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On an evening in 1995, Paul Gardner and his wife were cresting the top of the Navarre Beach bridge when they spotted a breathtaking view, thousands of lights along the coastal community known as Navarre.

A homicide investigation is underway after Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Deputies said Monday they believe a body found in a shallow grave in Jay is a woman that has been missing since May 28.

Bear sightings have become more common, and it isn’t just people thinking they are seeing bears visible to the public more than ever before. The odds are as good as they have ever been in the last 100 years.

Washington (AFNS) — Following the damage to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, caused by Hurricane Michael, the Air Force is recommending that Congress use supplemental funding for rebuilding the base to prepare to receive the F-35 Lightning II fighter at the north Florida installation.

Governor Rick Scott announced Friday the reappointment of Navarre-based attorney Kerry Anne Schultz to the Commission on Community Service.

The Santa Rosa County Legislative Delegation, consisting of Sen. Doug Broxson, Rep. Alex Andrade and Rep. Jayer Williamson, will hold a public hearing Wednesday, Dec. 19 in the Santa Rosa County Commissioner Chambers from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Ashton Hayward, III, former mayor of Pensacola, will begin serving as president of the Andrews Institute Research & Education Foundation (AREF) effective Jan. 7, 2019. The leadership of AREF selected the former Pensacola mayor to direct the AREF’s efforts to fulfill the mission of being an international leader in bringing new and groundbreaking solutions to sports medicine through research and education.

The National Flood Insurance Program secured a two-week reprieve Dec. 7 as President Donald Trump signed a temporary extension of funding for the program.

Voters in Escambia County may have barred Navarre Beach residents from receiving fee simple title following a referendum in the November election.

Construction for the Camden Drive Outfall Project Phase I in the Holley by the Sea subdivision in Navarre commenced Saturday.