Pier proposals offer capital improvements
Pier proposals offer capital improvements
Rendering from the Walters/Mobley proposal 11 vendors are vying to operate the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. At Monday’s bid opening the following businesses submitted proposals to Santa Rosa County, which owns the facility. All bidders except one, Navarre Beach Management and Holdings, LLC, offered to return 100 percent of pier admission fees to the county. … read more
Emergency Management planner asks business community to help needy locals
Emergency Management planner asks business community to help needy locals
Mark your calendars and make plans to join the Greater Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce for its August 11th Membership Breakfast. Guest speaker is Santa Rosa County Emergency Management Plans Chief Daniel Hahn, who is asking the business community to help locals in need. “After a disaster people are affected negatively, usually by water or … read more
Tropical Storm develops in Gulf
Tropical Storm develops in Gulf
UPDATED A Tropical Depression in the Gulf of Mexico has developed into Tropical Storm Emily, and a tropical storm warning has been issued for west-central Florida. This morning, Governor Rick Scott spoke with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) to get an update on potential storm impacts. Scott urges all Floridians to monitor the … read more
SRPE retains bargaining agent status
SRPE retains bargaining agent status
The newly formed Santa Rosa Education Association, which tried to ursup the 42-year-old Santa Rosa County teacher’s union, failed to achieve bargaining agent status for the district’s roughly 1,900 educators. “The Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE) is proud to announce that after the votes were tallied today in Tallahassee by the Public Employees Relations Commission … read more
Gulf Breeze High administrator arrested
Gulf Breeze High administrator arrested
Gulf Breeze High School Assistant Principal of Guidance Sean Tomey was arrested on three charges July 20 after a local pharmacy contacted Gulf Breeze Police to report possible prescription fraud. Charges include two counts of passing a forged prescription and one count of fraud. Tomey, 43, of the 600 block of Gulf Breeze Parkway was … read more
Chamber faces termination of lease
Chamber faces termination of lease
Santa Rosa County’s tourism industry has spiked 170 percent since 2009, and that growth has created the need for more staff at the county’s tourist development office, resulting in the proposed termination of the Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce’s leased office spaces inside the county’s south end Visitor Information Center. The chamber has been leasing … read more
Massive Gulf reef project expected in 2018
Massive Gulf reef project expected in 2018
Construction of the largest phase of the Navarre Beach nearshore Gulf snorkeling reef system is expected to begin soon. The third phase will be a one mile wide and two mile long addition to be constructed one mile south of Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. “This is the first public reef deployment off Navarre designed for … read more
Navarre man missing
Navarre man missing
Missing – Endangered Person The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is currently working a missing – endangered person investigation. Phillip Andrew Wood DOB: 2/24/71 – 46 years of age White Male 5’9” tall 260 lbs Grey hair Blue eyes Vehicle: 2007 White Honda Civic GSI-R63 Florida Tag Last seen 4:45 am on July 16 at … read more
County admin pushes $800K cut for law enforcement
County admin pushes $800K cut for law enforcement
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson during today’s budget hearing pleaded with Santa Rosa County Commissioners to fund his agency’s initial budget request instead of reducing it by roughly $800,000 as suggested by County Administrator Tony Gomillion. In the end, commissioners sent Gomillion back to the drawing board to better work out the gap between … read more
County budget climbs to $140 million
County budget climbs to $140 million
Santa Rosa County’s budgeted revenues have increased from $100 million in 2014 to $140 million projected for fiscal year 2018, which begins Oct. 1. Per its 2018 tentative annual budget, the county expects to generate roughly $51 million in property tax revenue during fiscal year 2018 at the current millage rate. “New to this year’s … read more
