Community Archive

Despite the uncertainty of hurricane Irma, one thing was for sure; Juana’s regatta would sail on. The 27th annual Juana’s Good Time Regatta was cut short by a day but no one complained.

With hurricane Irma on an uncertain track and the Navarre area under a wind advisory, Leadership Santa Rosa class 29 decided it was time to relocate the roadside Black Hawk memorial on Navarre Beach Causeway  Saturday.

“All aircraft on this frequency, land at the nearest suitable airport due to a national emergency.”

Stan Nichols, Santa Rosa County tax collector, was awarded the Excellence in Financial Operations Award, the highest achievement the Florida Tax Collector’s Association can award to its collectors.

When flames peeked out from a dryer in a home in Midway Aug. 31, the resident’s teenaged occupant called 911. She was home alone.

Kayakers drifting down Blackwater River will soon be able to time travel, not with flashy science fiction machines but with their smartphones.

Cathy Rideaux spends her time making mats for the homeless out of grocery bags.

People say time flies when you are having fun.

State Farm donated 200 free home security systems to law enforcement officers of Santa Rosa County Aug. 23 as part of the insurance company’s Protect the Protectors program.

The Navarre Beach Fishing pier will be the site of the Take a Kid Fishing event on Navarre Beach in October. The event coincides with the Navarre Beach Fishing Rodeo that will also be going on that weekend.