Santa Rosa-Okaloosa agreement more about funding than road construction
The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners approved an interlocal agreement with Okaloosa County at their Oct. 9 meeting.
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Navarre Raiders turn in strong performance at county swim meet
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Pace, Navarre and Milton all turned in strong performances at the Santa Rosa County swim meet Monday at the Hunter Pool in Pensacola.
DOH, Santa Rosa School Resource Officer unit come together for beach cleanup
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Beach, Education.
Saturday morning, Sept. 27, approximately 75 students descended upon Navarre Beach to help remove litter and earn service hours.
Household Hazardous Waste Amnesty Day planned for County’s southend
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community, News.
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Amnesty Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Gulf Breeze Community Center, located at 800 Shoreline Dr. in Gulf Breeze. This event allows residents to dispose of HHW at no charge without having to drive to the Central Landfill in Milton.
As Navarre Access Road study ends, County says there’s no funding for construction
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in News.
Santa Rosa County is looking for input from citizens about the proposed Navarre Commu-nity Access Road, which is in the latter stages of a Project Development and Environment Study.
The access road, a proposed alternative route to Highway 98, will weave through Navarre from Panhandle Trail to Edgewood Drive with a mix of new road construction and expanding neighborhood roads.
14 Santa Rosa Schools named model for positive behavior program
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, Education.
If you walk into your child’s school, there is a chance you might hear they belong to a “house” or have received a “feather.” Don’t be alarmed. They are partaking in their school’s PBIS program.
PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support. Around half of Santa Rosa County public schools participate in the state program, which centers on creating a healthy learning environment for all through promotion of positive behavior and other behavior management techniques.
Pensacola law firm alleges Santa Rosa schools’ negligence led to student’s sexual assault
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Levin Papantonio Law Firm, based in Pensacola, has filed a lawsuit against the Santa Rosa County School Board, alleging the district’s negligence directly led to the assault of a minor students in the boys’ locker room at Gulf Breeze High School.
The assault occurred March 14, 2024. For the purposes of protecting the victim’s identity, they refer to her as S.A.C.
Santa Rosa school board blasts online charter school for ‘F’ grade
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.
Coastal Connections Academy is in hot water with school board officials after receiving an “F” grade for this past school year.
The online public charter school has contracted with Santa Rosa County for the past four and a half years. CCA is managed through Pearson Virtual Schools, which has two schools in Florida and operates more than 40 across the U.S.
County hosts CivicCon event, discusses approach to development
Written by Madison DeVito on . Posted in Milton, News.
Santa Rosa County hosted a CivicCon event on Aug. 12. The event was held by CivicCon, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the community “a better place to live, play, work, and invest through smart planning and by driving unparalleled and continuing com-munity engagement,” according to their website. The county was responsible for hosting the event, and provided a space for the meeting after the organization reached out express-ing interest in a Santa Rosa County event.
Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year honored with statewide “Invested in Excellence” award
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.
Kayla Stanford, a teacher at Holley Navarre Intermediate School and Santa Rosa County’s 2026 Teacher of the Year, has been selected as the statewide recipient of the 2025 “Invested in Excellence” Award, presented by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations and Florida Power & Light Company.