Following a season that brought over a million visitors to Navarre Beach, the lifeguards who patrol the shores are back to work.
Navarre Beach Lifeguards started patrolling the beach and water Saturday, March 8 and will be active each day until late October. Even though last year was extremely busy, Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull expects there to be even more need for lifeguard services in 2025.
On March 11, Santa Rosa County Schools Workforce Education Department presented CAPE (Career and Professional Education) bonus funding checks to schools across the district, recognizing their achievements in career and technical education (CTE) while earning industry certifications.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is back in the spotlight, this time on Fox Nation, a streaming service.
The agency will be featured on a new episode of “COPS: Spring Break.”
After resigning from Santa Rosa District Schools last October, Kelly Short, 57, was arrested on larceny charges related to her time as director of the district’s Office of Professional Learning.
Short is accused of engaging in financial improprieties, which amounted to her allegedly stealing from the district over a two-year period. The arrest comes amidst a monthslong investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
The Santa Rosa County Soil Conservation Department in partnership with Gulf Coastal Plains Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP) plan to conduct a prescribed burn of 44 acres within the East Bay River Nature Preserve (Creets Landing) near the end of Crescent Wood Road in Navarre on Wednesday, March 12.
Navarre Garden Club members came together Tuesday, March 4, for a celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary at Holley Navarre Fire District’s Station 45 meeting room. The milestone was marked with cake and a meeting to discuss what’s in store for the rest of 2025.
Three Midway Fire District firefighters recently completed an intensive 40-hour advanced extrication training course held in Orlando. This course enhanced their skills in life-saving rescue techniques.
There are few places in the world where you can walk through swamps, prairies, beaches, flat woods and a Civil War battlefield. In Florida, you can see this all in a matter of a month, or if you are Deanna Doane, 19 days.
At 26 years old, Doane recently completed the fastest supported known time in Florida National Scenic Trail history.
