Commissioners approve lease amendment for beach RV Park

Written by Gail Acosta on . Posted in News.

Late into the special zoning board meeting Thursday night, Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve an amendment to Santa Rosa Development’s lease to allow an RV Park on the beach. Commissioner Sam Parker, Colten Wright and James Calkins voted in favor of the amendment, and Commissioners Kerry Smith and Ray Eddington opposed.

Smith considers defamation suit against builder Henry

Written by Ken Garner on . Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Kerry Smith is expected to file a defamation lawsuit against local builder Edwin Henry after learning Henry bankrolled a campaign mailer in 2022 claiming Smith had been convicted of domestic violence “several” times.

“Yes, I want to go after him,” Smith told Navarre Press on Thursday, Oct. 19. “I know Edwin Henry; he knows me. He knew this wasn’t true.”

School board approves new health insurance plan, teachers will still see increased premiums

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.

The Santa Rosa County school board approved a health insurance program for school district teachers and other employees at a special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 24.

The health insurance program for 2024 was a point of contention at the Oct. 12 board meeting and was tabled until the special meeting. The insurance committee, which comes up with recommendations for the school board when it comes to insurance and risk management, met twice in October to hammer out the details of a plan that would be agreeable to district employees and the district itself.

From cast nets to insurance: Sewell learned hard work early on

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Business.

Santa Rosa County’s newest insurance agency office, Brightway, opened Monday, Oct. 16.

The new insurance company office is led by a man with a life similar to that of Forrest Gump. Before getting into the insurance industry a decade ago, Pensacola’s Eric Sewell, 51, grew up in and around the shrimping industry of Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Bid approved for $103 million for south end high school

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education.

A new south end high school is one step closer to becoming a reality after Santa Rosa County District Schools held a school board meeting Oct. 12.

The board approved a $102,792,900 bid from the Morette Company to build the south end high school, which will be named later. The school is expected to be complete by the start of school in 2026.

Preserve Navarre incorporation effort at ‘halftime’

Written by Ken Garner on . Posted in News.

Preserve Navarre has reached “halftime” of its fight to incorporate southeastern Santa Rosa County, according to its president, Wes Siler.

“Think of it like football,” Siler said at a meeting Monday, Oct. 23, at Best Western. “At halftime, you review tactics, make adjustments, and try to come out with new energy and better effort. That’s what we’ve got to do now.”

Time for another chapter of Beach Bowl rivalry

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.

Another edition of the Beach Bowl will play out this Friday as Navarre and Gulf Breeze square off in pursuit of the coveted rivalry trophy.

This will be the 16th time the two Santa Rosa County schools have battled with a trophy on the line and the 25th meeting overall.

Legislators hear residents’ concerns

Written by Ken Garner on . Posted in Uncategorized.

Florida Sen. Doug Broxson and Reps. Alex Andrade and Joel Rudman met with Santa Rosa County residents Tuesday at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Navarre to preview key bills and hear public concerns before the 2024 legislative session.

Battling the Fentanyl Crisis in Florida’s Gateway

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

“Here in Santa Rosa County, we, and all of our neighbors in the gateway to Florida, find ourselves facing an alarming and distressing challenge – a fentanyl crisis is knocking at our door and making it the epicenter of overdose incidents within the state. The severity of this crisis has taken a devastating toll, with a sharp rise in overdoses and a grim reality: most people who use fentanyl in our area do not survive.

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