Blackwater River’s past whispers along its banks
Once upon a time, the Blackwater River was a conveyor belt of prosperity. Loggers floated longleaf pine trunks to the mills.
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Nowling announced as Rookie of the Year
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Education.
Sydney Nowling of Jay Elementary School has been named 2021 Santa Rosa County Rookie of the Year.
Debate continues over Navarre Beach RV park
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
Debate continues about whether an RV park would be allowed on Navarre Beach, with the final decision likely coming before the Board of County Commissioners.
They don’t want you to see them, but they’re nesting near you.
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
If you’re not well-versed in shorebirds, the snowy plover may look a lot like the busy little sanderlings that run up and down the wave line trying to spot what the waves have uncovered.
DeSantis signs bill on transgender athletes
Written by News Service of Florida on . Posted in Florida News.
Speaking at a private school in Jacksonville on the first day of Pride Month, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging education bill that includes a ban on transgender females participating on girls’ and women’s high-school and college sports teams.
The measure (SB 1028), one of the most-controversial bills of the 2021 legislative session, will make female athletes’ eligibility for sports teams contingent on their “biological sex” on birth certificates issued “at or near the time of the student’s birth.”
Moody wants quick action in immigration appeal
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After a lower-court judge rejected the state’s arguments, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants a federal appeals court to quickly take up a challenge to immigration-enforcement moves by President Joe Biden’s administration.
Man who seriously injured sexual battery victim gets three life sentences
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State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announced that on May 28, Dean Allen Matthews was convicted by a Santa Rosa County jury on three counts of sexual battery with force likely to cause serious personal injury.
Immediately after the trial, Circuit Judge John Simon sentenced Matthews to three life sentences.
Navarre remembers those who gave their all
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in News.
More than 100 people gathered at Navarre Park Memorial Day morning to remember those who gave their life for freedom. Red, white and blue wreaths were hung by the American and POW/MIA flags that flew at half-mast.
Navarre veteran loves to see American flag flying
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in News.
Billy Neal loves the American flag. At age 75, Neal still enjoys working outside on flagpoles and making sure the stars and stripes are swaying in the wind.
The Navarre man started his flagpole business in 2001 when he first moved to Navarre and named it “Flying High, Flying Proud.” He has installed flagpoles all over Navarre, including flagpoles at Navarre Press and Cayo Grande Apartments.
SOS: Baby formula needed for 97 possums at wildlife refuge
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Community.
As mothers go, possums probably wouldn’t win any awards.
Baby possums ride on their mothers, but if one falls off, mom just keeps going.
That’s likely what happened to a young possum found in a basket of dirty laundry in a Fort Walton Beach garage last week.