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A pair of accidents, one fatal, caused massive traffic congestion Friday afternoon in the Garcon Point area Friday.

The first happened about 3 p.m. on Garcon Point Road near Burlwood Drive.

The investigation continues at Synovus Bank, 8390 Navarre Parkway, where a bank robbery was called in at about 9:15 Friday. No one was injured or killed, according to Sgt. Rich Aloy, spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office.

A Holley by the Sea family woke Friday morning to find that someone had driven onto the front lawn and struck their house on Tumbleweed Drive.

“Together, we are giving sea turtles more tomorrows!” That is the commitment of the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center located at 8740 Gulf Boulevard.

In a split second while on a mission in 2015, U.S. Air Force Capt. Matthew Roland made the last leadership decision he would he would ever make. Without hesitation, he chose to protect his team and give them the best shot at overcoming an insider attack in Afghanistan, sacrificing his life in the process.

Recent torrential lanes will likely slightly delay completion of the Navarre Park renovation, the Tourist Development Council learned Thursday morning.

The county has hired a new beach manager, filling a position that was approved in 2020 but put on hold due to the pandemic.

The newly formed group, Preserve Navarre, has developed a survey intended to determine the community’s interest in incorporation.

The former general manager of The Club at Hidden Creek has been charged with theft for items she allegedly stole from the course.

The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners designated District 3 Commissioner James Calkins as its liaison to water protection civic groups that formed, in part, to oppose a now shelved proposal to allow more or expanded borrow pit mining in the 27,000-acre East Milton Area Wellfield Protection Overlay District.