Community Archive

For 16 years, Caroline Ireland has led the chorus program at Navarre High School.

In that time, she has become a steady presence in the school’s gymnasium building. While Ireland said she loves the school, she will move to a new school next school year.

Following the success of their Pensacola campus, Transformation Church is expanding their sphere of influence, creating a Gulf Breeze area campus.

Transformation Church’s new campus is located at the former home of Coast Community Church, which was absorbed into the church plant. The address is 3141 Gulf Breeze Parkway, just east of Oriole Beach Road.

Expansion will begin April 16 at the Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA in Navarre.

Military spouses often balance multiple roles, including housekeeper, parent and worker. Many handle these responsibilities while their active-duty spouse is deployed or at work.

Lyndsey Akers is no exception.

Holley-Navarre Intermediate and Primary schools are collecting donations for Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge. These donations will help support ECWR’s mission of rescuing and rehabilitating animals in Santa Rosa County. The donation drive began March 24 and will run through April 8.

Holley-Navarre Water System has announced a Precautionary Boil Water Notice for Holley residents on Bob Tolbert Road south of Doyle Hawkins and Forester Roads.

Spring is upon us, and that means warmer temperatures both above and below the waves of Navarre Beach.

The increased temperatures will more than likely mean more sea turtles. While sea turtles are a welcome sight for beachgoers, their presence near the fishing pier can spell trouble.

“Now these are some oysters,” declared Virginia Brown.
She had just been given her order of fried oysters from Where Y’at Seafood in Holley on Monday, March 23. Brown and a group of friends and family gathered around a table outside the restaurant to wish her a happy belated birthday.

The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, will host a regional competition for the 2026 National Civics Bee on Tuesday, April 7, at Beachside Church in Fort Walton Beach.

Faculty researchers and archaeology students at the University of West Florida have uncovered artifacts linked to multiple pre-Columbian Native American cultures during a recent archaeological survey on the university’s Pensacola campus.