Community Archive

Hurricane Isaias made landfall along the Emerald Coast Friday as Category 2 storm.

With the hurricane came strong winds and lots of damage. Here are some pictures from the day after the storm.

Tuesday, Sept. 29, marked the official opening of the Nature’s Nest education pavilion at Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge in Holley.

The refuge built the 24-by-48-foot pavilion to expand educational opportunities and better accommodate ongoing community-based activities. According to ECWR, the pavilion will serve the thousands of people who come to the refuge annually.

St. Sylvester Catholic Church will host a charity Oktoberfest dinner Saturday, Oct. 17. The event starts at 5 p.m., and dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

The event was created in response to the cancellation of Smokin in the Square, the annual barbecue competition that raises money for charitable organizations.

Congressman Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) is urging Floridians to take precautions with electric vehicles, scooters and other battery powered devices ahead of Hurricane Isaias. 

On Oct. 17, from 3 to 5 p.m., Spirit Stables in East Milton will host a “Wild West Hoedown” to support Horse Healing, a nonprofit connecting people with equine therapy resources.

The hoedown will include face painting, kids crafts, a feeding station, hayrides, a chili competition and games for children. There will also be a “jailhouse” where you can lock up friends and family. While the event is free to attend, the activities are ticketed.

For the past 23 years, David Chaves has been a fixture at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School. The fifth-grade educator was recently named the school’s teacher of the year.

This isn’t Chaves’ first experience as a teacher of the year. He was also given the honor in 2018.

A new coffee shop may be coming to Tiger Point.

A franchisee with Ellianos Coffee, a restaurant chain started in 2002, has submitted plans to bring the restaurant to the 3400 block of Gulf Breeze Parkway (Highway 98).

For the past five years, Honya Richbourg has taught music to children at West Navarre Intermediate School.

Now, she is the school’s teacher of the year.

Eight additional harvest days have been added to the 2026 Gulf private recreational red snapper season, allowing harvest to remain open continuously from Oct. 9 through Oct. 22.

These additional days will align recreational red snapper fishing opportunities across Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

It isn’t every day you meet someone named after your hometown, but on Wednesday, Sept. 30, that’s what happened at the Navarre Press office.

Navarre Mark Thompson, a curious, spry child of 15 months, recently visited Navarre, Florida, for just the second time. He was 2 months old during his prior visit.