Sep 27, 2024
Baptist Hospital celebrates first anniversary at new campus
Baptist Hospital is celebrating its one-year anniversary at its new location at Brent Lane and I-110. The new Baptist Hospital emergency doors opened at 3 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2023, at which time the very first patient arrived. Beginning at 5 a.m. that morning, all patients at the E and Moreno street Legacy campus were safely transported to the new Brent Lane location by noon.
Sep 26, 2024
PHOTOS: Surfers at Navarre Beach take advantage of large swells from Hurricane Helene
Sept. 25, 2024 | 4:45 p.m. As Hurricane Helene neared landfall in Florida, surfers were taking advantage of the large swells at Navarre Beach on Thursday, Sept. 26. Photos by Hansen Hasenberg.
Sep 26, 2024
FDOT’s Rail Safety Week highlights Florida’s new first-in-the-nation Rail Safety Coalition
During the last week in September, the Florida Department of Transportation and its partners in the railway industry joined forces to recognize Rail Safety Week, which served as a reminder of the ways the state of Florida can collectively prevent tragedies around trains and railroad tracks.
Sep 24, 2024
Community comes together to renovate bedroom, bathroom for Navarre family as part of Make-a-Wish project
Ever since Kye and Selena Keenam became the full-time guardians of their grandson, Sawyer Johns, in 2019, they have had their hands full. Johns, 7, has Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a condition that causes seizures and developmental delays. He also has cortical visual impairment (CVI), meaning he is partially blind but can see high-contrast images.
Sep 24, 2024
Pensacola Bay Mini-Golf Melee brings community leaders, scouts together
While it wasn’t the Masters at Augusta, Georgia, there plenty of excitement in the air for the first ever Pensacola Bay Mini-Golf Melee. The mini-golf event, put on by the Gulf Coast Council of Scouting America’s Pensacola Bay District, brought together a variety of local organizations and leaders from Escambia and Santa Rosa County for friendly competition and to raise funds for local Scouting activities.
Sep 24, 2024
Early morning update shrinks cone of uncertainty, storm still east of Santa Rosa County
The early morning update on Potential Cyclone Nine, expected to form into Hurricane Ilene in the days ahead, shrunk the cone of uncertainty, leaving the center of the storm far east of Santa Rosa County.
Sep 23, 2024
Animal Services closing shelter dog adoptions until September 30 due to illness
Santa Rosa County Animal Services is temporarily closing all dog adoption operations at the shelter facility until Monday, September 30 due to an autoimmune illness called Mycoplasma cynos.
Sep 23, 2024
Forecast cone released for Gulf Coast storm that’s expected to form into a hurricane
On Monday morning, a forecast cone was released for Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to form into a hurricane later this week in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sep 23, 2024
Phase 1B of Eglin Reuse Project underway, underground piping being installed
While work on Phase 1A of the Eglin Reuse Project continues, Phase 1B of the project is underway.
Sep 22, 2024
Tropical system forecast to hit north eastern Gulf this week
All eyes are on a developing system currently near the Yucatan Peninsula forecast to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico as early as Monday. The system is slated to strengthen and impact the northeastern Gulf Coast, including the possibility of a landfall somewhere in the Panhandle of Florida. It is too soon to forecast an […]