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Celebration of Life held for fire commissioner Dave Stone

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 5, 2025. Posted in Community, News.

Family, friends and firefighters across Northwest Florida gathered Sunday, May 4, to honor the life of Dave Stone, 78, who devoted much of his life to the fire service.

Held at The Club at Hidden Creek, the Celebration of Life featured speeches from Dave’s sons, Shannon and DJ, his pastor, Jack Kale, and others. Stone was a Commissioner for Holley Navarre Fire District and a Retired Assistant Chief with Ocean City Wright Fire Control District. Stone passed away April 14.

Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on May 5, 2025. Posted in Brian Out Loud, Opinion.

It’s time to take a step back in the sports world and restore some sanity to it.

Because when you have someone make a threat to shoot an umpire, that’s a problem. A big problem.

Florida bill could eliminate tourism development councils, change tourism tax rules

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 5, 2025. Posted in News.

UPDATE: The bill discussed in this article has been postponed indefinitely and will not be signed into law this session.

As Florida’s Legislative Session winds down, a bill focused on reforming Florida laws around tourism taxes and how they are used is raising eyebrows and some alarm amongst Florida’s counties and tourism industry.

Danforth headed to Pensacola State for volleyball

Written by Brian Lester on May 5, 2025. Posted in Sports.

Addison Danforth once played volleyball on the beach and that sparked her love for the sport.

Now, the Navarre Raider standout is headed to college to continue playing volleyball after signing with Pensacola State last month.

Navarre Raiders compete at Region 1-3A track meet

Written by Brian Lester on May 3, 2025. Posted in Sports.

Navarre’s track team took aim at success at the Region 1-3A meet on a picture-perfect Friday afternoon in Pensacola.

Competing at the new track facility at Pine Forest, the Raiders produced a handful of top 10 performances, including Eddie Love Jr. breaking the school record in the 100.

Record 126-day Gulf red snapper recreational season announced for Florida

Written by Staff Reporters on May 3, 2025. Posted in Beach, News.

At a news conference in Destin, Gov. Ron DeSantis was excited to announce the longest Gulf red snapper season in Florida’s history.
The 126-day recreational season for Gulf red snapper will begin Memorial Day weekend (May 24-26) and reopen June 1 through July 31 before closing again. It will restart in September and end Christmas weekend, with periodic pauses in between.

Church to hold car wash fundraiser for Pregnancy Resource Center of Navarre

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 2, 2025. Posted in Community, Faith, News.

Ahead of Mother’s Day, Ignite Church is holding a car wash to raise funds for Pregnancy Resource Center of Navarre.

“Clean Cars, Safe Starts” will take place Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Ignite Church (8173 East Bay Blvd. Unit B) in Navarre. The fundraiser is being done through donations.

Lawmakers add hurdles to ballot initiatives

Written by News Service of Florida on May 2, 2025. Posted in Florida News.

Tallahassee – With Democrats calling the changes an “assault on the very spirit of Florida’s democracy,” the Republican-controlled Legislature on May 2 finalized a plan that will impose additional hurdles on the ballot-initiative process and heighten penalties for wrongdoing.

Hurlburt field to perform prescribed burns

Written by Staff Reporters on May 2, 2025. Posted in News.

UPDATE: The prescribed burns originally scheduled for May 4-10 have been postponed.

Original: Hurlburt Field will conduct multiple prescribed burns between May 4-10, pending weather conditions.

FDOT: Traffic advisory for Santa Rosa County drivers

Written by Staff Reporters on May 2, 2025. Posted in News.

Drivers in Santa Rosa County will encounter traffic disruptions on the following state roads in as crews perform construction and maintenance activities.