News Archive

New vision for Navarre Beach – amphitheater

When County Administrator Dan Schebler met with department heads last year and asked them to prepare a plan to share with commissioners Feb. 23, he wasn’t specific about what he expected.

New pier potty close to completion

The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier’s new restroom facilities are ready for installation.

Navarre’s extensive reef system expands

Deployment of new reef modules got underway Jan. 5 morning at three different sites off the shore of Navarre Beach.

Connected again, key connector roads partially repaired

The new year started with the south end of Santa Rosa County partially disconnected from its neighbors to the west.

After a lifetime of hard living, a homeless local man who loved Navarre has died.

Known by some as Billy the Beach Bum, Billy James Joseph Price was 41 when his body was found Dec. 20 in his campsite at Pensacola’s Graffiti Bridge.

Two weeks before Christmas, a moving truck is parked in the driveway of a home in a small neighborhood just outside of Holley by the Sea. A “for sale” sign swings in the front yard.

The young man who answers the door explains they are moving out, rather than moving in. It was easy selling the home, he says.

Just in time for the holidays, readers helped Navarre Press reach its goal of helping one Santa Rosa County veteran get a Healing Paws for Warriors dog in 2022.

The dogs, which are mostly rescues, are trained to support veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or other emotional and mental trauma.