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.
Commissioners to select Navarre Beach Fishing Pier proposal finalists Thursday
Commissioners to select Navarre Beach Fishing Pier proposal finalists Thursday
Santa Rosa County Commissioners this morning decided to narrow down a field of 11 proposals to operate the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier proposals at their Thursday morning meeting. Each commissioner during their Sept. 14 meeting will pick their top five proposals. The four proposals getting the most votes along with any ties will be finalists … read more
Gulf Power forecasts Irma will cause power loss for 20K customers
Gulf Power forecasts Irma will cause power loss for 20K customers
Gulf Power is monitoring Hurricane Irma and evaluating its potential impact on Northwest Florida. Based on current forecasts, the energy provider predicts that approximately 20,000 customers in Northwest Florida may lose power as a result of severe winds — with the majority of the outages occurring in and around the Bay County area. As the … read more
Local hurricane impacts will start tomorrow
Local hurricane impacts will start tomorrow
Increasing winds and heavy rains resulting from Hurricane Irma are expected to start in our area tomorrow as the storm moves up the west coast of Florida, and a tropical storm watch has prompted an evacuation of light aircraft from Hurlburt Field. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are going to launch our U-28 … read more
Suspicious activity in Holley By The Sea
Suspicious activity in Holley By The Sea
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind our citizens to be alert during the current state of emergency. Today at approximately 4:00 pm, we received information related to a suspicious individual. This person was described as a White male approximately 50 – 55 years of age 5’7 – 5’9 slender build Driving an … read more
155-mph Irma continues moving west
155-mph Irma continues moving west
The National Hurricane Center’s 1 p.m. CST update shows Irma has been moving toward the west near 14 mph, but the hurricane should resume a west-northwest motion later today. A turn toward the northwest is expected by late Saturday. Maximum sustained winds are near 155 mph with higher gusts, making it a category 4 hurricane … read more
Irma’s path again shifted toward west
Irma’s path again shifted toward west
Hurricane Irma, still a dangerous Category 4 storm, has not made a northward turn as soon as expected, resulting in its projected path again being shifted toward the west. According to the National Hurricane Center, the new forecast track has “minor westward adjustments.” “Latest track lessens severe impacts for North Carolina, parts of South Carolina, … read more
