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• 'Beautification Zone' passes

  Created: Thursday, 12 August 2010 10:54 Author: Staff Reports

  The Santa Rosa County Commission on Thursday approved supporting efforts to improve aestheitc appeal and pedestrian safety along U.S. Highway 98 and East Bay Boulevard but avoided using the controversial term "scenic corridor." Commissioner Lane Lynchard...

• Crist appoints Dannheisser to Escambia bench

  Created: Thursday, 12 August 2010 10:11 Author: Staff Reports

  Gov. Charlie Crist has picked Santa Rosa County Attorney Tom Dannheisser to fill the Escambia County judge's seat vacated by former Judge David Ackerman when he retired last year. Dannheisser, 54, of Milton, has been the county's attorney since 1986 and ...

• High-tech call center to add 500 jobs

  Created: Thursday, 12 August 2010 09:49 Author: Ken Garner

  TEAM Santa Rosa announced Tuesday that Clearwire Wireless Broadband has decided to keep 500 high-tech jobs at its Santa Rosa Industrial Park and will add up to 500 new jobs. "Five-hundred jobs is a good thing in any economy, but in this economy it's a ho...

• TEAM Santa Rosa to make 'Snake Eyes' announcement

  Created: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 12:15 Author: Staff Reports

  TEAM Santa Rosa will announce Thursday whether "Project Snake Eyes" will bring more than 500 high-paying jobs to the county. Local officials said in March that a high-tech company -- known only as "Snake Eyes" to protect the business' confidentiality -- ...

• Navarre man dies after alcohol-related wreck

  Created: Monday, 09 August 2010 10:47 Author: Jennifer Hensley

  A Navarre man died last night, succumbing to injuries he sustained in a vehicle accident near U.S. Highway 98 earlier that evening. ...

• Former Pace student charged with sex crimes

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 13:09 Author: Staff Reports

  A former Pace High School baseball player has been charged with a dozen sex crimes. Austin Taylor Collinsworth, 18, was arrested Wednesday and charged with 12 counts of sexual battery on a victim 12 to 15 years old. According to a report issued by the S...

• Scammers soliciting funds not associated with county, fire departments

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:49 Author: Staff Reports

  A local volunteer group has hired a private company to solicit donations door-to-door to assist their search and rescue organization.  ...

• Officials scale back response

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 08:19 Author: Jennifer Hensley

  The Florida State Emergency Operations Center has transitioned to a Level 2 response, which entails partial activation in response to the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Previously, the State was operating at Level 1. “Due to the...

• Public input sought for SR 87 improvements

  Created: Wednesday, 04 August 2010 19:53 Author: Staff Reports

  The Florida Department of Transportation - FDOT - will hold a public information meeting concerning improvements to State Road 87 from Five Forks Road to the Eglin Air Force Base Boundary from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 10. The meeting will be held in the...

• Florida-Alabama TPO workshops

  Created: Wednesday, 04 August 2010 07:26 Author: Staff Reports

  Every five years, the FL-AL TPO updates the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), which has a 20-to 25-year horizon to address road, transit, freight, bicycle, and pedestrian needs. This LRTP will encompass Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties as well as a p...

• Closed harvesting area in Escambia County reopens

  Created: Saturday, 31 July 2010 19:34 Author: Staff Reports

  Governor Charlie Crist announced on Friday, July 30, that The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has reopened coastal state waters offshore of Escambia County to the harvest of saltwater fish, at 12:01 a.m. July 31.  The FWC closed t...

• Oil spill: 'The coast is clear'

  Created: Friday, 30 July 2010 15:01 Author: Jennifer Hensley

  Federal officials announced today that the worst may be over for Florida's coastline. In a press release issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere...

• Santa Rosa County heat advisory

  Created: Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:02 Author: Staff Reports

  According to the National Weather Service there is a potential for dangerous heat index values reaching 104-110 degrees tomorrow, July 30 through Sunday, August 1. Santa Rosa County Emergency Management reminds residents and visitors to use caution. Also,...

• Officials begin rightsizing Deepwater response

  Created: Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:58 Author: Staff Reports

  The State Emergency Response Team, in coordination with US Coast Guard officials, and county partners will today begin rightsizing Florida's response efforts to the Deepwater Horizon incident.  ...

• Florida officials announce plans to scale down spill response efforts

  Created: Thursday, 29 July 2010 14:50 Author: Staff Reports

  In a news release issued just hours ago, the State Emergency Response Team, in coordination with US Coast Guard officials, and county partners will today begin rightsizing Florida’s response efforts to the Deepwater Horizon incident. “The capping of ...

• AGO investigates two companies for oil spill fraud

  Created: Thursday, 29 July 2010 12:10 Author: Staff Reports

  Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced his officehas launched investigations into two companies over allegations theyoffered free emergency response training to consumers, but then withheldthe certifications for various reasons.  Hazardous Waste ...

• July 28 Deepwater Horizon update

  Created: Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:06 Author: Staff Reports

  Situation Update ·       Navarre Beach and Santa Rosa 's entire coastline is open for swimming and fishing.  Two links to live Web cams on Navarre Beach are available at www.santarosa.fl.gov/oilspill under the "Links for Visitors" tab. ·  Â...

• Traffic backed up on U.S. Highway 98 eastbound

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:21 Author: Jennifer Hensley

  A tractor trailer has rolled into a ditch just west of the Navarre Casueway Bridge, slowing traffic on U.S. Highway 98 eastbound.  It appears there are no injuries at this time and the Florida highway Patrol is on-scene. Stay tuned to navarrepress.com f...

• Oil spews from LA oil well struck by tow boat

  Created: Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:57 Author: AP News

  Oil leaked Tuesday from a damaged well on a waterway north of a bay where officials have been fighting the spill from the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

• Travel group seeks $500 million for Gulf tourism

  Created: Tuesday, 27 July 2010 08:46 Author: AP News

  The head of the U.S. Travel Association is proposing that BP set aside $500 million for a marketing campaign to help draw tourists to the Gulf Coast. ...