Community Archive

Joe Simmons has moved around quite a bit in his life. It comes with the territory of being in a military family.

He’s lived in Alaska, Utah, Virginia and Florida.

Breakfast with his family turned into a birthday celebration with all his friends for Joe Checkley Tuesday morning.

The sun finally came out on Sunday for the inaugural Vintage Festival, the first car, motorcycle, boat, and surfboard show at the Navarre Beach Lifeguard Headquarters. Old-time rock and roll played on loudspeakers as visitors walked around admiring the vehicles and taking pictures. Sponsored by the Navarre Beach Fire Rescue, the Vintage Festival benefitted the junior lifeguard division at the beach. Sixty-three vehicles registered for the event.

The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge celebrated the 51st anniversary of Earth Day Saturday, April 17 with a family-friendly event for the community.

Violent waves crashed the shore March 27 as U.S. park ranger Andrew Robinson dove into the cold Gulf of Mexico at Opal Beach to save two distressed swimmers about 100 yards out.

A 25-year-old male and a 19-year-old female, both Navy cadets, got caught in a rip current that pushed them out into the rough waters past the breaking point that Saturday afternoon. Robinson scanned the water after being alerted by a beachgoer and noticed them struggling to stay afloat. He immediately took action.

UPDATE: Rain delayed the Vintage Festival by one day. Check it out on Sunday, April 18. Saturday’s Vintage Festival on Navarre Beach is looking like it’s going to be a huge success, according to organizers.

A last-minute trip to Navarre Beach for a vacation turned out to be more exciting than Lauren Dunn could have ever imagined.

The first deadline for the forced rehabilitation of the “Turner House” on Navarre Beach came and went Monday with only three of the five checklist items completed.

Holley-Navarre Fire District has been recognized as the March “First Responder Friday Honoree” by Cumulus Media/Fort Walton Beach, Mountain Dew and Eglin Federal Credit Union.

Organizers of the only Mardi Gras parade to roll locally this year said that the scarcity of parades actually helped make it successful.