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A Santa Rosa County jury has awarded a $37,495,930 verdict to 28 plaintiffs affected by the 2021 Midway water crisis. Represented by Morgan & Morgan attorneys Mitchell Schermer, Benjamin Webster, Evin Dyess Childs, and Alexia Nyiri, the plaintiffs rejected pre-trial settlement offers, resulting in the multi-million-dollar verdict. In the Spring of 2021, a homeowner in […]

58 votes and .2 percent of the vote.

That is all that separates Kerry Smith from Jeff Ates in the Santa Rosa County Commission District 2 seat.

That .2 per cent of the vote is significant as an automatic recount is triggered when vote-getters are not separated by more than .5 percent of the vote.

Alaina Youngblood buried a 3-pointer, sending the home crowd into a frenzy, including the student section, as she pushed the Navarre Raiders’ point total past 10 in a game against Baker last Tuesday night.
This was Navarre’s silent night game, meaning the fans had to stay quiet until the Raiders reached 10. Youngblood’s shot did that and a little more, extending the lead to 12-0 over the Gators.

Holley Navarre Fire District personnel spent part of this fall getting Public Safety Water Rescue Dive certified. The training consisted of open water diving, scuba diving and public safety diving, which is a weeklong class in swimming pools, the East River and Santa Rosa Sound.

While the Navarre Beach Lifeguards are no longer patrolling the beach, they are still working to get ready for next year. Navarre Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull said the work required to be ready for 2026 is complicated by the fact they don’t have anywhere to practice.

Lisa Taing is the commanding officer of Navarre’s NJROTC unit, which means a lot of responsibility is on her shoulders.
In the fall, she was also on the Raider golf team and that served as an opportunity to get away for a bit and enjoy a game she has grown to love.

Navarre’s newest coffee drive-thru is open. 7 Brew opened its newest location along the Emerald Coast Monday, Dec. 1. In the days leading up to the grand opening, 7 Brew was offering drinks to friends and family of those working at the coffee stand.

Check out scores from Week 13 in the NFL.

Michael Carter went over 1,500 yards in his NFL career in the Arizona Cardinals’ game against Tampa Bay on Sunday.

Its not everyday grown men get excited over a sticker, but Nov. 26, Holley-Navarre Fire District Station 45’s firefighters were.