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Navarre High School alumni hosted two class reunions (2011 and 2012) this summer on Navarre Beach.

On July 28, a band that has never played Tunes By the Dunes will make their Navarre Beach debut. Although Password Reset is new to the local concert series, they have been around since 2009.

Their lead singer, Rafaela O’Reilly, has been around music for practically all her life. O’Reilly, whose stage name is ‘Roxie,” was born and raised in Union City, Indiana.

When Governor Ron DeSantis approved the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, he approved $1.5 million for a new, 7200 square foot fire station and training facility in Holley.

Although the allocation was made during the latest legislative cycle, the Holley-Navarre Fire District has been planning on opening up a fire station in Holley for at least 20 years.

Lieutenant junior grade Jacqueline Thomas, a Navarre native, earned her wings of gold at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field June 24.

In addition to receiving the coveted wings of gold, Thomas was recognized as a Commodore’s List awardee and recipient of the Daedalian Award.

Every morning, Michael Farrell comes out of his home on the north side of the Santa Rosa Sound to check on and rebait his crab traps that sit underneath his dock.

Over the past few months, he has noticed a significant decline in the amount of blue crab that he has caught.

Most people associate the sound of Navarre Park with either the water or with the noise of children playing, but in just a few months, people will begin to hear music coming from the park.

The music will come in the form of large stationary instruments that anyone can play.

Melissa Hall thought she was in trouble when her supervisor wanted to talk to her.

Instead, she found out she had just won a new Kia Soul from United Way of West Florida. 

During County Commissioner Dave Piech’s monthly virtual town hall, he announced that plans were in the works for a child development center with a focus on military families.

According to Piech, the childcare center is privately funded and is in the beginning stages of being planned out.

The heat index was over 100 degrees last Saturday, but that didn’t stop 99 anglers from launching their kayaks and casting into the Gulf of Mexico hoping to reel in a winner.

A total of 118 fish were caught at the PYGMY 3 by GOAT Offshore Kayak Fishing Tournaments June 18, and the scale weighed in 800.3 pounds of fish.