The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is currently reviewing its priorities list for upcoming projects and wants citizen feedback. On Wednesday, April 8, The TPO is hosting two meetings at Gulf Breeze Community Center (800 Shoreline Park Drive) to give people more insight into projects planned for their communities.

It was a little more than a year ago that Morgan Foshee told her boss she was quitting.

Morgan had been working in recruiting for Adobe, the software company behind Photoshop and the Portable Document Format. While the job paid the bills, she had larger aspirations.

Two teenage swimmers were in distress March 31 around 4 p.m. when Navarre Beach lifeguards responded.

The lifeguards rescued the teenagers, who had been caught in a rip current.

Seashell collecting is a popular pastime for beachgoers across Florida.

Along the Emerald Coast, common finds include alphabet cones, Venus shells, lightning whelks, scallop shells, clam shells and Florida fighting conches. While the names may be unfamiliar to some, the appearance of these shells is recognizable to many Floridians.

For 16 years, Caroline Ireland has led the chorus program at Navarre High School.

In that time, she has become a steady presence in the school’s gymnasium building. While Ireland said she loves the school, she will move to a new school next school year.

Following the success of their Pensacola campus, Transformation Church is expanding their sphere of influence, creating a Gulf Breeze area campus.

Transformation Church’s new campus is located at the former home of Coast Community Church, which was absorbed into the church plant. The address is 3141 Gulf Breeze Parkway, just east of Oriole Beach Road.

First Baptist Church of Navarre spent part of last month focusing on reaching out to the community. Working alongside 30 members of the 2nd Baptist Church of Springfield, Missouri, FBCN conducted a three-day local missions initiative, called “Bless Navarre,” which featured church volunteers preparing 100 gift bags for teachers and staff at Holley-Navarre Middle School and painting the school’s multipurpose room.

Fears over what may happen to endangered species in the Gulf of America have heightened after the Endangered Species Committee, also known as the “God Squad,” exempted all oil and gas projects in the Gulf from Endangered Species Act regulations, including penalties for violations of federal law.

Conservation groups say the exemption could jeopardize species throughout the Gulf, including the critically endangered Rice’s whale. The committee took the action after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called ongoing litigation against oil companies a “threat” to national security.

Expansion will begin April 16 at the Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA in Navarre.

Military spouses often balance multiple roles, including housekeeper, parent and worker. Many handle these responsibilities while their active-duty spouse is deployed or at work.

Lyndsey Akers is no exception.