Officials from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties met in Pensacola Wednesday, Nov. 12, for the groundbreaking of the new Regional Traffic Management Center.
Rev. Mark Waddell, of St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church in Navarre, was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests Oct. 29. Rt. Rev. Russell Kendrick, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, gave the ordination; Rev. Steve Campbell, D. Min., gave the sermon and 64 people were in attendance.
Tracey Strength, a first-grade teacher at West Navarre Primary School, was recently given the title “Teacher of the Year” by her colleagues.
Now in her 20th year teaching at West Navarre Primary, Strength said she feels honored to represent the school in the district Teacher of the Year competition.
Whenever visiting a hotel, it’s not uncommon to open the nightstand drawer and find a Bible laying there. Less common is the knowledge of who put it there.
Ahead of the Nov. 11 opening of Residence Inn Navarre Waterfront, members of the evangelical nonprofit association Gideons International went from room to room, hand delivering bibles.
Sea turtle nesting season in Florida runs from springtime through the end of October. In Northwest Florida, the season officially starts May 1 and ends Oct. 31.
The 2025 nesting season brought 18 nests, a high number for Navarre Beach, but mixed results overall.
Every school day at 7 a.m., you can find Camdon Oliver clocking in at Navarre High School and getting the cafeteria ready for students. It wasn’t too many years ago that Oliver was one of those students himself.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis is looking for ways to help the military in his first year in Congress.
The Northwest Florida congressman recently introduced legislation to prioritize infrastructure projects based on their importance to civil or national defense. The bill is called the Warrior Road Act.
