New Wildlife Refuge underway in Holley
New Wildlife Refuge underway in Holley
A mid-2018 project completion date has been set for the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge’s new facility in Holley, and the first phase of development includes an Education and Visitors Center and Wildlife Rehabilitation and Treatment Center. Santa Rosa County Commissioners in April 2017 unanimously approved rezoning to park land 2.2 acres of property on Highway … read more
County commissioners approve land purchase for new courthouse
County commissioners approve land purchase for new courthouse
Santa Rosa County Commissioners Sam Parker, Bob Cole and Don Salter this morning voted to spend $850,000 to purchase 19 acres on Avalon Boulevard for the site of a future county courthouse. Commissioners Williamson and Lynchard opposed the vote. More information will be shared soon.
Commissioners select four finalists for operation of Navarre Pier
Commissioners select four finalists for operation of Navarre Pier
Santa Rosa County Commissioners this morning selected four of 11 proposals to move forward as finalists, contending for a contract to operate the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. The current pier operations contract expires December 31. Three proposals received four votes: Johnny Huston’s Bar & Grille Bob Benaquis and Robert Cook Navarre Beach Pier LLC (Chuck … read more
EDITORIAL: Time to give Navarre its fair share
EDITORIAL: Time to give Navarre its fair share
Santa Rosa County makes millions off Navarre Beach. And it’s beyond the time to start returning a fair portion of that back to our area. About 65 percent of tourist tax revenues is generated in the Navarre Beach Area, per Commission Chairman Rob Williamson, who represents District Four, the Navarre area. For the current fiscal … read more
Reinvesting in Navarre
Reinvesting in Navarre
Navarre Beach by far generates the most tourism revenue for Santa Rosa County, providing at least 65 percent of total tourist tax collections. Now District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson wants to see a portion of that money reinvested in Navarre. On the heels of record-breaking tourism growth, Williamson is asking fellow commissioners to allocate $1.5 … read more
Phone Theft Leads To Wanted Fugitive’s Arrest
Phone Theft Leads To Wanted Fugitive’s Arrest
On 9/12/17 Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in reference to a lost/stolen IPhone in Gulf Breeze. The ending to this case was certainly not expected. Deputies received information that a phone was possibly lost or stolen. The Deputy assisted the victim by guiding them through the process of … read more
Fire Department removing patios from taxable square footage
Fire Department removing patios from taxable square footage
The Holley-Navarre Fire District has decided to remove patios from square footage used to calculate its fire assessment. “Following much discussion and citizen input, the final Holley-Navarre Fire District’s fire assessment charge will be adjusted to remove the patio area square footage before the final fire assessment roll is submitted to the Santa Rosa County … read more
30-year prison sentence in murder-for-hire plot
30-year prison sentence in murder-for-hire plot
Bill Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today that Darell Robinson has been sentenced to 30 years state prison on the charge of Solicitation to Commit First Degree Murder. Robinson was convicted after a jury trial in July. The charges arose from an incident which occurred in March of 2016. Robinson, while … read more
Miracle League Park planned for south Santa Rosa County
Miracle League Park planned for south Santa Rosa County
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Lane Lynchard during this morning’s commission meeting asked fellow commissioners to add a $150,000 request to help construct a Miracle League Park for south Santa Rosa County to their “wish list” for state legislature funding. “I’d like to put in a request for a $150,000 local appropriation with the balance coming … read more
School resumes Tuesday
School resumes Tuesday
Hurricane Irma – Santa Rosa District Schools will resume normal operations on Tuesday. At present, we have no definitive information if we will be required to make up the two days missed. This will be determined later. Our efforts over the next weeks and months will be to assist other school districts with recovery.
