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Sports Ability Games offer athletic opportunities to special needs students

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 8, 2025. Posted in Community, Education, News.

Students from 16 schools in Santa Rosa County descended upon Pace High School’s football field for the inaugural north end edition of the Zack Butler Memorial Sports Ability Games Thursday, April 3.

Named for a physical education teacher and coach who lost his battle with cancer in 2022, the Sports Ability Games are designed to expand the field of opportunity for special needs students in athletics.

April 10 Zoning Board Preview: Six developments in Navarre to be considered

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 4, 2025. Posted in Business, News.

Santa Rosa County Zoning Board will meet Thursday, April 10 at 6 p.m. to discuss 15 rezoning requests from across the county. Six of the 15 requests come from County Commission District 4, which consists of Navarre and Holley.
The meeting will be held in the Board of County Commissioners meeting room at Santa Rosa County’s government offices (6495 Caroline St., Milton). The meeting is open to the public and public comments are encouraged.

Gulf Breeze Middle looks to rename facility after longtime coach who passed in January

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 2, 2025. Posted in Education, News.

How do you honor someone who meant so much to so many people?

That question is at the heart of a recent request made to Santa Rosa County District Schools to rename a facility at Gulf Breeze Middle School after Mark Stringfellow, a longtime coach at the school who passed away in January.

Additional patch reefs planned for Navarre area reef site

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on April 2, 2025. Posted in Beach, News.

The number of reefs off Navarre will grow in the next few years, as Santa Rosa County officials recently approved a contract to Walters Marine for grant funded artificial reef construction. The funding amount is $900,000.

Neighbors of Twelve Oaks Rehab speak out on proposed expansion

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 24, 2025. Posted in Business, News.

People jumping fences, fire alarms blaring at night and concerns over children’s safety were some complaints heard at the March 13 Santa Rosa County Zoning Board hearing for Twelve Oaks, a rehabilitation facility in Navarre.

Final round of debris pick up in Quayside Village neighborhood on Tuesday, April 1

Written by Staff Reporters on March 19, 2025. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County will be conducting a second, and final, debris pickup for residents in and around the Quayside Village neighborhood in Gulf Breeze following the severe weather event that impacted the area in March 2025. The pickup will take place on Tuesday, April 1, and will include both vegetative debris and construction and demolition debris.

New method allows phone call scammers to appear from the Animal Services shelter number

Written by Staff Reporters on March 17, 2025. Posted in News.

Multiple instances have been reported to the Santa Rosa County Animal Services administration wherein scam callers, showing up as the correct SRCAS shelter phone number, elicit payment information from residents to pay fees or fines.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services will never ask anyone to submit payments over the phone. Residents should hang up immediately and call the shelter line to report the fraudulent call if such a request is made.

If residents dial the shelter line (850-983-4680) from their own device, it will connect them to the correct SRCAS front desk number.

Sheriff: Milton man charged with homicide was found dead in jail cell

Written by Staff Reporters on March 15, 2025. Posted in Crime, Milton, News.

On Thursday, March 13, Toby James White, who was apprehended by law enforcement Jan. 25 for second degree murder, was found dead in his cell at Santa Rosa County Jail.

Prescribed Burn Scheduled for East Bay River Nature Preserve in Navarre Wednesday, March 12

Written by Staff Reporters on March 10, 2025. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Soil Conservation Department in partnership with Gulf Coastal Plains Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP) plan to conduct a prescribed burn of 44 acres within the East Bay River Nature Preserve (Creets Landing) near the end of Crescent Wood Road in Navarre on Wednesday, March 12.

Water System board assigned roles at reorganization meeting, injunction against HNWS dismissed

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 28, 2025. Posted in News.

An injunction to stop the election process of Holley Navarre Water System was thrown out by a Santa Rosa County judge Thursday, Feb. 27.

Filed Feb. 14, a few days before the HNWS annual meeting and election, the injunction aimed to prevent the water system from canceling out proxies which originated outside of the system. The water system allows proxy voting, which is when a member gives another member the right to vote on their behalf.