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The year in sports: Disappointment fuels determination

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.

As Navarre’s softball team prepared to hit the field for a game against rival Gulf Breeze March 12, there was a feeling of uncertainty gripping the moment.

With the COVID-19 pandemic gaining steam, athletic activity was on the brink of shutting down.

Man on the beach: Goodbye 2020, hello 2021

Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Beach.

The last week of December makes people reflect on how the year has gone and what they look forward to in the new year to come. Community reporter Kaitie Meyer hit the beach and asked locals and tourists watching the golden Navarre sunset how they felt about 2020 coming to an end. Here’s their farewell to this challenging year.

Find out which stories made our Top 10 list

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.

It started as a headline that most people didn’t read. The “novel coronavirus” was first detected overseas and despite officials warning of its likely spread, many Americans were unconcerned. On Jan. 20, the first case was identified in the United States.

Six weeks later, an elderly Santa Rosa man became Florida’s second fatality. He had a history of international travel and preexisting health conditions, according to information released by the governor.

Smith cherished opportunity to play college football

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.

LaMarcus Smith might have wondered at times what he had gotten himself into. Joining a college football team that didn’t win a game the previous year isn’t exactly ideal.

But Smith stayed the course at Ave Maria, an NAIA school in South Florida, and it paid off. 

Questions continue about runaway barges

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.

In the wake of a Skanska USA barge breaking loose the weekend before Christmas, the Florida Department of Transportation has asked the company to review all mooring and securing methods, according to the latest FDOT report.

SUP girls glide through 2020, one paddle at a time

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Community.

Six years ago, newlywed Tammy Kuss ended up on a “little rock in the Pacific Ocean” known as Guam with her military husband.

Friends and family were 3,000 miles away, and she had to learn how to transition from life as a single woman to sharing everything, including a home.

Navarre firefighter shot to death, leaves angry, grieving family

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Community, News.

In the season leading up to Christmas, Gary Diamond worked in package delivery to make extra money to buy presents for his family.

Diamond, who had worked his way up to captain at the Navarre Beach Fire Rescue, was that way – always taking care of others.

So it makes sense that when he died early Saturday morning, during a domestic incident in Molino, he was putting other people’s needs ahead of his own, family members  say.

Carter in the running for Hornung Award

Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.

Michael Carter is in the running for one of college football’s biggest awards.

The University of North Carolina running back is a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award, which is given to the nation’s most versatile athlete.

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