News Archive

A harrowing ordeal took place Wednesday evening, May 21, at Navarre Beach.

A woman driving northbound in a sedan veered off the Navarre Beach Causeway at a high rate of speed, crashing into Santa Rosa Sound. According to Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, the incident was an attempted suicide.

People from across Navarre came together Thursday, May 22, to bless Navarre Beach for the upcoming tourist season and beyond.

The annual event, known as Blessing on the Beach, is organized by the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and features a pastor from a church in Navarre as the main speaker. This year’s speaker was Pastor Stacy Clearman of East Bay Church.

At the Board of County Commissioners meeting May 22, local middle school students and one high school student received awards for their essays about the American government.

(By Jim Turner) Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials Wednesday moved forward with Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade. Before a crowd that spread into at least four extra rooms at the College of Central Florida in Ocala, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 for staff members to return with rules for a December hunt that would be held in four parts of the state and could lead to as many as 187 bears being killed.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is proud to announce the launch of the newly redesigned Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail website. To explore the new website and plan your next wildlife adventure, visit FloridaBirdingTrail.com.

In Florida, not stopping for a school bus picking up or dropping off students is illegal. In Santa Rosa County, over 4,000 drivers have been fined for the traffic violation.

With the school year ending, most school clubs and organizations are packing it in and preparing for the summer break. Not Students Working Against Tobacco.

Holley Navarre Water System will auction three Ford F-150 trucks Tuesday, May 20. The auction begins at 5 p.m. and will be followed by the monthly meeting of the Holley Navarre Water System Board of Directors at 6 p.m. Truck viewing begins at 7 a.m. at the HNWS warehouse, located across from the main office at 8574 Turkey Bluff Road.

Pensacola, FL – Thanks to generous community donations and the hard work of local letter carriers, more than 130,000 pounds of food was collected on May 10th during the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 2025 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to benefit neighbors in need in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.  

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Vietnam Conflict, the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce proudly hosted “Honoring Our Heroes: Welcome Home, a Tribute to Vietnam Veterans,” a three-day event that brought together more than 440 attendees for a sold-out celebration of service, sacrifice and patriotism.