Pam Brannon

Santa Rosa County School District announced at their school board meeting on Tuesday, July 23, that they are now a Space Academy School District. School District representatives as well as county representatives Commissioner Colten Wright of Gulf Breeze and County Director Shannon Ogletree traveled to Kennedy Space Center to celebrate with a few other school districts receiving the designation. Director […]

Navarre Chamber of Commerce held a two-night Candidate Forum open to the public at the East Bay K-8 School. The Primary election for this year in Florida is Aug. 20. Santa Rosa County is offering Early Voting sites through Aug. 17. The moderator for the forum was WNRP’s Andrew McKay. Santa Rosa County School Superintendent race has a writein candidate. […]

One of Santa Rosa County’s School Resource officers was honored as Florida Instructor of the Year for the L.E.A.D. program – Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence. Over the past few years Santa Rosa County Sheriff Deputy Jared Psinas of East Bay K-8 was the only officer teaching that program, but now at least two more became certified and will […]

Navarre Chamber of Commerce held a two-night Candidate Forum open to the public July 23 and 24 at the East Bay K-8 School. The Primary election for this year in Florida is Tuesday, Aug. 20. Santa Rosa County is offering early voting sites between Aug. 5 and Aug. 17. The moderator for the forum was Andrew McKay. If a candidate […]

The chairman of Associated Builders and Contractors of Northwest Florida addressed the county commissioners at their Monday, Aug. 19, meeting concerning a legal action his group has taken against one of the county commissioners political PACS. He said he wanted to make the commissioners “aware” of what had been happening and wished that Commissioner James Calkins, who was absent from […]

The Santa Rosa County School District is expanding a program already working in Gulf Breeze that the administration says is “so successful.” The school board approved last Thursday, Aug. 15, the expansion of Project Search to begin at Santa Rosa Medical Center. Superintendent Dr. Karen Barber said, “This program is working so well at Gulf Breeze Hospital with Gulf Breeze […]

County Commissioner Colten Wright of Gulf Breeze was especially enthusiastic at last Thursday’s regular county meeting about one state grant being approved — for drainage at Oriole Beach Elementary School. “This drainage problem at the Oriole Beach school goes back many, many, many years. It was tied to some development years ago and has caused a problem ever since. Whenever […]

Commissioners approved an agreement between the county and Florida Power and Light last Thursday, Aug, 22, that gets them one step closer to the Rapid Infiltration Basin System (RIBS) project to get effluent out of Navarre Sound. County Attorney Tom Dannheisser said this was a “simple legal action” that was set in motion “a long time ago,” explaining, “This is […]

The new south end high school being built in Gulf Breeze had a Topping Out ceremony Thursday, Aug. 29. Dignitaries for the school district and the county were on hand as well as employees who have been working on the facility. School Superintendent Dr. Karen Barber said this was to “say thank you” to all the people who had been […]

Colten Wright is asking his fellow county commissioners to help him make Tiger Point Park behind Walmart and Lowe’s part of a “pilot program” concerning dogs. Wright reminded the commissioners at Monday’s planning meeting this week that the county ordinance does not allow dogs to be brought to any of the county’s parks. “But people are bringing dogs to those […]