Steve Chard pulls up in his kayak to a boat ramp in Moore Haven, Florida, on Dec. 29 and a man who is fishing asks what he’s doing.
Chard tells him about his journey and the purpose behind it and is offered a place to stay for the night. It’s day 166 of his Great Loop adventure.
A Navarre Beach tenant’s alleged overflow of commercial inventory has led to a multiyear lawsuit involving a condominium association and several defendants.
The Sea Turtle Soiree, an annual fundraising event for the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center, has been moved to March 2026 and renamed the Sea Turtle Social, according to Cinnamon Tyler, a volunteer with the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center and the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Patrol.
While the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners has expressed interest in building a new Navarre Beach Bridge, the county must still maintain the existing bridge, which, according to a Florida Department of Transportation study, needs repairs.
Only one named storm, Tropical Storm Chantal, and zero hurricanes made landfall in the continental United States this year, according to hurricane researchers and forecasters from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Sunday morning, Dec. 14, at approximately 9 a.m., firefighters with Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District were dispatched to assist two kayakers in distress offshore.
