May 16, 2024
Air Force leadership honors EOD memorial in 55th year
Eglin Air Force Base — Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned this year to honor and remember their fallen explosive ordnance disposal brethren May 4.
May 15, 2024
Eglin AFB to hold 37th annual Gate to Gate Run/Walk May 25
Attention all runners! For the 37th year, Eglin Air Force Base is hosting its Gate-to-Gate Memorial Run/Walk Saturday, May 25. The event, which begins at 7 a.m., is a 4.4-mile competitive race with portions of the route adjacent to the flightline.
May 15, 2024
AF researchers design, build, fly autonomous aircraft in 24 hours
Eglin Air Force Base — In an open area of the Eglin range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators huddled together above an eight-pound model aircraft as they raced against their deadline to build it.
May 15, 2024
Air Force leadership honors EOD memorial in 55th year
Eglin Air Force Base — Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned this year to honor and remember their fallen explosive ordnance disposal brethren May 4.
May 14, 2024
Gulf Breeze News publisher announces she’s running for Florida Senate seat
Gulf Breeze News Publisher Lisa Newell announced Tuesday that she is running for Florida Senate District 1. Newell, a Democrat, will challenge Republican Don Gaetz. She said she was tired of candidates running unopposed in a “reliably red” district and wanted to ensure voters had a choice at the ballot box. “I believe a lot […]
May 14, 2024
Two arrested after reported shooting along Woodlawn Beach Road
An alleged shooting on Woodlawn Beach Road led to the arrest of two people, Robert Raymond Barnes and Angela Lynn Pelopida.
May 14, 2024
Three Navarre JROTC cadets headed to West Point
Navarre NJROTC cadets Gennaro Smith, Brenner Mavity and Jesse Lee are all headed to West Point.
A fourth cadet, Ben Johnson, received an appointment to the Naval Academy but is attending Florida State instead.
May 13, 2024
Alabama man sentenced for 2023 murder of Navarre resident
On March 19, 2023, Colby Vinson, 24, was murdered at his Cayo Grande apartment in Navarre. Little over a year later, the man suspected of killing him has been handed a life sentence.
May 13, 2024
Navarre High student wins Congressional art competition
A Navarre student’s artwork is heading to Washington, D.C.
Noah Villarreal, a junior at Navarre High School, competed in the 2024 Congressional Art Competition and was named the first-place prize winner for Florida’s first congressional district. Villareal’s art piece was among 193 entrees from across the district, which stretches from Escambia County to Walton County. According to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, it was the most successful year of the art competition.
May 10, 2024
Navarre Beach sees slow start to sea turtle nesting season
It’s that time of year again. The beaches fill with visitors and sea turtles are in nesting season.
Summer is nearly upon us, and the beaches of the Emerald Coast are once again welcoming visitors from all over, including those who have swum a long way to get here. From May to October, sea turtles visit the beaches of Florida to nest, leaving their eggs to hatch and their hatchlings to find their own way back to the Gulf of Mexico.