The two-hour lesson in diplomacy that Sheriff Bob Johnson received from colleagues in other counties soon after his 2016 election is proving to be worth millions of dollars a year to his budget.
Kathleen Lancaster, wife to Major Joshua-Lee Lancaster of the 14th Weapons School at Hurlburt, is nominated for the Military Spouse of the Year award. She serves as a Key Spouse to her husband’s squadron and chairman of the patient advisory council at Hurlburt Field’s medical squadron.
We had the privilege this week of interviewing Navarre’s very own Earl Dean, who grew up in the deeply segregated south, here in the Florida Panhandle. To fit his story on a page and a half seemed insufficient and even after reading his story we know there is so much more to tell. We are captivated by what to many of us seems like something out of a movie because we didn’t live through that time period of segregation. And some of us did.
The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida and the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a “Google Tools for Your Small Business Workshop” Friday, Feb. 16, from Noon to 1 p.m. in the conference room at the Navarre Chamber inside the Navarre Visitor Information Center, 8543 Navarre Parkway. Lunch will be provided by Coastal Bank and Trust.
Last season was one to remember for the University of West Florida softball team as the Argonauts advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight for the first time since 2003.
Phase III of the Florida Artificial Reef Creation and Restoration project continues and bid solicitation has been finalized for a near-shore fishing and diving reef off Navarre Beach.
The Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections (FSASE) is giving $1,200 scholarships to three qualified college students in the state of Florida.