Holley Navarre Fire District personnel spent part of this fall getting Public Safety Water Rescue Dive certified.
The training consisted of open water diving, scuba diving and public safety diving, which is a weeklong class in swimming pools, the East River and Santa Rosa Sound.
While the Navarre Beach Lifeguards are no longer patrolling the beach, they are still working to get ready for next year.
Navarre Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull said the work required to be ready for 2026 is complicated by the fact they don’t have anywhere to practice.
Navarre’s newest coffee drive-thru is open.
7 Brew opened its newest location along the Emerald Coast Monday, Dec. 1. In the days leading up to the grand opening, 7 Brew was offering drinks to friends and family of those working at the coffee stand.
The beginning of the holiday season marks the end of lifeguard season on Navarre Beach. The official final day for the Navarre Beach Lifeguards was Oct. 26.
The 2025 season (March 8 to Oct. 26) saw a busy beach with 1,991,487 people in attendance but not too much action, according to Navarre Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull.
Around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, Holley-Navarre Fire District personnel were busy tending to a fire engine at Station 45 when a man came by to tell the firefighters about a crash which had just taken place.
Just a minute later, the call for service came in for a vehicle crash on Highway 98 in front of Dunkin Donuts in Navarre.
Navarre’s girls soccer team has played a challenging schedule out of the gate, and it didn’t get any easier Tuesday night in a District 1-6A showdown with Niceville.
The Raiders were beaten 4-0 by the Eagles in a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 matchup.