News Archive

The Navarre Press defended its title of best newspaper in the state for its category, winning a total of 13 awards and finishing in a first-place tie with the Sarasota Business Journal for top honors in Division C of the Florida Press Association’s Better Weekley Newspaper contest.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Jim Melvin had three simple questions at the heart of a meeting on Monday regarding a possible new Community Center in Navarre.

As a result of new district boundaries established for the Santa Rosa County Commission after the 2010 census, Commissioner Jim Melvin, who currently represents District 4, must face incumbent Bob Cole and other challengers for the District 2 seat, creating an opening in the District 4 seat that represents the Navarre area.

A traffic accident at the intersection of Highway 98 and Sunrise Drive sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries and blocked traffic in both directions for more than 30 minutes last Thursday afternoon.

The body of a missing swimmer who was on vacation from Louisiana was found on Navarre Beach Saturday night.

South Santa Rosa County, and Navarre in particular, was once again hammered with severe thunderstorms late Monday afternoon, flooding area streets and homes, and also producing a confirmed water spout coming ashore.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested the owners of Kirkham Kattery Rescue in Milton on charges of animal cruelty after 225 felines were removed from their residence. After removal, the cats were taken to the Santa Rosa County Animal Services facility where Dr. Natalie Dyson, a Navarre veterinarian, worked late into the night evaluating the animals.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is urging boaters to go slow and be vigilant on the Choctawhatchee River. The request to go slow comes after a Bay County child was severely injured June 22 on a fishing trip with his family when a large Gulf sturgeon leapt into their boat, hitting three children.

The smell of food, the sound of music, and stormy weather filled the air for the 25th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta at Hurlburt Field.

Florida’s aquaculture industry sold $69 million worth of fish, alligators, aquatic plants and other animals last year.