Community Archive

The recreational harvest season for snook opened Sept. 1 in all East Coast management regions and most Gulf Coast regions, including the Panhandle.

The season opened in the Southeast, Indian River Lagoon and Northeast regions on the East Coast and the Panhandle, Big Bend, Tampa Bay and Sarasota Bay regions on the Gulf Coast.

The largest heavy-lift catamaran vessel ever built in the U.S. is docked in Pensacola Bay. You may have noticed its 250-foot-tall yellow body along the horizon.

The TX-10,000, named for its twin-gantry system rated to lift 10,000 tons, has been at the Port of Pensacola on and off since July. According to the Port of Pensacola, the vessel arrived July 18.

Holley-Navarre Fire District recently promoted five firefighters to new positions.

At the Monday, Aug. 24, meeting of the fire commissioners, Nathan Pfrimmer, Brian Jackson, Austin Schlarb, Justin Kiley and Josh Hurley were all promoted. Pfrimmer is now a captain, while the other four now carry the rank of engineer.

Home Depot may be coming to the Tiger Point area.

This summer, surveyors looked at a 16-acre parcel along Magnolia Manor Drive, just north of Highway 98.

State Sen. Don Gaetz said he will file legislation overhauling the Florida Department of Children and Families in the next legislative session, outlining 10 provisions at a news conference at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse on Sept. 4.

For about two years, Mariah Whitworth was in an abusive relationship.

Hurt, scared and feeling alone, she eventually found her way out with love and support from family, friends and Shelter House, a nonprofit organization that provides resources and shelter to victims of domestic violence. Now, she is working to help women who are in the same situation.

Before school let out Friday, Aug. 28, hundreds of Navarre High School students poured into the gymnasium for a pregame pep rally.

A promising sea turtle nesting season on Navarre Beach suffered significant losses after Tropical Storm Bertha.

According to Cinnamon Tyler, Navarre Beach had 17 loggerhead nests this season. That was until Tropical Storm Bertha came along.

Benny Russell is a name many in the community may be familiar with. Football stadiums, sports fields, a park, an elementary school and a section of highway bear his name.

Russell, the person, however, is somewhat less known to many of Santa Rosa’s more recent arrivals.

An artificial reef honoring political activist Charlie Kirk was deployed off Okaloosa County earlier this month. Kirk was murdered last year during a debate event in Utah.

The 18-ton, 20-foot-tall concrete reef structure, which resembles a pyramid, sits beneath 80 feet of water and will serve as a reminder of some of the values Kirk stood for.