New HNFD firetruck provides wider fire response capabilities
February 22, 2023
Holley Navarre Fire District is home to a new 70,000-pound ladder truck. The new vehicle arrived in late January.
With the new 60-foot-long truck, HNFD hopes to be able to respond to a wider range o…
Benefit concert for Ukraine to be held Feb. 24 in Navarre
February 22, 2023
Feb. 24 is the one year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. For many, it has been a year of disbelief, horror, courage, grief, fear and hatred, as well as a year of inspiration, hope and an outpo…
Event raises funds for boys whose mother is charged with father’s murder
February 20, 2023
Love was the biggest winner at Saturday’s Play for a Purpose volleyball tournament in Pace. The event raised about $8,000 to help the families of the Davidson brothers – Khai, 13, Dawson, 11, and Jac…
Increased landfill fees to help fund four new code enforcement officers
February 16, 2023
Residents have begged Santa Rosa County for months to improve code enforcement to prevent erosion damage and water pollution. Last week, the Board of County Commissioners approved increasing landfill…
Beach nourishment held up by Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, FEMA surveys
February 15, 2023
Once every 10 years or so, Navarre Beach goes through beach nourishment, a process in which sand, lost through erosion, is replaced through other sources.
This can help widen the beach, making it mo…
Love (jail)birds: Pace man, woman arrested after hiring someone to kill husband
February 14, 2023
The old ball and chain has been given a new meaning. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson spoke at a news conference about a murder for hire case involving a man and a woman fro…
Nurse Navigator program launched in Santa Rosa County
February 14, 2023
Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 14, Santa Rosa County residents calling 911 may make a new connection with the Nurse Navigation program, an innovative healthcare solution provided through Lifeguard Ambulance…
Pensacola Bay Bridge westbound structure opens to traffic Tuesday, Feb. 14
February 13, 2023
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will open the westbound (Gulf Breeze to Pensacola) span of the Pensacola Bay Bridge on U.S. 98 to vehicular traffic by 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14.
The tw…
FWC grant to fund more artificial reef construction in Santa Rosa County
February 13, 2023
The waters off Santa Rosa County could see more artificial reefs in the coming years thanks to a new $1.3 million grant. As of 2021, the last time reefs were deployed, there are 557 reef modules in t…
New vacation cottages expected to open this spring
February 10, 2023
If you have driven on Granada or Carlos streets in Navarre at any point in the past month, you may have noticed work being done on the lot across from the Childcare Network. There are approximately n…