The inaugural Pensacola Beach Relay for Life begins Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m. and continues until noon on Saturday, April 14. The 18-hour event, the first Relay For Life on Pensacola Beach, will take place at the Gulfside Pavilion. More...

Each year, beginning in mid- March and ending in late summer, the National park hosts several species of ground nesting shorebirds such as least terns, snowy and Wilson’s plovers, and black skimmers. More...

The numbers of vehicles crossing through the toll booth onto Pensacola Beach are an indication that recovery from the 2010 oil spill is underway. More...

Navarre man, 18, dies in GB Parkway wreck A Navarre man was killed early Saturday morning when his car left Gulf Breeze Parkway and struck two cement poles at Kelton Boulevard. More...

Changing the name of Garcon Point Bridge to something that would include the term “Gulf Breeze” was recommended to the Santa Rosa County Commissioners on Monday. More...

The Autism Pensacola Spring Picnic is scheduled for Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bagdad Recreation Facility, 4951 School Street in Milton. More...

The Gulf Breeze High tennis teams both qualified for regional tournament play for the fifth straight year this week, but it’s the first time in that stretch that they won’t be doing so as district champions. More...

The GBHS boys track team took third out of 17 teams at the Andrews Invitational Thursday at Dolphin Stadium. The Dolphins finished with 68 points, behind only Choctaw (86) and Fort Walton Beach (84). More...

Pensacola Blue Wahoos pitcher Pedro Villareal throws a strike during the Blue Wahoos’ 3-1 win over the Montgomery Biscuits Thursday – the first pitch thrown at the new Community Maritime More...

Average retail gasoline prices in Pensacola rose 3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.85 Sunday. This compared with the national average that increased 1.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.91, according to PensacolaGasPrices.com. More...

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Bill Arnett, Navarre Chamber’s Executive Director, is stepping down from his post. He is leaving to take a job closer to his home in Freeport. “Bill did a helluva job,” John Hayes, chairman of the board of the Navarre Chamber said. More...

Last October, while visiting Metal Essence, a precision metals and plastics fabricator in Orlando, I called on the Florida Legislature to pass my 2012 Job Creation and Economic Growth Agenda. More...

Florida will send 300 delegates to the Sept. 2 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., to officially select the Democratic nominees for President and Vice President. More...