A soon-to-be published study on the impacts of watercraft upon sea turtles has found nearly one out of every four sea turtles stranded along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts show signs of vessel-strike injuries (VSI).
The study covered areas including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Despite Santa Rosa County being eligible to become a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement community, Santa Rosa officials say they aren’t planning to pursue it for another year.
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.
