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Manta ray visits Navarre Beach Fishing Pier multiple times in May

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 10, 2024. Posted in Beach, News.

April showers, bring May… sightings of Manta Rays?

Okay, that’s not exactly the saying, but during the month of May, Navarre Beach visitors had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of a Giant Manta Ray on at least two separate occasions.

Two dogs saved, one dog dies in Navarre house fire

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 7, 2024. Posted in News.

Homeowners on Rue La Fontaine gathered around in horror Friday, June 7, as one of their neighbors’ homes went up in smoke. Three dogs were inside the house at the time of the fire. Two were rescued and one perished.

The house in question is located at 1913 Rue La Fontaine.

Families displaced by flooding issue on Avenida de Sol in Navarre that homeowners say wasn’t disclosed during buying process

Written by Daniel Evans on June 7, 2024. Posted in News.

Early in the morning on June 1, Chaz Johnson heard a loud knocking at his front door at 2252 Avenida de Sol in Navarre.

180K gallons of untreated wastewater spills at Holley Navarre Water System’s Pepper Drive site

Written by Staff Reporters on June 5, 2024. Posted in News.

On June 1, Holley Navarre Water System’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) suffered a spill of 180,000 gallons of untreated wastewater. The location of the spill was 2190 Pepper Drive, in Holley By The Sea.

According to an initial report sent by HNWS to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the spill started at 6:30 a.m. and concluded at 2100 (or 9 p.m.). HNWS was first made aware of the incident when Chris Legg, the WWTP operations manager, arrived at the site Saturday, June 1, at 7 a.m.

With electric vehicle use on the rise, Navarre area fire chiefs discuss fire safety

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 4, 2024. Posted in News.

Electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States have skyrocketed since their emergence on the market in the 2010s. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which is under the direction of the Department of Transportation, from 2018 to 2021, EV sales doubled. In the years since, EV sales have continued to go up. In 2023, 1.6 million were sold, a 60% increase from the million sold the previous year.

Brother and sister donate over $1,000 to Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 3, 2024. Posted in Beach, News.

When they aren’t designing jewelry or going to school, you’ll find Croix and Kai at the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC). The brother sister duo, ages 10 and 9, make and sell bracelets at various markets along the Emerald Coast.

Panera Bread planned for Navarre

Written by Staff Reporters on May 31, 2024. Posted in Business, News.

Navarre may soon be home to Panera Bread, the popular restaurant known for its soups, salads and sandwiches.

The restaurant chain’s Navarre store will be 3,200 square feet and one story, with parking. The overall site is around 32,000 square feet. The building will also include a drive thru.

Navarre’s Mason Baker thankful for unique coaching opportunity

Written by Brian Lester on May 31, 2024. Posted in Sports.

Mason Baker walks down the visiting sideline at Navarre’s spring game against Pace, carrying a clipboard and yelling ‘money down’ as the Raiders get set to run a third-down play. He’s doing his part to hype up the team.

Not as a player, though. As a coach.

In little under two years, over 31 pounds of fishing line collected for recycling from Navarre Beach Pier

Written by Staff Reporters on May 31, 2024. Posted in Beach.

It’s been 22 months since Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center set up fishing line recycling bins on Navarre Fishing Pier. The bins were erected as part of the Monofilament Recycling Program with the goal of reducing environmental damage caused by discarded fishing line.

Navarre’s Charlie Cottrell excited about chance to play football for U20 National team

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

Charlie Cottrell had made up his mind that he wasn’t going to play football again. Birmingham-Southern, where Cottrell was supposed to play his college ball, closed its doors in May for financial reasons.

He had other offers, other opportunities, but none of them felt like home the way Birmingham-Southern did. And then came an opportunity to play the game he loves again.