On New Year’s Day, local 501(c)3 organization Pirates on the Panhandle hosted their fifth Pirate Plunge on Navarre Beach by the fishing pier, where participants ran into the cold Gulf of Mexico.
There have been a number of Christian-centered religious schools that have opened in Santa Rosa County in the past decade.
LEAD Academy, located in Chumuckla, will be celebrating 10 years as a school this year. Since that time, Gulf Pointe Latin School in Navarre has opened, as has Coastline Christian Academy in Oriole Beach.
Averie Prochazka stood near the top of the 3-point line and decided to just shoot the ball. She’s not one of the players typically filling up the stat sheet, but on this night, the senior role player took charge.
Prochazka launched the ball up from beyond the arc and sent it swishing through the net early in the first quarter Thursday night.
Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults.
According to Anxiety and Depression Association of America, an estimated 31% of all adults will experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their life.
Set Free Refuge is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its transitional home for young women ages 18 to 24 who are survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Called The Refuge, the home provides a one-year program that helps young women find healing by providing a community of love and support to develop the necessary skills to live on their own. It opened Feb. 11, 2022.
January’s school board meeting, held Jan. 19, featured several moments of recognition for those who have helped Santa Rosa District Schools in recent months, as well as the naming of a new principal at two different schools.
Navarre is rapidly outgrowing its youth sports association. Participation in NYSA programs more than doubled between 2020 and 2022, straining the all-volunteer nonprofit corporation’s resources and limiting opportunities for the community’s children.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke eloquently of the character and quality required to be nominated to one of the nation’s military academies at a ceremony Tuesday at Navarre High School.