Month: February 2018

Fire department considers breakaway amid tax conflict

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in News.

Tensions have arisen between the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and Navarre Beach Fire Department board of directors over taxation leaving the department considering severing ties.

Brutal stretch of games tests Raiders

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Three games in four nights against some of the best boys basketball teams in the area is challenging, but that brutal schedule is something head coach Taf Bentley wants his team to endure.

Raiders settle for second-best in district tourney

Written by Brian Lester on February 8, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Riding the high of a stunning win over powerhouse Washington in the semifinal round of the District 1-4A tournament Wednesday night, Navarre had its eyes on an even bigger upset Friday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Raiders crush Pace in season opener

Written by Brian Lester on February 8, 2018. Posted in Sports.

Navarre’s boys weightlifting team dominated in its opening meet of the season, crushing Pace 70-20.

Leave No Trace promotes environmental responsibility

Written by Brian Lester on February 8, 2018. Posted in News.

Leave No Trace strives to protect the outdoors by teaching and inspiring people to enjoy it in a responsible manner.

WWII veteran Bud Rybarczyk is buried next to parents

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in Military, News.

St. Joseph, Michigan - Albert P. “Bud” Rybarczyk is home for Christmas.

Local genealogy class offers family building

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in Faith.

Kaden Sego can trace his ancestry all the way back to the Garden of Eden and the first man, sort of.

Sibling duo seeking family with extra love

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in Faith.

Trenton is “all boy.” He loves all kinds of outdoor activities and especially swimming, skate boarding and riding his bike. He would love an opportunity to participate on some sort of team.

Symposium gets educators ‘STEAMy’

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in Education.

Santa Rosa County teachers opened their classroom doors to 150 educators and school administrators from across the U.S. last week to allow them to analyze their work as part of the second annual STEM Symposium school tours.

Celebrating Black History Month

Written by Staff Reporters on February 8, 2018. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

We had the privilege this week of interviewing Navarre’s very own Earl Dean, who grew up in the deeply segregated south, here in the Florida Panhandle. To fit his story on a page and a half seemed insufficient and even after reading his story we know there is so much more to tell. We are captivated by what to many of us seems like something out of a movie because we didn’t live through that time period of segregation. And some of us did.