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Jul 4, 2021

From proposal to family of 4, couple visits same Navarre Beach boardwalk

On July 4, 2013, red flags were flying on Navarre Beach and the surf was too rough for swimming. So William Richey convinced his longtime girlfriend, Jodie, to cross the beach walkover near their rental that day to look at the surf. Then, with their family watching through the window of their nearby townhome, he proposed.
Rip Current
Jul 4, 2021

Rip currents likely to be present along Navarre Beach

A high rip current risk is in effect from noon on Sunday, July 4 through the evening of July 5, according to an advisory from the National Weather Service.
Jul 4, 2021

Coast Guard medevacs man from boat south of Gulf Shores

The Coast Guard medevaced a 47-year-old man Sunday approximately 20 miles south of Gulf Shores, Alabama. 

Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report of a medical emergency from a 40-foot fishing charter that a crewmember was losing consciousness and reportedly experiencing seizures. The watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew to assist.  The helicopter crew arrived on-scene, safely hoisted the man and transferred him to Sacred Heart Hospital for further medical care. 

Jul 3, 2021

Downtown Milton long a political hotspot

Millard Fillmore Caldwell campaigns for the governor’s seat in Milton in 1944 in this photo from Florida Memory. Caldwell, who served as governor from 1945 to 1949, died in 1989. He was the 29th governor of Florida.
Jul 2, 2021

Deputies cross-train in water rescue on Navarre Beach

Deputies and firefighters gathered at Navarre Beach July 2 with lifeguards for a morning full of water rescue training.

After Baldwin County deputy Bill Smith drowned June 6 while rescuing distressed swimmers on the Fort Morgan peninsula, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office reached out to Navarre Beach Fire Rescue Safety Chief Austin Turnbull and inquired about doing a surf rescue training with deputies.

Jul 2, 2021

Flies bugging you? You’re not alone in Navarre area

When Joe and Pamela Meyer started a home construction project at their Navarre home this spring, they added a doggy door and ran a wire through it. Their home, which has been in the family for more than 30 years, quickly filled up with flies.
Jul 2, 2021

Navarre Beach Leaseholders discuss possibility of RV park

The Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association held their monthly meeting at Juana’s Pagodas Saturday, June 26, after the original meeting was postponed due to Tropical Storm Claudette.
Jul 2, 2021

Fuel spill cleaned up along East Bay Boulevard

About 50 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled in a ditch along East Bay Boulevard Friday morning after a traffic accident near the road’s intersection with DH Harvell Circle in Navarre.
Jul 2, 2021

Bagdad church gets go-ahead for lighted sign

After nearly an hour of deliberation, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners approved a variance request to allow an internally illuminated church sign in the Historic District of Bagdad at a Commission Special Rezoning meeting June 24.
Jul 2, 2021

Hurricane Elsa on the move, path uncertain

Elsa has been upgraded to a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center does not have high confidence in her forecast path, which currently takes her into the Gulf of Mexico early next week and then up the western coast of the Peninsula.
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