Month: June 2017

HNWS nearing deal to add effluent disposal sites

Written by Staff Reporters on June 15, 2017. Posted in News.

Unable to stay with the state-approved standard for disposing of treated wastewater by spraying effluent on a golf course or piping it into ponds, Holley Navarre Water System is nearing a deal for a major expansion of disposal capacity.

Area bankruptcy filings plummet

Written by Staff Reporters on June 15, 2017. Posted in News.

In yet another indicator that the economy is bouncing back, one segment of Navarre attorney Keith Kirkpatrick’s law practice fell by about two-thirds last year.

Darwin’s experience valuable to pitching prospects

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Tyler Mahle is one of the top-rated prospects in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Navarre’s 5 senior soccer players set to leave their mark on the program

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Emily Depersio was told that a reporter wanted to do an interview with the rising seniors on Navarre’s girls soccer team.

Newton starts over but makes strides along the way in first season of track at North

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Khorri Newton wasn’t new to track and field when she arrived at North Florida last fall.

Carter making switch to linebacker

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Josh Carter has spent the last two football seasons as one of the most dominant defensive lineman in the area.

Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Brian Out Loud, Opinion.

The NFL needed to make a change to the overtime rule about as much as Navarre Beach needed a new slogan. Both serve no purpose.

Andrews Institute outreach program safeguards student athletes

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Dr. Steve Jordan of the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze can’t put a price tag on the impact the facility’s Sports Medicine Outreach Program has had on high school athletes in a four-county area.

Virtual Dementia Tour provides better understanding for caregivers

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in News.

Dementia affects nearly 50 million people around the world -- that number is expected to rise to 75 million by 2030 -- and the unforgiving disease can take its toll on the caregivers of those battling the disease as much as it can on the people living with it.

Dog flu spreading in Florida

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in News.

More than a dozen cases of H3N2 Canine Influenza Virus, commonly known as dog flu, have been confirmed in the state of Florida as of May 31, and veterinarians in north and central Florida are seeing additional possible cases.