This September, students from Navarre Beach Marine Science Station (NBMSS), accompanied by local divers and community partners, gathered to remove harmful marine debris from beneath Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. According to NBMSS director Charlene Mauro, it’s the only student led underwater cleanup of its kind in the U.S.

Navarre High School is all about equipping their students with the tools needed for a successful career and life. As one teacher at Navarre High found out last week, those tools can also help build classroom furniture.

A statewide organization has recognized East Bay K-8 and its library media specialist, Morgan Evans, with the designation of 2025 Florida Power-Library School.

This summer, Navarre Beach Fishing Pier had 134,741 visitors and collected $253,671.12 in county revenue. The county-owned pier is managed by Ken and Tamara Fountain and it the longest pier in the Gulf of America and is a hot commodity for fishermen, both local and visiting.

Fifteen nonprofit organizations from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were named finalists for the 2025 IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area’s grants.

Water supply was shut off last week to various residences, hotels and businesses along the eastern side of Gulf Boulevard in Navarre as workers with the Santa-Rosa-County-owned beach utility replaced two valves along Sonata Court.

Each year, Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties’ middle school students venture to NAS Pensacola for a lesson in science, technology, engineering and math. Holley-Navarre Middle School is one of the participating schools.

Sept. 11, 2025, marked the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks, which were orchestrated by terrorist group al-Qaida, struck at the heart of America, wounding and then galvanizing Americans to stand patriotically against terrorists around the globe.

Keith Elliott, the suspended I.T. professional for Santa Rosa County District Schools, has not been terminated. At least, not yet.

Twenty-four years ago, Sept. 11 became an infamous date in the annals of American history. Four planes were hijacked, with three crashing into major American buildings, such as the Pentagon and Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Nearly 3,000 people died, including hundreds of first responders.