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New grant money awarded to VisitFlorida for ‘adventure’ tourism

Written by Staff Reporters on May 30, 2024. Posted in News.

The Triumph Gulf Coast Board has unanimously approved a grant of $10.5 million to VISIT FLORIDA, that will benefit all eight counties impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Santa Rosa Tourist Development Office (TDO) will see some of these funds, according to TDO director Julie White.

Meet the Godwins, Santa Rosa County Farm Family of the Year

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 30, 2024. Posted in Community, News.

It’s no secret that the Jay area is well-known for their peanuts. Family farmers have been tilling, planting, growing and harvesting year after year for well over a century. To honor these families, Santa Rosa County Extension Office names a Farm Family of the Year.

NIL for Florida high school athletes on cusp of being reality

Written by Brian Lester on May 30, 2024. Posted in Sports.

It may only be a matter of time now before NIL is reality in high school athletics in Florida.

The FHSAA’s Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on it next Tuesday during its meeting, according to FHSAA Executive Director Craig Damon.

Holley Navarre Water System’s 2023 audit an improvement from 2022’s issue-filled audit

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 30, 2024. Posted in News.

The 2023 Consolidated Financial Audit of Holley Navarre Water System is “significantly different” than the previous year’s audit, according to Warren Averett, the accounting firm which conducted the annual audit. The consolidated audit includes numbers for MESI and The Club at Hidden Creek, which are affiliated with HNWS.

Navarre could soon welcome its second McDonald’s restaurant

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 29, 2024. Posted in Business, News.

Navarre may soon be welcoming its second McDonald’s restaurant.

UWF men’s basketball team adds new assistant coach

Written by Brian Lester on May 29, 2024. Posted in Sports.

The University of West Florida men’s basketball team has added Nick Lenhard to its coaching staff.

Death penalty ‘game of chance’ targeted

Written by News Service of Florida on May 29, 2024. Posted in Florida News.

Tallahassee – A 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend execution has resulted in a “quintessential game of chance” for inmates being resentenced because of changes in the state’s death-penalty process and unconstitutionally “silences Black voices,” groups are arguing in what could be a pivotal Florida Supreme Court case.

Heroes on the Water

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on May 29, 2024. Posted in Beach.

Every month, a group of veterans, Active Duty servicemembers and some first responders take to the water. Not on a mission but to kayak and fish. They are part of an organization known as Heroes on the Water; a nonprofit founded in 2007 to provide recreational wellness experiences to those who have served.

Dolphin found on Eglin Property by Navarre residents

Written by Staff Reporters on May 28, 2024. Posted in Beach, News.

While venturing down Navarre Beach, as he does every morning, Doug Browne and a friend discovered a sight they wished they didn’t have to see.

On May 25, Browne and Olivia Hagedoorn found a deceased dolphin washed up along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico. The dolphin was technically on Eglin Air Force Base property, but the friends managed to see it and contact someone with Gulf World Marine Institute.

Julia Irmen set for next chapter of volleyball career

Written by Brian Lester on May 28, 2024. Posted in Sports.

Julia Irmen is coming back from a recent injury. It’s prevented her from playing volleyball this spring.

But her playing days aren’t over yet as the Navarre standout is headed to NCAA Division III Rose-Hulman in Indiana to continue her career.