Commissioners clash over $2.7-million Berryhill property purchase
October 15, 2025
The Santa Rosa County Commission’s vote to purchase late former Commissioner Jim Williamson’s 40-acre Berryhill property land for $2.7 million grew tense at their latest Oct. 9 meeting. Confusion and…
Garden Grubs 4-H Club hosts tree, camellia sale to support youth gardening programs
October 15, 2025
The Garden Grubs 4-H Club is hosting a tree and camellia sale to support youth gardening programs in Santa Rosa County.
Septic-to-sewer conversion ordinance fails as board meeting takes a turn
October 13, 2025
A controversial public hearing at the Santa Rosa County Commission’s Oct. 9 meeting drew a standing-room-only crowd that filled the boardroom. The key agenda item up for debate focused on adoption of…
Thrills, chills to be found at Navarre’s Nightmare on Newport
October 13, 2025
Forget looking under your bed or in your closet—this Halloween, the monsters are due on Newport Street.
School board approves land sale of Gulf Breeze property
October 10, 2025
The Santa Rosa County School Board approved the sale of surplus land in Gulf Breeze.
The land is part of a board-owned property north of the Gulf Breeze Elementary School bus ramp and playground ar…
Navarre Beach Bridge toll stopped in its tracks
October 10, 2025
The proposed Navarre Beach Bridge toll died not with a bang, but with a whimper, at the Oct. 9 Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners meeting.
HNFD contends with Oct. 9 brush fire
October 10, 2025
A 150-feet-by-50-feet brush fire along the Santa Rosa Sound caught the attention of people living nearby, and soon after the Holley-Navarre Fire District, Thursday, Oct. 9.
Vault thrift store looks to move to new Highway 98 location
October 10, 2025
The Vault, a Gulf Breeze thrift store, has proposed moving to a new location along Gulf Breeze Parkway.
School safety director charged with battery after investigation
October 7, 2025
A Santa Rosa County District Schools employee was arrested for battery after he allegedly rubbed another employee’s shoulder against her will.
Daniel Hahn, 59, was booked into Santa Rosa County Jai…
Prosecutors seeking death penalty for suspect in kidnapping, death of Cassie Carli
October 7, 2025
Marcus Spanevelo, the suspect in the kidnapping and death of Navarre mom Cassie Carli, could land on death row in a federal prison.






