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Every four hours members the Navarre Beach Fire Department patrolled the beach from the military property westward to Opal Beach in hope of recovering the body of swimmer Christopher Beal who went missing on Tuesday, Dec. 29.  Danny Fureigh of NBFD says that it was the roughest and highest surf Navarre Beach has had in a while when Beal was lost. 

Questions about accounting and certain employee expenses are drawing more oversight of Fairpoint Regional Utility System, a collective that is mutually owned by four area water companies.

Bradley Savage, age 25 of Navarre, was arrested for Battery on a law enforcement officer and Resisting an officer with violence during a house party investigation on Jan. 2. 

Penguin Plunge draws large crowd

More than 400 people celebrated New Year’s Day by diving into the chilly water of Santa Rosa Sound.

Training accidents lead to military deaths

On March 10, a Black Hawk helicopter with seven Marines and four soldiers crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound during a training mission killing all 11 on board.  The UH-60M helicopter was piloted by a Louisiana National Guard Crew.  The helicopter took off from the Destin Executive Airport for a routine training mission. 

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Y receives inclusionary grant for special-needs programming

For years, the Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA in Navarre has made it a priority to include special-needs children in its summer camps and after-school programs.

April Warner has run April Showers Pet Grooming for five years and has noticed a trend of owners bringing in pets who are not properly vaccinated.

Steps still need to be taken before work begins on two artificial reef projects off Navarre Beach, but according to Navarre Chamber Foundation President Mike Sandler, things continue to move forward. The next step is the contracting process.

Washington (NNS) — The Departments of the Navy and the Air Force broke ground with Gulf Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, at Naval Air Station Pensacola, marking the start of construction for three large-scale solar electric generating facilities Dec. 16.