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Sarah Pena, a Kindergarten teacher at West Navarre Primary School, was recently recognized as a winner of the FSU InSPIRE America 250 Challenge in AI literacy.

The challenge featured teachers who’ve completed professional development courses on AI and robotics in the eight Northwest Florida counties InSPIRE serves.

Jonathan Kanzigg, former Midway Fire District chief, was unanimously selected May 5 as interim fire chief for the Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District following the termination of Chief Danny Fureigh.

Stan McDaniels does not describe himself as an activist. He describes himself as someone who got beaten up by a system he knew was wrong and decided to do something about it.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reached a major milestone in its Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative (FSMI), completing all airborne LiDAR data collection and receiving the majority of vessel-based sonar data used to map Florida’s coastal waters.

Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District Chief Danny Fureigh is no longer employed with the district following an arrest on a probation violation, April 30.

The timeline for completion of phase II of an artificial reef project off Santa Rosa County has been extended.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) extended the deadline from July 1 to Dec. 30 to accommodate for weather interruptions during the deployment process. The County Commission followed suit, approving the extension April 23.

Before a single aircraft lifts off the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, engineers must complete a mountain of documentation.

Test plans, hazard analyses, evaluation frameworks, and technical reports are all part of the process that ensures flight tests are conducted safely and produce meaningful results. Drafting those documents can take hours, days, and sometimes weeks.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services will host a series of Community Cat Days throughout May, offering free spay and neuter services for eligible outdoor cats owned by no one and living in Santa Rosa County.

Navarre Beach Marine Science Station hosted its annual Autism Odysea event Saturday, May 2. The event brings together various organizations for a day devoted to special needs families.

Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola is known as the Cradle of Naval Aviation, as it has been training pilots since the 1910s.

While “air” is in the installation’s name, it was important to the U.S. Navy long before planes took to the sky.