Month: August 2017

Nests devastated by tropical storm

Written by Staff Reporters on August 24, 2017. Posted in Beach.

For the second year in a row, shorebird nesting season has produced fewer chicks than initially anticipated, impacting at-risk species such as least terns and black skimmers.

New school year brings opportunities for former Navarre athletes

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in Sports.

A new sports season is about to begin. Here is a look at the athletes from Navarre who are playing at the next level during the 2017-18 school year, including the stats for those who played last season.

Raiders battle Chiles in dress rehearsal for the regular season

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Preseason camp is in the rear-view mirror for the Raiders.

Vickery has strong showing at national horse show

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in Sports.

K-Lani Vickery has been riding horses since she was 8 years old but had never competed in a national horse show.

Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in Brian Out Loud, Opinion.

Social media is a double-edged sword, and when it cuts, it hurts.

Senzel simply sensational for Blue Wahoos

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Nick Senzel stood at the plate in the fifth inning of a game against Mobile Thursday night and made everything look so easy.

92-year-old recalls stint as Rosie the Riveter

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in Community.

Aileen Brandon is a determined woman. She didn’t stop driving a car until she was 86 and even now, at 92 years old, the Navarre resident still gets outside and does yardwork on occasion.

Creatures from the plastic lagoon

Written by Staff Reporters on August 17, 2017. Posted in News.

Reptile enthusiasts of a certain age likely remember the tiny turtles sold in lagoon containers, swimming in the nonexistent shade of a thumb-sized plastic palm tree. They lived short lives at the hands of the children who pined for them.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ reaches record size

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2017. Posted in News.

Although scientists predicted the Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” would grow bigger this year, they did not expect it to be the largest ever recorded.

53rd’s weapons evaluation goes west

Written by Staff Reporters on August 17, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Hill Air Force Base, Utah – The 53rd Wing brings its Weapons System Evaluation Program to Hill Air Force Base and to the Utah Test and Training Range for fighter and bomber aircraft weapons evaluations.