Beach Archive

Organizers are one step closer to rounding up fishermen for the first Navarre Fishing Rodeo, planned June 1-2 in Navarre.

The Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Center has hired Denise Haywald of Navarre to guide its social media initiatives.

ISLAMADORA, Fla. (AP) — A loggerhead sea turtle that swallowed a fisherman’s baited hook has been returned to the ocean off the Florida Keys following successful surgery.

Spring break is only four weeks from now, and the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station has just the adventure for students in third through eighth grades.

The National Park Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the use of personal watercraft in Gulf Islands National Seashore.

Navarre Beach Hotel District is back in the land development code after the Santa Rosa County Zoning Board approved the request during its Feb. 14 meeting.

The Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association’s monthly meeting ended with a field trip to the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center. Director Cathy Holmes led the group through the center.

Each year hundreds of people make their winter home in Florida and are, therefore, dubbed “Snowbirds.” They come in the winter months for many reasons, maybe to escape the cold and snow back home for warmer temperatures, to visit Florida when the beaches aren’t crowded with tourists or to spend some time gazing out over the water as the sun sets on Navarre Beach. Whatever the reason, Navarre welcomes these snowbirds to their temporary home-away-from-home. 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers grilled Okaloosa County officials on Monday about how their tourism director managed to spend more than $1.4 million in tax and BP oil spill grant money on a home, yacht and other luxury items.

The National Park Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the use of personal watercraft in Gulf Islands National Seashore.