In addition to Tuesday, Dec. 3, the cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will also be open nights Thursday, Dec. 5, and Friday, Dec. 6 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton. Those who would like to stay at the shelter must arrive between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Only service animals (with verification of rabies vaccination) are permitted to stay with guests. No one will be admitted after 8:30 p.m. unless brought in by law enforcement. The shelter closes at 7 a.m. each morning.
As part of the Navarre Beach Restoration Project, heavy equipment will begin staging on Thursday, Dec. 5 at Navarre Beach Access 37A. This access will be closed to the public until further notice beginning Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Navarre resident Jeff Waldorff has been photographing the natural beauty of the Gulf Coast nearly all his life. He turned it into a business about 17 years ago and has done it full time for the better part of the last two decades.
The smoke-filled canteen (bar) at American Legion Post 382 in Navarre will be a thing of the past come Jan. 2, 2025. That’s when the post will become a non-smoking facility.
Another coffee chain has set its sights on opening a location in Navarre. 7Brew, a drive-thru coffee chain with 256 locations across the United States, has submitted plans to build a store at the corner of Prado Street and Navarre Parkway (Highway 98).
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has successfully recovered 37 gold coins stolen from the 1715 Fleet shipwrecks, valued collectively at over $1 million. The recovery marks a major milestone in a long-standing investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of these priceless historical artifacts.
Commissioner Ray Eddington, District 4, was joined last Friday, by fellow commissioners, county staff and residents of Navarre to cut the ribbon and officially open the Navarre Fitness Court.
Gulf Breeze Will Do, a women’s philanthropy group which funds grants supporting organizations in Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach, announced its 2024 grant recipients last month. The amount of funding given out this year totals $46,548.
Lulu Gribbin, a 15-year-old shark attack survivor, came back to the Emerald Coast to meet some of the people who helped save her life this past June.
Okaloosa MedFlight’s emergency air medical crew was reunited with their former patient on Nov. 21 in Niceville. Gribbin has defied the odds with her remarkable recovery after she lost her right leg and left hand in the shark attack off Walton County.
Each year, the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) hosts a gala to raise funds for its programs and operations, which include educating visitors about marine ecosystems and helping injured or distressed sea turtles in Santa Rosa County. This year, the Sea Turtle Soiree will be held Dec. 7, at the Club at Hidden Creek in Navarre from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
