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Validating its assertions that Santa Rosa County’s school impact fee was inaccurately calculated and legally flawed, the Home Builders Association of West Florida and 11 additional plaintiffs applaud the Jan. 15, 2022, decision by Circuit Court Judge Darlene Dickey to issue Summary Final Judgment in their favor.

The ordinance by the Board of County Commissioners in support of new funding for the School Board of Santa Rosa County went into effect May 1, 2020, with impact fees of $5,000 on each new home permitted in the county, $4,000 for each mobile home, and $2,750 for each multi-family dwelling.

Brad Baker has been dedicated to the well-being of Santa Rosa County residents since he was 18 years old, when he ran across his first structure fire on the way to meet a friend to go hunting. From then on, he was hooked. He also started working at the county’s 911 center that same year, when it was housed in a closet at the courthouse and had one 911 operator on-site at night.

Speculation over which national coffee shop chain was being considered for Navarre ended last month, when county officials met with a representatives for a Tennessee-based company to discuss plans for a “Starbucks Navarre.”

Two teen girls were taken to the hospital by ambulance late Wednesday afternoon after passing out on a Santa Rosa County School District bus. A third girl, who also passed out, was released to her parents, according to district officials.

One of the girls remained unconscious while being taken to the hospital, according to preliminary information from the scanner.

A Texas man who comes to the Navarre/Pensacola area twice a year to shark fish reeled in his largest ever Saturday off Navarre Beach.

Marcos Mijango reeled a pregnant female tiger shark early Saturday afternoon and quickly released her. She was 11 to 12 feet in length, he estimated.

District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright said progress is being made on the restoration of Tibet Drive.

The small privately owned road has fallen into such disrepair that it has been closed for months.

When the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners meets Dec. 6, they will learn what they may already realize.

The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier was so busy this year that the rent paid to the county more than doubled.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Copper gave birth to 11 puppies Oct. 28. The litter, which is now about four weeks old, consists of nine males and two female bloodhound puppies.

The contractor working on the renovation of Navarre Park has been granted 27 additional rain days to finish the project, which began a little more than a year ago. In addition to the weather, the completion was also challenged by issues with supplies for the splash pad.