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FDOT’s Rail Safety Week highlights Florida’s new first-in-the-nation Rail Safety Coalition

Written by Staff Reporters on September 26, 2024. Posted in News.

During the last week in September, the Florida Department of Transportation and its partners in the railway industry joined forces to recognize Rail Safety Week, which served as a reminder of the ways the state of Florida can collectively prevent tragedies around trains and railroad tracks.

Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Stranding Team has saved 56 turtles (so far) this year

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 26, 2024. Posted in Beach.

Navarre Beach Fishing Pier is one of the leading areas for sea turtle strandings in the state of Florida. Despite Navarre Beach’s relatively small size (it’s only about 4 miles long), the pier and surrounding area can see anywhere from 45 to 67 turtles a year being rescued from fishing line, hooks and other entrapments. This year, that number is 56, and that’s only through September.

64 of 67 Florida counties under tropical storm or hurricane warning, but not Santa Rosa

Written by Daniel Evans on September 25, 2024. Posted in stormcenter, stormcenterliveupdate.

Sept. 25, 2024 | 10:01 p.m. The National Hurricane Center released its 10 p.m. update on Hurricane Helene, which continues to show the eye of the storm hitting in Florida’s “big bend” area. The storm is expected to make landfall in less than 24 hours, around 7 p.m. CT on Thursday. In all 64 of […]

Santa Rosa County under a wind advisory for Thursday as Helene makes its way through Gulf

Written by Daniel Evans on September 25, 2024. Posted in stormcenter, stormcenterliveupdate.

Santa Rosa County has been added to a wind advisory by the National Weather Service. On Wednesday morning, only the coastal areas of Santa Rosa County were put under the wind advisory, but now the entire county has been added. The path of Hurricane Helene, updated at 4 p.m. CT, still remains far to Santa […]

Santa Rosa County schools reverse course, schools out Thursday

Written by Daniel Evans on September 25, 2024. Posted in stormcenter, stormcenterliveupdate.

In a surprise decision Thursday afternoon, Santa Rosa County District Schools reversed course and canceled school for Thursday, Sept. 26. Three hours before the school district had announced the complete opposite, saying only afterschool activities would be canceled on Thursday. “At 4 p.m. we received additional information from the National Weather Service of Mobile including […]

Danforth reaches milestone as Raiders pick up another win

Written by Brian Lester on September 25, 2024. Posted in Sports.

Early on in the match against Baker Tuesday night, play was stopped briefly as Addison Danforth reached a milestone.

The senior star of the Navarre Raiders recorded her 1,000th dig. Banners were held up in the crowd acknowledging the moment. Confetti shot from a gun went into the air and drifted down onto the bleachers.

Florida braces for powerful Helene

Written by News Service of Florida on September 25, 2024. Posted in Florida News, stormcenter.

Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that “time is running out” for Gulf Coast residents, particularly in North Florida’s Big Bend region, to finalize preparations as powerful Hurricane Helene is poised to slam into the state Thursday.

Warehouse, retail planned for corner of Beechwood Drive, Highway 98

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2024. Posted in Business.

A new development is coming to the corner of Beechwood Drive and Highway 98 in the Tiger Point area. Two buildings are currently planned for the site, in addition to parking for those structures. One building will be built north of the other.

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area announces finalists for grants

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2024. Posted in Community.

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, an organization of philanthropic women who offer grant funding to local nonprofits, has announced the finalists for this year’s round of grants. The grant recipients will be announced next month.

Community comes together to renovate bedroom, bathroom for Navarre family as part of Make-a-Wish project

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 24, 2024. Posted in News.

Ever since Kye and Selena Keenam became the full-time guardians of their grandson, Sawyer Johns, in 2019, they have had their hands full. Johns, 7, has Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a condition that causes seizures and developmental delays. He also has cortical visual impairment (CVI), meaning he is partially blind but can see high-contrast images.