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Camden Cooper is counting his blessings after a horrific jet ski crash nearly killed him.

Sea turtle fans rejoice! Navarre Beach has had a confirmed successful nest hatch. The nest, one of two in the Navarre Beach Marine Park, is set to be assessed Sunday, Aug. 11 by Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center personnel. According to an initial reading of the tracks outside the nest, Cathy Holmes, NBSTCC’s founder, said all but a few turtles went toward the Gulf after hatching.

In 2028, the United States will host the Olympic games in Los Angeles. The last time the U.S. hosted the Summer Olympic Games was 1996, when it was held in Atlanta.

The Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District held a christening event to debut their new rescue boat. The boat, which is 25 ft. and 8 inches long and 8 and a half feet wide, will be used in rescue scenarios in Santa Rosa Sound and, if need be, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Holley Navarre Fire District held its second annual summer cadet program this past week and this weekend. As part of the program, cadets had the opportunity to witness a car fire demonstration from firefighters with HNFD. Pictures by Navarre Press reporter Hansen Hasenberg.

With the first day of school around the corner, Navarre First Assembly of God held its third annual Day of Hope event last Saturday, July 27. Despite rainy weather earlier in the morning, the turnout for the event still reached 700 people, around the average of the other years.

Founded in 1949, Waterfront Rescue Mission started as a refuge for wayward fishermen and has grown into a full-service mission providing faith-based rescue and recovery programs with the purpose of lifting people out of homelessness, poverty and addiction.

Following an extensive selection process, Gulf Coast Council, Scouting America has chosen Stephen Williams to serve as its next Scout Executive.

The morning of Saturday, July 20, Midway Fire District was dispatched to a house in Gulf Breeze for a residential structure fire. The house, located on Chanteclaire Circle, had been struck by lightning.

During World War II, American aviation took off. American production of airplanes went from around 3,000 planes in 1939 to 300,000 by the war’s end. In the years after the war, these planes were increasingly being scrapped.