Photographer shares birds-eye view of bridge inspection
Drone pilot Arthur Ladd was out and about Tuesday taking photos of the Navarre Beach bridge inspections that began that day.
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Vacant mobile home heavily damaged in fire
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
A Valentine’s Day fire completely destroyed a mobile home, according to a Holley-Navarre Fire District press release.
The call came in just after 5 a.m. of a structure fire on the southside of U.S. Highway 98 near Walmart. The call was actually in the 2000 block of Blankenship Road.
Teacher’s ‘second family’ comes together to help during emergency
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community.
Jamie Oestmann, a paraprofessional at Holley Navarre Middle School, is grateful for her “second family” after a health emergency.
She went in for hysterectomy surgery Dec. 21. She came home and began to feel a significant amount of pain. The pain went on for some time before she realized she needed help.
Milton man pulls Fort Walton mayor out of burning car
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
A Milton tow truck driver is being hailed as “Our Hero – Our Angel” by the mayor of Fort Walton Beach’s family after saving him and his wife from a burning vehicle.
Mayor Dick Rynearson and his wife, Janey, were heading to a gas station off Interstate 10 near Live Oak Jan. 26 when their car was t-boned and burst into flames.
God speaks in mysterious ways: Pastor Ronnie Beaden serves Crestview church through puppet ministry
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Faith.
Pastor Ronnie Bearden’s puppet ministry started with a soft, pastel-colored stuffed glow worm that he snatched off a crib in the church nursey on his way into preschool chapel.
It was the first day of school, the children were crying and whining, and he realized that what he had prepared wasn’t going to fly. So, he improvised, unzipping the toy’s back, ripping out the battery pack and naming him Eddie.
Researcher: Local bottlenose dolphins have complex social patterns
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Beach.
For nearly three years, Christina Toms studied the behavior of bottlenose dolphins in local waters. She and other team members crossed back and forth across waterways including the Santa Rosa Sound, East Bay, Escambia Bay and Blackwater Bay.
Michael Carter makes time to read to students
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Community.
Michael Carter made the day of a classroom of third graders two weeks ago. dropping by Holley Navarre Intermediate to read a book to students.
Now in the NFL as a running back with the New York Jets, Carter went to HNIS in fifth grade and he called his visit to the school ‘a trip down memory lane’ and loved hanging out with the students.
Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2022 Blast from the Past
Written by Linda Murchison on . Posted in History.
One Year Ago – 2021
The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier’s new restroom facility was ready for installation. The pier, the longest such structure on the Gulf of Mexico, had posed a challenge to fishermen and others as the nearest restroom had been at Windjammer’s.
Hidden treasure waiting to be discovered
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If you like nature and you love camellias, a hidden treasure awaits you nearby. While it pales in comparison to the size of the Blackwater Forest or the National Seashore, the Soundside Nature Preserve in Gulf Breeze is a coastal gem.
New school leaders appointed in south end of county
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Education.
Santa Rosa County School District has a few new leaders, ready to serve the students, the staff and the community.
“This is the most important job that I believe I as a superintendent have is to identify, recruit and retain great leaders for our school district,” Barber said. “And these leaders are going to help our employees, our teacher, our students to be successful, and so it just brings great pleasure to me.”