Catholic seeks perfect season, title defense
It may feel like high school baseball season ended with Navarre’s loss at Pace in April, but almost a month later one area team still is playing.
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FWC scientists discover new bass species
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Scientists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have discovered a new species of black bass in the southeastern United States. Scientists have proposed naming the new species the Choctaw bass and recommended the scientific name of Micropterus haiaka.
Hard work pays off for National Merit Scholarship winners
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When students succeed, it creates a ripple effect, said Gulf Breeze High School principal Jason Weeks. So when two students are selected for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship, they raise the bar for future classes.
County advocates island connectivity
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The issue of sustainability of Earle Bowden Way — the road the extension of Gulf Boulevard between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach — has come to the forefront once again, though no storm has passed recently nor is there one on the horizon.
Pensacola Beach Airshow not grounded after all
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The sights of angels and the roar of jet engines will indeed grace the skies and captivate aviation enthusiasts over Pensacola Beach, despite sequester budget cuts that threatened to cancel the team’s 2013 schedule.
Memorial honors fallen Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians
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Family members, friends and fellow service members of the military’s explosive ordnance disposal technicians traveled to Northwest Florida last week from all over the nation to be in attendance for a weekend that included an EOD memorial ceremony Saturday to honor their fallen warriors — both past and present.
Wired for success: An EOD tech discusses his job
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Staff Sgt. Brian Dunnagan, an Explosive Ordnance Technician with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron at Hurlburt Field, made the following comments Friday, April 26, during a presentation to the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce:
Married couple sweeps Sunset 5K titles
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Runners Laura and Stephen Pifer met at the University of Colorado, where both competed for the Buffaloes. A few years later, the couple is married and raising sons Jameson, 5, and Vincent, 4, in Jacksonville, where Stephen is a technical representative and educator for Boulder, Colo.-based Newton Running. Laura is a stay-at-home mother and an Internet entrepreneur, marketing fashions made from repurposed materials from her web-based business, Trash to Couture (www.trashtocouture.com).
Former Raider excels in first spring at Clemson
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Jordan Leggett didn’t know much about Clemson University in South Carolina until the Tigers’ football program began recruiting the Navarre High School standout. But on April 13, he joined a select brotherhood.
Raiders have plenty of holes to fill
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For area high school football fans, New Year’s Day was May 1.
That’s the first day Florida High School Athletics Association teams could practice.