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The Gulf Coast’s sea turtle nesting season is underway, but Cathy Holmes, Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center project director, said she hasn’t seen any nests yet.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Loggerhead turtles are the most common in Florida and along northwest Florida beaches. FWC’s 2014 Nesting Beach Survey showed 101 Loggerhead turtle nests in Santa Rosa, Escambia, Okaloosa counties. Santa Rosa County had 12.

Gov. Rick Scott’s new hospital commission consists of Republican donors and business leaders who will likely help him go after some of the state’s hospitals as the standoff over Medicaid expansion intensifies.

Florida’s Republican-led Legislature will return to the state Capitol in June and try to do what they couldn’t do during their 60-day session that crashed to a halt.

James Flanders, wanted for the 2011 murder of Fort Walton Beach resident Marie Carlson, was arrested in Arizona May 14.

A Navarre man serving life in prison for aggravated battery granted a new trial by the Florida First District Court of Appeal May 13.

On Saturday, Santa Rosa County lifeguards began patrolling the west side of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier with all-terrain vehicles – a move praised by island residents and first responders.

Two proposals for Navarre Beach restoration scored at the top of tourism proposals submitted for the first allotment of local RESTORE funding, which is expected to total around $4.3 million.

Saturday was a perfect day for a concert at Navarre Beach, especially when that concert includes Nashville recording artist Joe Nichols.

A Gulf Breeze man is in jail after the toddler he was babysitting was found running toward Highway 98 Thursday morning.

District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson and some Navarre Beach residents are advocating for Santa Rosa County to place additional lifeguard staff and stations west of Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.
But some county officials argue such a move could increase the county’s risk.